Since the last decade or so, organizations and individuals
are facing a big threat of data leakage. The cost and incidents of data
breaches are increasing at a rapid pace. The world has witnessed a rise of more
than 100 percent of such incidents in a span of just one year. These incidents
are getting more and more expensive as the days are passing, other than the
threat of fraud, there are costly fines imposed by the concerned government.
The people who are using the computer as a basic working tool are always afraid
of losing precious data. There are many mediums of leaking data, but, the two
top channels are using data are hackers attack or losing portable data storing
devices.
Hack attacks are considered as the costliest and common
source of losing data. Hackers use different techniques to trap users and make
use of their data against them. One of the most and tempting ways of making new
victims is by sending an attractive email to hundreds and thousands of people.
The subject of such emails is usually something like “You are the lucky winner”
or “You have won prize money of $500,000,000”. These emails are so catchy that
the majority of the users open them and read. Usually, the name of a famous
multinational brand is used as the host of such lottery, they ask for the
particulars such as name, address, cell number and etc.
This material is just written in the email to give that
e-message a genuine look. However, the real game of the hackers revolves around
the malware link. There is often a link given the mail which is likely to be
asked to click, a click on that link opens up a safe passage for the cyber
criminals to enter into the computer and dig out the desired information out of
the computer. The email which is sent to the bulk of hundreds and thousands of
the users, hackers hope that two or users will fall in their trap.
The other most common way of losing data is by getting the
USB flash drive or any other portable data storing device lost or theft. That
is why experts advise to keep a secure USB. USB flash drive is the most commonly used portable
drives because of its portability, affordability and amazing capacity of saving
data. A USB drive can be as small as a human thumb, that is why, this external
drive has several other names like thumb drive, pen drive, flash drive or jump
drive. Where, its small size gives user the freedom to carry data with him/her,
it is also the reason of data leakage.
Due to its small size, these drives are prone of getting
lost or stolen. The majority of the user does not bother to use any kind of
encryption to make their data secure in the USB drive. The interesting point is
that, users are completely aware of the fact that there is always a threat of
losing data, but, they still ignore them and keep the drive and the precious
data without any security. This irresponsible act leads them to lost precious
data when they lose their drive.
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