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Seven Very Common Misconceptions About Cybersecurity
When most average internet and technology end-users hear terms such as cybersecurity, internet security, digital privacy, information security, etc. they immediately think of something complex related to the field of information and technology that is better left to the industry professionals. From many believing that it takes to be tech-savvy to understand the complexities of the cyber world to people thinking their data and information isn’t valuable. Different people have different opinions, perceptions, and understandings when it comes to cybersecurity. Many mistake cybersecurity to be some sort of quantum physics while others believe it is easy and important to implement digital security in their everyday life.
Cybersecurity always has been and likely will remain to be a hot area of importance in years to come. The cybersecurity industry is flooded with leaders pitching different ideas, introducing new security solutions, and revealing new statistics every now and then, millions of blog authors online sharing their opinions, and cybersecurity consultants advising to practice certain security practices to ensure internet and data security. All of these developments, stats, and trends can lead to confusion and many misunderstandings for not-so-tech-savvy average end-users.
