We may not have been able to go to school or work during the quarantine period, but that did not stop us from learning new things.
In fact, the quarantine was the occasion to familiarize ourselves with it remote work, remote education, remote conferencing - even remote entertainment! According to ESET, the global cyber security company, these are the five most important lessons the quarantine has taught us.
1. The right tools make our lives easier
Experience from quarantine life has shown that the right tools are the key to success, whether it be the simple repairs we made ourselves at home, the remote work or the baking of bread. The same goes for cybersecurity - especially when it comes to the safety of our children online. With the increase of content available on the internet, monitoring new cyber threats has become more and more difficult when we also have to control how our children use technology during quarantine. Installing a reliable security software on their devices can significantly help reduce this headache and make parents' lives easier.
2. The time we spend in front of screen he is not necessarily evil
The quarantine has brought out a number of old and new online resources that provide entertainment as well as education. Content from organizations such as Britain's National Theatre, the Royal Academy of London and language learning organization Rosetta Stone have opened up new horizons for children and adults. Screen time now includes a lot more than we used to. But, along with these new possibilities, the risk of phishing has also increased, a risk that we can mitigate if we always look for content on reliable websites and verifiable links.
3. Password managers are the future
It is quite easy to manage strong passwords for different accounts when they are stored on your computer. But for many of us, switching to remote work meant switching devices that did not have passwords stored at the same time. A password manager, then, can solve this problem, precisely because it helps users keep complex and powerful passwords available for use on all devices.
4. And personal devices are needed protection
Πολλοί από εμάς ξεκινήσαμε να δουλεύουμε από το σπίτι εντελώς ξαφνικά και χωρίς τον εξοπλισμό που είχαμε συνηθίσει. Αυτό σημαίνει ότι πιθανά να χρειάστηκε να δουλέψουμε από προσωπικές και όχι επαγγελματικές συσκευές, οι οποίες συχνά δε διαθέτουν ισχυρή προστασία. Πολλοί από εμάς δουλέψαμε αρκετά από προσωπικές φορητές συσκευές, επομένως η ανάγκη να προστατέψουμε και αυτές τις συσκευές έγινε πιο επιτακτική από ποτέ. Για αυτό, η εγκατάσταση λογισμικού ασφαλείας όπως το ESET Mobile Security και η εφαρμογή μεθόδων που διασφαλίζουν την υγιεινή και ασφάλεια των συσκευών στον κυβερνοχώρο (cyber hygiene), συμβάλλουν καθοριστικά στην προστασία των προσωπικών μας συσκευών.
5. We are all together in this
… and not only because you can dance the dance that is so popular on TikTok. Much of what we've done in recent months, from spontaneously clapping for healthcare workers to shopping for our elderly neighbors, is rooted in camaraderie and teamwork. As long as we all play our part and contribute individually, then the results can be amazing and cyber security is no different. The little things we do help keep everyone safer and allow everyone to enjoy the internet more.
If we can remember these lessons as the restraint measures relax, then the internet life we return to may ultimately be even better than the one we left behind.
