The Future of Technology

  Technology In The Future

 

        The future of technology is an interesting topic to many in the IT field. However my mom would think differently :-) Technology is growing at the blink of the eye, but what improvements need to be made to make technology more secure? In class I had  brought up the topic about how important it should be to make internet users less anonymous. Now to some this may seem confusing, considering how easy it is to commit identity fraud and steal passwords and such, but when I say users should be less anonymous I mean users shouldn't have the ability to change their IP addresses using anonymizers. The concept that I thought that could create safer internet use involves biometrics. Biometrics is the use of using some form of human characteristics to identify that person, giving them access. The characteristics could be iris scanning, fingerprint, voice, face recognition and more. How would this be implemented into internet use your wondering? Well, instead of gaining access by using passwords, Internet Service Providers could provide finger print biometric devices that will only grant access to users who scan their finger first. Upon being handed an IP address, the ISP also knows who would be committing criminal acts under that address. After thinking about this concept for my discussion in class, I was wondering if this has even been considered a concept for cyber security. The follow article discusses more into depth the concept ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm.

 No More Passwords, Is it Possible?

        To sum up what a majority of what the class discussed as a whole would be that the future of technology needs to improve security. Developing a centralized site to report cyber crimes would be a good start for the future. Since there is so many different sites you have to report to, many people avoid the hassle. Second, passwords have proved that they are a weak security measure. They are to easy to hack and crack. Is having a strong password worth it anyways? Well since it is recommended to have different passwords for every credit card, e-mail, bank, social site etc. it is getting impossible to keep track of them anymore. Biometrics are starting to replace passwords and I strongly believe within the next ten if not five years will replace all passwords, security cards/keys. Biometrics can't be stolen, replicated or lost. New York Times writes an article describing the concerns with passwords and how they lack the defense required. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/technology/10digi.html?_r=0

 

 

Where Am I Going?

        Of those of you who view my blog, I'm not going anywhere. I have decided that this blog has helped me improve my cyber security skills. This fall semester will be my last semester at the college I'm attending before I transfer. Even though I have been accepted into many colleges, I have been contracted by an Ivy League school which asked for a portfolio and I think this would be perfect to add to it, and furthering it more after this course ends. I hope that I educated someone who has viewed my blog to protect themselves on the internet. A summary of this course and what I have talked about is how and what to not do on the internet. I have discussing and presented a video on how to do a system restore if you have ran into any malware you need to get rid of on your computer. I have posted many different criminals acts that take place on the internet and how to protect yourself on hotpots. I ended this section of my blog with discussing future concepts and what needs to take place to secure our future with technology. Thank you for taking your time to view my blog, I hope those of you who have found it useful continue to view.