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You can apply the threat landscape concept used in enterprise security to yourself to make it easier to stay protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you try to protect yourself against all the threats in the world, you will soon run out of energy and make your life unbearable. Three-factor authentication here, a twenty-character password with musical notes and Chinese characters there,\u00a0different browsers for different websites\u00a0, and abstinence from social media don’t exactly sound right for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What hurts the most is that using virtually all of these security measures won’t help protect you against all threats: new ones keep appearing, requiring new protection methods. Meanwhile, most new security layers reduce usability: having\u00a0two-factor authentication\u00a0will never be easier than not having it. And that is the least hateful example. So what can you do? Create your own threat landscape, as companies do when designing their security processes, and protect against only those threats within that landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a threat landscape and what does it have to do with you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the field of corporate security, a threat landscape is the set of cyber issues that threaten a company in a certain industry within a certain period of time. It includes vulnerabilities, malware and ransomware groups, as well as the techniques they use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An overview of the threat landscape helps define what exactly the business needs to protect against. Some threats will be more pressing than others, depending on the company’s location and activity. And since a security budget always has its limits, as does the number of security personnel, it makes sense to protect against truly relevant threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why not create a threat landscape like that and base your own personal security strategy on it? This way you will avoid having to carry multiple layers of protection and you will be able to continue using the Internet with some comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Build a personal threat landscape<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every individual, like every company, has their own threat landscape. Whether you use TikTok or Instagram or have a\u00a0password manager\u00a0or not influences which threats are most relevant to you. Many other factors also influence, such as where you live, what operating system you have on your computer, what instant messaging applications you use and who you correspond with through these applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, all of these personal threat scenarios have certain elements in common, as we all live in the 21st century, we all use computers and smartphones, and we all browse the Internet. Therefore, for the purposes of this discussion, a personal threat landscape can be divided into common and individual parts, with the common part being mostly applicable to everyone, and the individual part being determined by the person’s particular situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The common part of a threat landscape<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will have a rough idea of \u200b\u200bthe most frequent and relevant types of threats regardless of the country of residence. First of all, these are\u00a0phishing<\/strong>\u00a0,\u00a0data leaks<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0various\u00a0scams<\/strong>\u00a0. Every person needs to keep themselves protected against these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best protection against phishing is learning how to detect it. To do this, you must do the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n