Posted: October 2nd, 2022

Online Interactions

Online Interactions
Online interactions through social networking, web browsing and email poses risks and threats to all servers when used by employees. There are steps that need to be followed for defenses from online interaction risk when an employee reports clicking on a website that was sent to their email. The following are step that an employee needs to follow when they click on a website that appeared on their email.
I. First and foremost, the employee should be sure that the sent email has indeed phished and affected the computer. The employee needs to report the phishing process when they are sure that it has happened in their computer.
II. Secondly, it is essential to disconnect the computer and the device from the internet and network by unplugging the ethernet cable and turning off the Wi-Fi.
III. Thirdly, the employee should notify the necessary management with the understanding that the more time spend without reporting the problem becomes worse.
IV. Next step, is to run a full computer scan for malware and viruses which will try to identify the malicious code and remove it.
V. After scanning, it is recommendable to change all usernames and passwords for important sites like work email social media and bank accounts.
VI. To prevent further, phishing attacks, it is important to flag the email, and report the same email to the Federal Trade commission and alert the organization where the email appears to be from.
Online interactions pose several threats to the organization. One of the threats for the cybersecurity of the organization is the illegal gain of access for organization’s and users’ accounts and doing malicious activities. The solution to this is to immediately change all passwords and making different passwords for different platforms with strong password combination.
Stealing of money is on the growth which has been contributed by increased online interactions. The same passwords used for social media platforms are used for bank accounts and other money transacting platforms which contributes to loss of a lot of money through hacking and malware from online interactions. This can be solved through enhancing the two-factor authentication security measures for all accounts.

References
Wall, H. J., & Kaye, L. K. (2018). Online Decision Making: Online Influence and Implications for Cyber Security. In Psychological and Behavioral Examinations in Cyber Security (pp. 1-25). IGI Global.