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Keep Your Cybersecurity Practices updated With Evolving Technologies

Why do you need to keep on advancing the cybersecurity practices you ask? Every month there is one new threat detected regarding cybersecurity. The internet is new and exciting, also knowledgable and helpful but with it comes your data’s vulnerability. Now now, I am pretty sure you must have some or other kind of security controls for you and your business, but it may or may not be enough for you. The hackers continuously work on cracking up the codes to every security that they cannot touch. And with that, the security measurements need to be more than just “up-to-dating” your software. You must know all the measures and precautions that are available for your data safety and security. In just over the past year in UAE, more than  half of the millennials have already experienced cybercrime . Moreover, the cyber virus has hit up to 80,000 computers targeting bank accounts. Read more:  https://www.hitechnectar.com/blogs/cybersecurity-practices-evolving/

Google is all set on fighting against fake news. How will they do it?

On 16th Feb 2019, Google presented a whitepaper at the Munich Security Conference explaining how it  plans to combats disinformation over its various services . In this, they include efforts for fighting Google fake news covering Google News, Google Search, and YouTube, as well as their advertising platforms. Google has taken various steps in tackling the problem including partnering with fact-checking networks and launching their $300 million  Google News Initiative . What is “disinformation” or “fake news”? Disinformation goes by various names including “fake news” and “misinformation”. Google defines disinformation in their whitepaper as “Deliberate efforts to deceive and mislead using the speed, scale, and technologies of the open web” The entities that engage in these acts often have a diverse set of goals as: Financial motivation: those looking to engage in disinformation for the sole purpose of turning a profit Political Motivation: those looking to foster cer