Posts

Showing posts from March, 2022

Rethink how you think about data security in the home

The world has seen, and will continue to witness, growth of networked and network services in homes. The widespread and rising adoption of information and communication technology in homes is happening at a time when data security breaches are commonplace. In 2020, Comcast detected an average of about 104 cybersecurity threats targeting each Internet-connected home per month.  The number and sophistication of threats targeting even the most lightly connected homes have grown exponentially, that ordinary people can barely keep track of. And yet, security decisions made in the home are prejudiced and biased. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford revealed a tendency for people to concentrate on practices that have (allegedly) survived security breaches, and to overlook those that have not. This was a reason most people gave for not implementing recommended security measures and for being less proactive in adopting secure practices. They believed that as long as ...