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*Security Awareness* is the knowledge gained, and the learned attitude members possess regarding the protection of the physical, and especially informational, assets of that organization. Computer security concerns that we can help prevent and control, including malware, phishing, ransomware, social engineering and more.

Dealing with security is like going back to the basics of learning how to operate your computer.

HTTPS: Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol

In many ways, Https is identical to Http because it follows the same basic protocols. The Http or Https client, such as a Web browser, establishes a connection to a server on a standard port. However, Https offers an extra layer of security because it uses SSL to move data.

You may not know this little fact: certain browser features require HTTPS to work. Features like getting a user’s location, accessing their microphone, or storing data locally on their device, all require that your website supports HTTPS.

*The Importance of Secure Contexts*

Imagine a user connects to your site and someone else on the network can piggyback on your access to their webcam or microphone and eavesdrop. Or worse, that network attacker entirely fabricates a request to access their webcam with an HTTP injection.

Since Google’s initial concept, its proposal has evolved into “Secure Contexts,” a W3C draft that hopes to become the internet the standard for defining secure access to these advanced browsers features.

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In spite of  Secure Contexts being drafted, new features and standards have already been designed to require HTTPS from their inception—the biggest being HTTP/2. All major browsers require websites use HTTPS with HTTP/2, meaning you have absolutely no access to the newer version of the internet’s core protocol if you’re still serving unencrypted HTTP.

Even if you don’t use these features on your website, this should serve as an eye-opener for just how serious major browsers like Chrome and Firefox are about HTTPS.