We are now more accessible to each other, information, and services than ever before. But there are risks, both to the newcomers and current users.The risks of all these powerful independently-operating systems are that if they are compromised, they can be manipulated, destroyed, held hostage, or redirected to cause great harm to economies and people. People represent a significant weakness in the digital ecosystem. © 2020 Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. The following are common types of technology. Digital technologies provide one more outlet for them to demonstrate their creativity and learning Technology Tools and Interactive Media Allow children to freely explore touch screens loaded with a wide variety of developmentally appropriate interactive media experiences that are well designed and enhance feelings of success. The result is significantly larger impacts and longer recovery times for cybersecurity incidents.Fear of the unknown can be very strong with those who are uninformed. Organized criminals recognize the availability of this growing cheap labor pool, that are willing to take risks, and makes it very easy for them to join their nefarious activities.Unfounded fears represent a serious risk and the trend is getting stronger for governments and legislators to seek banning technology before understanding what balance can be struck between the opportunities and risks. Cryptocurrency has the potential to institute controls that enable the benefits of fiat, in a much more economical way than cash, with advantages of suppressing criminals.Digital technology can connect and enrich the lives of people across the globe, but if used against them it can suppress, coerce, victimize, and inflict harm.
Unfortunately, many of those ways which are available to them are illegal. They can revolutionize the transportation and logistics industry with self-operating trucks, trains, planes, and ships.As an example, governments have recently expressed significant concerns with the rise of cryptocurrencies because it poses a risk to their ability to control monetary policy measures, such as managing the amount of money in circulation, and how it can contribute to crime. A couple of years ago I pulled together the top industry thought leaders to discuss what the future would look like in a decade. Victims may receive a call, video-chat, email, or text from someone they know, like a coworker, boss, customer, family member or friend.
They create the malware, maintain the infrastructure, and collect the extorted money. These include videos, voices, and even writing styles that AI systems can mimic, making audiences believe they are interacting or conversing with someone else. The Internet is a perfect example. Anybody could fall victim! When technology is used to victimize those people, especially when it could have been prevented, there is an innate loss in trust.Criminals are interested in using such technology for fraud.