{"id":10568,"date":"2021-08-18T11:02:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acora.local\/?p=10568"},"modified":"2024-05-24T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T14:52:24","slug":"protecting-the-innocent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acora.s.nomatter.dev\/nltest\/news\/archive\/protecting-the-innocent\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting the Innocent"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

For us as IT professionals, the deceptively simple term \u2018security\u2019 encompasses a vast range of tasks and topics. And after spending all day dealing with firewalls<\/a>, Web Application Gateways, anti-virus, anti-malware, proxy services, tenancy restrictions, just-in-time admin access, password vaults, Event Detection and Response, disaster recovery and the rest, security is probably the last thing we want to think about when we get home.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Then come the summer holidays.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Suddenly, we\u2019re aware that our children are using a whole array of internet-capable devices and toys, with their own email and social media accounts and connections that aren\u2019t safely behind firewalls and other protections we can control. In our work life, this would, could and should never happen. Yet here we are: the most vulnerable users and the highest-risk environment imaginable, right under our own roof.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

So how do those of us who are parents and guardians keep our kids safe online, without home life simply turning into a busman\u2019s holiday?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In business, we choose our ecosystems carefully and stick with them. It should be no different at home, where the fewer ecosystems you have, the easier they are to manage. The three big decisions concern:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n