40% do not care about the protection of their data in their handsets in UAE

A recent study showed that nearly 40% of users in the United Arab Emirates who share their devices connected to the Internet with their relatives or colleagues or friends do not take any preventive measures to protect their data.

The study pointed out that these users do not believe that sharing these devices pose any danger, even if this increases the likelihood of theft or data stored on them significantly loss.

The study, conducted by the Organization -alta "me to my International" in cooperation with Kaspersky Ab- company that the greater the number of people who use the device increased the likelihood of users in a trap cybercriminals.

According to Kaspersky Lab, is no longer using the computer or phone or tablet confined only to a person who is used for the purpose of connecting to the Internet anymore, it was stated Mstjiban out of five in the UAE they share with other members of their organs.

He said 31% of respondents in the UAE, they share the hardware with the family members of adults, and 8% said they do not see the use of children in mind an devices, while 3% do not allow their colleagues and acquaintances using their own devices.

It is noteworthy that these indicators apply to devices that are often used to connect to the Internet, which means they often contain valuable data such as registration names and passwords.

The study confirmed that the lack of protection device which is used by several people is very dangerous, because no one can guarantee that any other users of this device are aware of electronic threats.

At the same time, he pointed out, 32% of users in the UAE who share their computers or phones or tablet devices with others that they do not take any security measures because they do not see any risk.

The only 29% of users back up important data before the machine is delivered to someone else, while 32% of them protects data with passwords and trying 23% of them do not store any important data on such devices.

According to director of personnel management products in the "Kaspersky Lab" Yelena Kharchenko some preventive measures such as backup of important files, perform, and delete information that should not fall in the hands of those who may exploit in malicious purposes, especially by disabling automatic spelling of forms on the Internet, and control rights access to the device, and more importantly, the use of programs that provide protection from electronic threats.