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Survey reveals overconfidence about security systems

By Bryan on October 10, 2011 | Computer Security, online security, security basics, statistics, data protection Survey reveals overconfidence about security systems

How safe do you feel while surfing the internet? How about your personal details? It seems that not only everyday internet users feel overconfident about the security of their personal information but even people specializing in this section misjudge security programs.

In 2011 McAfee performed a survey about security and solutions in 147 data centers of varying sizes and the results were shocking. Almost 60% of data managers who answered the survey were confident that their protection was enough while actually it was not. Another 22% responded that management is familiar with the security issues that pose threat to the data. The survey also revealed that there is not enough attention given to the issues of cloud computing security despite the fact that data managers do understand that protecting virtualized data is just as important as protecting physical systems.

What is cloud computing? A simple answer is everything that is not stored on your computer hard drive. For instance, if you use an email client where you have to connect via internet you are using one kind of cloud computing. Nowadays, in order to not carry a briefcase of documents everywhere you can use such services as Google Docs where you keep your documents. Also, various services over the Internet let you upload and keep photos, videos and other data. The problem is that there are a lot of holes in security systems and unless they are fixed they can be used to steal valuable information.

Moreover, data managers confessed that most of the time security pace is not equal to the increase of risks and most of them acknowledge that cloud systems security is inadequate. Therefore, it is important that even the most expensive and advertised antivirus software, anti-malware tools and firewalls can not and will not protect your data 100%. That is why we have to be smart while surfing. Even more, be skeptical and understand that nobody over the Internet gives away money or similar things for free. Never has 10th, 100th or even 100,000th visitor claimed any prize or won a lottery that he has not participated in. Do not click links or open emails from people you do not trust.

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