The society that we currently exist in is very much a digital one. Humans have developed and integrated so much technological innovation that we are absolutely reliant on it. At this point, we have come too far to be able to turn back the clock, back to before technological advancement had solidified its grasp on modern society and on us as individuals. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it pays to make note of the fact that, as with anything else, increased use of all this digitalization results in further risk of potential threats to that use. 

Because we instil much of our personal information into the Internet with every click, we have inadvertently created a predicament for ourselves, there is more to be taken from us. Of course, there are protective measures that can and should be always put in place, such as the utilisation of a trusted VPN service and password encryption. Regardless, we must remain diligent and aware. 

As long as the internet is around, and we continue to use the digital landscape, data breaches will continue to happen. Humans are therefore in a decidedly dangerous position, and it is up to us and only us to make the most of the advancements we have available, to set into motion constant solutions that will provide us with more steady walls than we have had in past eras.

The number of compromised data for example is growing every year. As of November 2018, 3 biggest breaches were caused handing over from Yahoo (over 3000 million records), Facebook (2200 million), River City media (1370 million).

When it comes to online privacy, we as a global society have become too lax. We have been given digitalisation and tech advancement to the nines, and we have been so wrapped up in the excitement of those innovations, that we have barely stopped to take a moment and try to understand just how at risk we really are.

Cybersecurity threats are nothing new. What is new, however, is our ability or willingness to do something to ensure that these threats are met with formidable virtual walls. Ideally, these walls will serve to protect our online landscape and wealth of personal and professional data from being infiltrated and used against us by hackers, malware, and other virus’ and negative impactors. Because of our position in terms of our relationship with digitalisation, we have become too comfortable. There is nothing wrong with comfort, but we are now in a situation where comfort breeds risk. We need protection.