How To Assess Your Web Security Online?
There’s always going to be a crack in your cyber security armor, even if you have all the latest security technologies installed, follow best practices, avoid dodgy communications, and never use the same password twice.
This can be as simple as not updating your software or as complex as an open port on your network. Fortunately, there are free internet resources that can look at your fortifications and tell you how strong they are.
To make this easier, we compiled a list of some of the top tools and scanners out there. The problem is to know exactly where to go and who to trust.
Check if any of your accounts have been compromised.
Go to Have I Been Pwned?, which aggregates all the email addresses and other information stolen in well-publicized breaches, if you suspect that you might have been hacked.
If you search for your address and it turns up in the data dumps, a red warning will show what was stolen in the incident and you should change your password or passwords right away. Additionally, you can register to receive alerts about upcoming breaches. More than 4.7 million “pwned” accounts and 232 “pwned” websites, such as MySpace, Adobe, and LinkedIn, were listed on Have I Been Pwned? at the time of writing.
EVALUATE YOUR PASSWORD STRENGTH
There are many free online programs that can assess the strength of your passwords, but you should only use one that encrypts your data to avoid compromising your security.
Keep your plugins current.
Your personal data is vulnerable because of security holes in Java, Adobe Reader and Flash; use Qualys BrowserCheck to ensure your plugins are current.
This scans your browser and its add-ons for outdated versions and other security issues. To install the necessary updates, click the Fix It button next to scan results that are shown as “insecure version” or “update available.” Every major browser is compatible with the test.
INSPECT YOUR SECURITY ON FACEBOOK
You can now check and secure your Facebook account with its Security Checkup feature. Facebook will scan if you are still accessing a browser or app that you have not used in more than a month here. You can also set up login alerts to receive email alerts in case your account is accessed from an unfamiliar device or browser.
Test your own security knowledge
Try yourself and check your security competence before becoming a weak link for the defender. Online tests abound on your capacity to identify what online threats are. Such examples are the OpenDNS Phishing Quiz and BT’s Security Savvy test.
Conclusion
Web security protects networks, servers, and computer systems against theft or damage of both software and hardware, as well as data. It is related to the protection of computer systems from obstructing or distorting the functions for which they are set.
Web security is actually a broad category of solutions that guard your users, devices, and larger network from such online threats that may cause a breach and loss of data, such as phishing and malware.
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