The parts of the book · Part IV

Society

The fourth part speaks to everyone. Digital security in everyday life, source criticism in an age of deepfakes, and how a family and a small company build preparedness that holds without a security department.

Chapters in this part

  1. 25 Digital security for citizens Most attacks on private individuals succeed not because someone is technically outmatched, but because they arrive at a moment when attention is somewhere else. This chapter is about safe everyday habits, the things that give the most protection for the least effort, about the phone that is now the most important device to protect, and about the scams that hit the largest number of people in Sweden.
  2. 26 Disinformation and source criticism Disinformation does not attack systems, it attacks judgement. It does not need to convince anyone of anything in particular, it is enough to make everyone unsure about everything. This chapter works through how information influence operates as a threat to Sweden, what deepfakes and AI generated content do to source criticism, and which practical methods still work when you can no longer trust your eyes.
  3. 27 Digital preparedness for families and small businesses A small company faces the same threat picture as a large one, but has no security department to meet it with. A family has connected devices in every room and nobody who has been given the job of keeping track of them. This chapter is about digital preparedness when resources are limited, what gives the most protection first, and what actually needs doing the day something happens.

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