FAQs About Our Dark Web Monitoring Services
What Is the Dark Web?
The Dark Web is a network or "web" that's not indexed by any search engines. What this means is that you can't access it by regular means.
If you want to get to the Dark Web network in Alaska, then you have to get special permissions and programs.
Now, why is the Dark Web network so dangerous? This is a network mostly used for illegal activity, and it's filled with dangerous sites meant for:
- Hacking
- Illegal Financing
- Fraud or Scam Services
- Illegal Pornography
- Terrorism
Even if you never enter the Dark Web network, someone from there may be actively monitoring the sites you visit and the online activity you tend to do. They will carefully wait for the perfect opportunity to collect your data, and that's where the problems begin.
There's no clear reason why someone would want to target and collect your data specifically. It may be to threaten you, sell it to someone else on the network, or others.
In any case, if you live in Alaska and are worried about your data getting stolen, our team is prepared to analyze and develop the best monitoring plan so that you're prepared for any potential problems.
What Does Dark Web Monitoring Do in a Nutshell?
You can see Dark Web monitoring in AK as an identity theft prevention process. In essence, you will allow our team to do management and monitoring efforts surrounding your online data on the Dark Web.
We will carefully browse the Dark Web, and if we ever find/view your confidential data there, we will notify you. All of this will ensure you take the right steps to protect your network and data in Alaska.
Now, you may be wondering how we can help you. As mentioned before, we work hard to develop tools to analyze and collect information from the Dark Web to see if you're compromised.
These efforts include:
- Finding data breaches
- Detecting virtual or physical threats against you
- Predicting attracts
While the Dark Web is already filled with dangerous sites and people in Alaska (and all over the world), our management team is ready to monitor this network in a safe way so that you don't have to.
Is Dark Web Monitoring a Good Idea?
Yes! In any case, you must monitor your data if you live in Alaska or any other state in the country. While you may think you're not exposed to the dangers of this "dark" network, you never know when someone may be targeting vulnerabilities in your online activity.
However, it's not recommended to monitor the Dark Web network yourself either. Not having the experience to travel the network safely could result in your data getting compromised anyway.
In these cases, hiring a data management and monitoring company in Alaska like DenaliTEK is one of the best options you can consider.
Why Is Dark Web Monitoring Important for Me?
Data management and monitoring will always be important for your online activity. Not many people in Alaska pay attention to each site they visit, and like it or not, you may encounter a site with vulnerabilities eventually.
However, if you hire a network monitoring company, you can move on with your online activity without worrying about anything. Even if you get a notification that your data was found on the Dark Web, our experts will give you tips on what to do to ensure you're safe.
What Happens When I Get a Dark Web Alert?
We've developed many skills to ensure our monitoring process in Alaska is as safe and efficient as possible.
To make things simple, we will use several tools to scan thousands of websites around the Dark Web network each day.
As soon as our tools get a hit, that means that somewhere in the network, someone mentioned your data.
Some of these websites that our tools will scan include marketplaces, forums, chat rooms, and more.
Getting a notification doesn't mean that your data is lost forever. Our monitoring efforts will ensure you get notified in time, which will give you a reasonable window for you to change or adjust your account details before the person can get access to them.
Should I Worry If My Data Is on the Dark Web?
If you have a monitoring team on your side, we'd say don't worry yet.
In some cases, it's hard to remove your data from the Dark Web.
However, sometimes, the data found isn't too compromising, so you still have a chance to fix things.
Some of the things you can do if our monitoring team finds your data in any locations around this network include:
- Change your compromised credentials and update the rest of your accounts.
- Enable 2FA if you can.
- Call your bank and/or make a fraud report if the found data involves your banking information.
What Can You Do to Prevent Getting Your Information on the Dark Web?
While it's not 100% possible to prevent your data from getting into the Dark Web, some things we suggest you do include:
- Use encrypted cloud services to store your important data.
- Don't click on any links or suspicious emails you get.
- Back up your online information constantly.
- Don't log into strange or unreliable networks.