Over the past few decades, the cyber threats facing individuals and organizations in the virtual world have escalated, ranging from the theft and breach of critical data, the destruction of technological infrastructure, fraud and swindling attacks, cyber extortion, and more. With the development of technological tools and techniques, the rate and seriousness of these threats increase at the same time, which requires well-thought-out plans to confront them, starting with cyber awareness and not ending with merely applying precautionary measures; The matter requires constant keeping up with these developments and innovating tools and technologies that contribute to reducing cyber threats, or reducing their negative effects at the very least.
The National Initiative for Digital Safety has focused on devoting vast areas of written awareness content and educational and training audio and video production to identifying the concept of cyber threats and the most prominent threats that may face individuals, and those that may target various business institutions. For example, the Digital Safety Risks Guide addresses among its topics the most prominent cyber threats and how to properly deal with them, in a way that helps reduce their occurrence rates and reduce their negative repercussions.
Through electronic gaming applications available for download and use on mobile phones and tablets, the user learns about the most prominent cyber threats, such as: phishing attacks, social engineering, and password attacks, in attractive entertainment templates.
The initiative also addresses, through awareness videos, some of the advanced mechanisms of cyber attacks, such as: misleading e-marketing messages and explaining their danger to the security of individuals' personal data, the various means of leaking data for the purpose of blackmail or theft, the use of social media sites to hack data and information, and various attacks targeting email and electronic payment cards.
The awareness content also focuses on the most prominent cyber threats targeting the financial sector around the world - especially bank fraud - the nature of encrypted digital currencies and their security risks, how they can be a tool for financial cyber attacks, and the precautionary measures that must be taken if used. He also touched on the content
