The humn beings are stepping into the information society. The information industry develops very rapidly, so do the hackers, trick-playing teens, exploring children, fraudsters, and serious
wite-collar criminals. Thus, information security becomes an impending important issue.
In case of information breach, the victimsgovernment department, an organization, or an institution, or a company will inevitably suffer great or small loss. Government may be threated with national security. Companies may lose opportunities to develop new projects. And the public's and users' will be damaged.
Then how to deal with this issueTechnology is only a partial solution to information security. What's more important is that organizations and companies should promote the awareness on information security to its staff. However, since no system can ever be 100 percent secure, a
prevention-only approach to information security mangaement is not enough. Companies and organizations should adopt a dual approach to information security management by combining prevention and detection techniques.
In light of recent celebrity photo leaks from their cloud accounts, one major topic at this year's China Internet Security Conference is cloud security. People have all heard the term "cloud" so many times, but what exactly is it?
The cloud refers to software and services that run on the Internet instead of your computer. Apple’s iCloud, for example, is a popular cloud service, as well as Dropbox and Google Drive.
The advantages of using the cloud? First, you can access your documents, photos and videos from anywhere. Your home, the office, on the train, as long as you’re connected to the Internet. You can also access your files from multiple devices like an iPhone, an iPad or a computer. And to make things even better, you don’t have to worry about backups, because most cloud services automatically saves your data for you.
The only problem is, when you a file from one device, make sure it’s d from the cloud too. Otherwise, a copy of it will be left in the cloud.