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Welcome back with the news relating to the Web Summit 2018. After the article dedicated to the presence of André Villas Boas at the Web Summit 2018 , today we want to bring you the most significant contents of the press conference released by Garry Kasparov. The Russian chess player, considered by experts of this discipline as one of the best players in history together with Magnus Carlsen and Robert James Fischer, is now also the Global Ambassador of Avast , the cybersecurity company best known for its renowned antivirus. Details of the press conference The press conference scheduled for today 7 November 2018 saw as protagonists Ondrej Vlcek security expert from Avast and Garry Kasparov: "Chess Grandmaster and Security Ambassador of the well-known brand".
After a brief general introduction, the central theme of the press Find Your Phone Number conference was web security and the major vulnerability problems to which computer systems are subjected. Taking Portugal as an example, the Avast spokesperson highlighted how 25 % of the tools checked in the country during these Web Summit days were found to be vulnerable and potentially at risk of cyber attack by malicious actors. Certainly at a global level the percentages do not improve but on the contrary, they increase significantly depending on the geographical areas and for this reason the problem is certainly considered significant. The collaboration between Kasparov and Avast began about 2 years ago and the chess player declared that he had learned a lot about the world of technology and was fascinated by various aspects contained in it. All this despite a less than excellent starting background.
Garry Kasparov's speech at the Web Summit 2018 continued by talking about the risks present in the modern online world and the need to establish a culture of computer data protection during everyday life. The ambition should be to start from a computer education system where children can understand how to manage their personal data on the web and not fall into unpleasant traps. Over time, everything should become a natural and automatic process for each of us. In fact, the problems that each of us risks running into day after day are not only linked to hackers but also to: potential computer fraud phishing attacks online payments banking transactions As we all know, the scope of the problem is global and for this reason it becomes necessary to act as soon as possible as the speed of transmission and contagion is fast.
After a brief general introduction, the central theme of the press Find Your Phone Number conference was web security and the major vulnerability problems to which computer systems are subjected. Taking Portugal as an example, the Avast spokesperson highlighted how 25 % of the tools checked in the country during these Web Summit days were found to be vulnerable and potentially at risk of cyber attack by malicious actors. Certainly at a global level the percentages do not improve but on the contrary, they increase significantly depending on the geographical areas and for this reason the problem is certainly considered significant. The collaboration between Kasparov and Avast began about 2 years ago and the chess player declared that he had learned a lot about the world of technology and was fascinated by various aspects contained in it. All this despite a less than excellent starting background.
Garry Kasparov's speech at the Web Summit 2018 continued by talking about the risks present in the modern online world and the need to establish a culture of computer data protection during everyday life. The ambition should be to start from a computer education system where children can understand how to manage their personal data on the web and not fall into unpleasant traps. Over time, everything should become a natural and automatic process for each of us. In fact, the problems that each of us risks running into day after day are not only linked to hackers but also to: potential computer fraud phishing attacks online payments banking transactions As we all know, the scope of the problem is global and for this reason it becomes necessary to act as soon as possible as the speed of transmission and contagion is fast.