The Internet is a double-edged sword. Despite its many benefits, it poses numerous cyber risks that could threaten the digital safety of individuals and various organizations unless its use is restricted by a set of binding social and ethical standards that ensure privacy protection and avoid cyber deception and other cyber attacks.
The National Initiative for Digital Safety has focused on listing the most prominent social and ethical standards that must be adhered to in cyberspace. For example, the Digital Safety Risk Guide addresses the most important social and ethical rules and principles governing the activities of individuals and various businesses while using the Internet and social media sites, such as: respecting users' privacy, protecting their personal and business data, rejecting violence, hatred, and incitement, and recognizing the freedom of others to publish digital content unless it affects the limits of others' freedom.
The initiative's awareness content also clarifies the dimensions and limits of the social responsibility of individuals and institutions in confronting the risks of cybercrimes and cyber threats, including adherence to controls on the use of social media and controls regulating the use of the Internet, and maintaining rules for protecting personal and financial files and data while sharing them with others. It also focuses on the importance of avoiding online deception to carry out social engineering attacks, and raising awareness of following the correct behavior in cases of cyber attack or hacking The foundations of dealing in the event of exposure to electronic piracy.
