How the network is safer: the human factor is crucial.

Today, almost every day, various media are promoting the importance of network security: a new virus has emerged, reminding people to pay more attention to it; and discovering a high-risk vulnerability, warn users to install patches in a timely manner ...... In short, all kinds of security threats flood the internet, so those who access the Internet must be careful. This publicity gives people the direct feeling that the network is very dangerous. Some people say that the safest way is to unplug the network cable and disable Internet access. Obviously, this is unrealistic. So how can we get security? This problem is a problem that is lingering in the minds of many people, including information security experts.

The author believes that it is difficult and simple to achieve secure Internet access. As we all know, the network is indeed full of traps. If you are not careful, you may fall into it. To put it simply, people are the most important factors in network security. Just do it well-start from yourself and keep the string "security" in your mind, so you can avoid being involved in most security events.

Maybe many people disagree with my point of view. If it's as simple as you said, why are there so many security products on the market that we still need to buy? I believe that security products are very important and must be bought. Because most people cannot ensure security at all times, and good security products can help you put it off when you are negligent.

Take viruses or worms as an example. In fact, the cause of some people's poisoning is very simple, that is, curiosity and great intention. For example, there was a virus that used the famous tennis girl sarapova as a bait. The name of the attachment is considered to be her photo. Many people think of the beauty of a tennis girl, after clicking it, you are unfortunately poisoned. Let's look at the vulnerability. A few years ago, the red code virus, which was once so popular, was caused by the fact that many enterprise servers were not promptly upgraded or patched.

There is also cyber fraud, taking the most recent alleged Internet stock fraud case in history as an example. According to a British cyber security company, during the past 24 hours, about 0.5 billion shares of a US-listed company called "prime time convenience store" were found. These emails contain encouraging languages such as "hurry up and stocks are about to soar. It is reported that the company's shares soared by 30% in a day. The reason why people are fooled is that they are greedy and eager. Imagine how a regular enterprise can sell itself through spam similar to Small advertisements? That is, "strangers will never take the initiative to provide you with good stock investment advice ".

All of the above examples tell us a very simple truth: the real network security actually relies not on this or that security product, but on your own inherent security awareness. A good security product can only keep reminding you like a good teacher and friend: note that such network behavior is suspicious and may be a security threat. However, it is up to you to determine whether to block such suspicious network behavior.

The sources or authors of various security threats are people. The original intention of making these troubles is to take advantage of people's weaknesses, such as greed, curiosity, and carelessness ...... These vulnerabilities almost exist in ordinary people, which is why so many people are repeatedly recruited. Information security experts attribute this threat to "social engineering ".

It is easy to find that network security events are similar to the events in our daily lives. They are nothing more than the transfer of the event location. In daily life, there are also scammers, thieves, hooligans ...... However, their names on the Internet have changed a bit, namely, network fraud, hackers, and rogue software ...... Therefore, if you are a highly intrusive person in real life, your immunity to various security threats on the internet is often high. On the contrary, if you are a careless, greedy, and cheap person, then you are also easy to cheat in the Internet Society.