By Basit Ali

Rethinking
the technology; a drastic call to future safety

1. Preface
   and Thesis statement:
   

• Technology
  is a double-edged sword having both ends equally sharpened. Its
  pluses and minuses depending upon the mentality of its user.
  
  
• Unfortunately,
  the youth of the ongoing competitive arena is witnessing more cons
  than the pros even in the pandemic of Covid-19.
  
• Cybercrimes
  are on the hike and psychological health is at stake. There is a
  dire need to rethink the technology by employing it as a medium to
  disseminate the mass awareness for future safety.
  

1. Introducing
   the arguments:
   
2. Reckon
   the potential of technology
   
   

There
are no two opinions that technology has accelerated the pace of
development and prosperity worldwide. It has fabricated the number of
opportunities for the entire race of homo sapiens.

1. Global
   Village owed to the technological revolution
   
   
   

The
world has transformed tremendously after the industrial revolution
but it achieved zenith and become a global village with technological
advancements. It connected the dots of communication that is vital
for progress and prosperity.

1. Nearing
   ties and the ever-increasing probability of existential threats
   

The
close association of the global village not only ushered the
development but also posed many threats to a human peaceful
existence. Technology makes contacting easy. This feature offers
terrorists to contact swiftly. Cyber-terrorism is intensifying in the
region.

1. Saving
   time and inviting it to waste
   

Technology
is saving time on one hand by employing digital sophistication but
wasting this time in health-threatening activities on the other hand.

• For
  instance, manual work which was once laborious is decreased because
  of advanced technology; however, this technology and saved time is
  spending on surfing social media aimlessly.
  

1. An
   empty mind is a devil's workshop
   

Mind
and body were engaged while ploughing in the fields or knitting the
sweaters in the industry, which could be taken as exercise and
somehow positive. But, now the landscape is entirely changed.
Physical sports are on the path of decline.

• A
  number of people have plenty of free time which is injurious to the
  thought process that is presented in a proverb empty mind is devil's
  workshop.
  

1. Cybercrimes
   in upswing
   

Owing
to the availability of time, energy, and technology paved a pavilion
for cybercrimes, money laundering, creating ease in human
trafficking, drug smuggling, increasing harassment cases are few
highlighted threats. The following facts and figures describe the
perils in a crystal clear manner.

• The
  empirical data collected by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint
  Center (IC3) for 2018 show Internet-enabled robbery, forgery, and
  exploitation linger pervasively and were accountable for a
  staggering $2.7 billion in monetary losses in 2018.
  
• In
  2019 FBI’s Report, demonstrates information from 467,361
  complaints of alleged Internet crime, with reported losses in excess
  of $3.5 billion.
  

What
are the goals of cybersecurity?

The
term " Cyber Security " has now become famous through the
multitude of films, set in the new millennium, in which technological
threats often reveal themselves as the weapons of the new generation.

Yet
it is not easy to understand the objectives and the importance of
this term which has landed in everyday reality and in our own
language, but of which we often know very little.

In
the course of this article, we will therefore discover what the
objectives of cyber security are and which tools are used to ensure
maximum effectiveness.

For
anyone novice in the field of "Cyber Security", as well
as for anyone with a blog, a recent car or simply a bank account, it
is essential to fully understand what are the purposes towards which
IT security and its importance.

In
fact, cyber threats have never before threatened our information and
invite us to pay attention to the risks we run and the solutions we
have.

III.
How
to Rethink the trends

• The
  above-mentioned statistics delineate the hike of cyberbullying which
  needs an immediate solution to rethinking technology.
  
• First
  and foremost panacea is to harness the Artificial Intelligence in
  prospective ways rather than destructive by chalking out mass
  awareness strategy through using the platforms of social media.
  
• Social
  media itself requires a security alignment to reduce the threats
  posed by technology.
  
• Constitutional
  privacy rights must be ensured by taking appropriate measures such
  as stoping data breaches, the rebuke of malware infections, and
  potential response to Ransomware type software.
  

IV.
Conclusion:

• In
  a nutshell, critical analysis reveals an optimistic standpoint of
  technology but also unveiled horrific threats of technology.
  
  
• The
  grueling situation is calling for exclusive security for the future.
  
  
  
• The
  strategy should be encompassed from the grass-root level to the
  International level.
  
  
• Security
  organizations should cooperate with each other in sharing logistics.
  
• Formulation
  of mutual policy to combat terrible hazards and to avoid
  jeopardizing the individual's privacy.
  

Author bio: 

Basit Ali is a Digital marketer and developer at Cognizantt work on many projects like Research Prospect, famous for his dissertation writing services in the UK. He specializes in SEO, SMO, SEM. Avid football fan and sports enthusiasts. He also loves to read and write about new things and trends.