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Digital and Cyber Security
for GenZ and Millennials
CA Maitri Chheda
Dear Gen Z and Millennials, Do you about their online account security
think you are cyber secured? practices.
In the wake of the current scenario where Surely, you
everyone is forced to work from home
and adapt to digital means of getting 1. know all about Phishing, Botnets,
things done, be it education, shopping, Ransomware, and various other
meetings, etc., beware, this is also a threats,
great time for the hackers, cybercriminals 2. update your devices and applications
and mischief-makers. We are experiencing regularly,
massive data breaches, virus attacks,
zoom bombing, credit card scams, data 3. protect your mobile devices with a
thefts etc. Individuals are doing more password, PIN or even thumbprint
to keep their personal information safe and retina scans,
online, and companies are investing more 4. are concerned about clicking on a
heavily in IT and online security as an link you shouldn’t and fall in for an
added precaution in this increasingly online scam,
vulnerable age.
5. use two-factor authentication,
But where do Gen Z (those born
between 1995 and 2015) and millennials 6. have even changed privacy and
(those who were born between 1980 security settings on your social media
and 2000) stand in this era of unlimited accounts in the last year.
data and heightened vulnerability? Yes, Then how do Google and other security
that is you my dear students and young agencies think that your generation may
professionals, you who have grown up be overconfident about your security
with the technology and are what they practices? How are you a soft target for
call digital natives. cybercrime?
So I ask again, Dear Gen Z and Here’s how:
Millennials, Do you think you are
cyber secured? 1. You have connected to public/
free WiFi (often with no password
A couple of years back, there was an required) at coffee shops, hotels,
article in Economics times, addressing airports, etc.
the millennials and showcasing why the
millennials were a soft target for cyber- 2. You have plugged in a USB device/
attacks. A recent survey commissioned Memory stick/External Hard Drive
by Google suggests that users who belong that was given to you by another
to Generation Z may be overconfident person.
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