Cyber Defense eMagazine December 2019

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the conflict. Practically, it’s not only about the money – it’s more about any value that would mean a lot
to the good people of our world. Apparently, the good guys would cope with the values, while the bad
ones would deal with the interest to get everything at the silver plate applying only the brute force and
intimidating everyone who would try to straggle about their demands.
Dealing with email means being online
So, let’s return to the old, good habits! If we say the email, we would mean by so the nicely composed
electronic message that would arrive to you only several seconds after being sent from someone’s
computer. It would seem that the main advantage of the electronic mails would be they would come to
you so promptly and you would not need to wait for days to get those messages being delivered to you.
The major requirement to enjoy such a convenience is to get some IT device with the web connection. In
other words, if you and your friend are online – you can exchange the electronic letters so freely. In other
words, if there is no adequate equipment and the internet connectivity – you should simply spend the
entire hours preparing the old-fashioned letter and posting it to your companion on the other side of the
globe. That’s quite unsuitable and time consuming; so – many people across the world would choose to
get IT skillful and capable to cope with the challenges of this new time.
The main concern with this emerging technology is that it would get dependable on the electrical energy
as well as so vulnerable to the cyber attacks, sabotages and espionages, so far. Just try to imagine
someone getting so curious to see the content of your letter who would be ready to steal your so personal
message, open it and make a copy and finally, forward the re-packed letter to you. That’s the real
espionage, you would agree? Basically, that’s so possible with the electronic mails for a reason you could
do the email tracking in so similar way on. Also, when your favorite post officer is coming to you to deliver
the contents to you someone could assault him on the street making the real trouble to all. Practically,
that’s how the cyber attack to your email could get seen in the reality. Maybe you would get your e-
message, but there would be some concerns about such a delivery. Above all, if we talk about the
sabotage that could mean that you would never or feasibly with some delay get your letter probably
because someone would cut its route or make a diversion in some post office which could get assumed
as some server or datacenter in the cyber terms.
The email applications vs. email cloud-based systems
In the experience, there would be two basic ways of coping with the email and they are email applications
as well as cloud-based systems. Anyhow, your emails would get exchanged in some online environment,
but if you deal with the email application – you would simply drag your emails into your computer’s
surroundings. In case you cannot do that – you can always check your account on the web and confirm
what is happening there. Such a web environment would get considered as the cloud-based system and
in so many new solutions you can manage your account setting up its security and privacy parameters
there. Basically, all your emails would be into some virtual environment and even if you want to see your
account from your email software or the real web surrounding you should know that you are equally at
the risk in the both cases. The best practice would suggest that you must change your login permissions
periodically for the cyber security reasons.