The digital pathogen: Why cyber hygiene is no longer optional | Explained
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Published - October 30, 2026 11:46 am IST
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Even as the stains of Covid-19 has yet to recede entirely in the physical world, the pathogen in the digital age — poor cyber hygiene — has found its foothold across the sectors that it has not even spared authenticating agency.
The term cyber hygiene, the first line of defence against cybercrime, increasingly got into the vocabulary after financial institutions and public bodies suffered serious security scares.
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