Challenges of Security and Privacy in the Digital Age

Integrated professional skills
in the digital age

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
PART 1.......................................................................................................................................3
Comparison and contrast between positive and negative aspects of an individual and
business being online and offline...........................................................................................3
PART 2.......................................................................................................................................7
Challenges related to security and privacy faced by individual and businesses when they go
online......................................................................................................................................7
PART 3.......................................................................................................................................9
Online services used by businesses........................................................................................9
CONCLUSION........................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Digitalisation is a procedure in which information is translated by some individual or
businesses with the help of some evident digital transmission method. This information’s are
kept in the set of bits and then processed in order to get used for further purpose. In this
scenario each business and individual are fond of using online platform in order to provide
their product and services on online media by taking help of digital methods of trading.
Within this internet is the prominent tool by use of which online activities related to business
are performed so internet is termed as an interactive technology in which computer works as
mediator by which valuable information can be shared so that to provide help to some person
or business. This report includes various aspects such as advantages and disadvantages for
individual and business when they go online or offline. Furthermore the report includes
alternative chosen by business in Pandemic COVID-19 (Sajid, 2016).
PART 1
Comparison and contrast between positive and negative aspects of an individual and business
being online and offline
In modern era it is necessary to have an online presence of business and individual as
well which is possible by the use of internet. When people interacts with each other by using
internet or businesses trade using online media these activities are having negative and
positive impacts which are enlightened as under:
For individual being online
In current era of internet, social media has emerged as the most effective tool in order
to communicate and contact with various people. So in order to understand social media in a
deeper concept, this should be differentiated with positive and negative aspects. With this
context thorough differentiation is explained as under:
Positive aspects Negative aspects
 Social media is helpful for individual
in the process of connecting people so
as to enhance knowledge and
individual skills (Jiang, 2016).
 Social media contains various viruses
and scams by which many fraudulent
activities may take place and hamper
emotional stability of an individual.

 Visibility can be enhanced by
individuals via using social media
channels.
 Social media can have high access by
using internet which gives high
opportunities to individual in order to
share ideas and thoughts with other
people.
 By taking help of internet any
information can be obtained at any
point of time without any major
hurdle.
 Internet is highly useful for
employees, students as with the help
of internet several training sessions
can be arranged for employee and
students in order to educate them and
enhancing their skills as well.
 Many of the time information
available on social media are fake and
don’t contain any robust source which
can create distrust among individual.
 One of the major drawbacks of
internet is data leaking which is
invading privacy of individual.
 By using various online media
various financial transactions are
performed in which chances of cyber
attacking is high and may cause
financial losses. (Harris and et. al.,
2017)
For individual being offline
When an individual is planning to communicate and gather various information via
offline media then this may have several advantages and disadvantages which are explained
as under:
Positive aspect Negative aspect
 With the help of offline platform
personal relationship can be
maintained as this involves one to one
communication and exist for longer
duration.
 Information gathered from offline
resources are trustworthy such as
form books and journals then it is a
 Within offline communication there
is no record so it is very hard to keep
them remember so that to get help
when needed in future.
 Words can be distorted in offline
communication which can change the
meaning of sent message that may
lead to generation of wrong