Individuals Should Use Two-Factor Authentication; Organizations Should Clean Up Dormant Accounts
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According to AI TIMES, the Personal Information Protection Commission said on October 19 that, to reduce personal data leaks and secondary d…
According to AI TIMES, the Personal Information Protection Commission said on October 19 that, to reduce personal data leaks and secondary damage, individuals should make two-factor authentication a daily habit, while companies and institutions should first clean up dormant systems and accounts. It added that if a leak or identity theft is suspected, people should report or seek counseling on personal information infringement by calling 118. The guidance focused on the point that prevention, which reduces unnecessary information and access routes in everyday life, is more important than post-incident damage control. For individuals, the key measures were organizing unused accounts, checking for identity theft, and not clicking phishing links right away. For companies and institutions, the basic tasks were identifying information assets, checking external linked services and authentication information, and regularly improving vulnerabilities. The message was that leaks and additional damage can be reduced only when both sides move together, since neither personal security habits nor organizational technical measures alone are sufficient.
Perspective
The significance of this guidance is that it makes clear personal information protection cannot be reduced to a technical issue for a specific department or to an individual's carelessness alone. The key is that the center of gravity is shifting to routine operations that reduce accumulated management gaps, such as dormant accounts and systems, and excessive access routes, rather than to large new countermeasures. In the end, organizations must internalize prevention as an ongoing task, and individuals are also under growing pressure to manage basic behaviors such as logging in and clicking links more carefully.
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Source: AI TIMES
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