A flurry of articles concerning Cyber Security and the threat it poses to our National Security have been written over the past several weeks and with great cause. The number one National Security threat to the United States has been the theft of our industrial and defense proprietary information. What many of you do not realize, is the fact that China, Russia and a few others have been stealing us blind and infecting our IT Infrastructure for many years. The have taken advantage of corporate America's extremely lax computer security protocols, hacking into their databases, planting malicious code to be activated at a later date, stealing secrets such as nuclear power development, weapon design and construction, pharmaceutical formulas, marketing plans, financial data of not only major companies, but yours as well. This is a problem that has existed for years, but has grown to such proportions that our government has finally decided that the best defense is educating our population so we ALL can do something about it.
I have written several articles related to Internet security, all of them focused on what YOU can do about it. Over the past several years, we have seen how inept the government, financial and retail industries are, when it comes to protecting critical information such as your banking records, social security and credit card numbers and other information, that, if placed in the wrong hands can ruin you. Couple this with the convenience of wireless Internet access and you have a recipe for disaster, unless you become more aware of how hackers can access your private information, and have easy to use tools to protect that critical information. Wireless Internet access is here to stay. It's convenient, cheap and easy to use, for both you and the bad guy.
Recently a major telephone service provider admitted that their wireless routers did not provide adequate protection. Last month, I commented on a recent vulnerability scan of various financial districts around the world and the miserable failing of over half of the 3,600 wireless access points tested. If your bank or your Internet service provider is not going to provide you with the means to protect yourself, who will? The answer is you! The threat is so large, that even our own government is years behind the curve in being able to provide the level of protection needed for everyone in the United States.
But, it must start somewhere and it might as well be you. You do not have to be an IT security genius. There are several applications available that are easy to use, affordable and effective. You want something that you can just turn on and know it is protecting your Internet connection. You want something that protects you from marketers and hackers collecting personal information about you. You want something that easily password protects your personal information and stores it safely wherever you place it. You want to do all of this without having to make any configuration adjustments yourself.
This application exists. The application is called Covert Surfer. Covert Surfer is an easy to use, affordable and very effective Internet Privacy and Security program that encrypts your Internet connection, no matter where you are, and prevents your neighbor, the sandwich shop owner's son and the guy sitting across the coffee shop, from stealing you blind, ruining your relationship with your girlfriend or even worse. Using industry approved, state of the art encryption, Covert Surfer protects you from identity theft, as well as your right to privacy. Covert Surfer automatically erases your cookies and encrypts your personal files for safe keeping. Covert Surfer is another great tool in the fight for Internet Identity and Privacy Protection. As an added bonus, Covert Surfer can be downloaded directly onto your computer or onto a USB Flash Drive, making it portable and a perfect travel companion.
Michael Dunleavy, President, Diginonymous, LLC
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