Risk management, protection, and security of personal data in Romania

Abstract

In recent years, the digitization of institutions has gained momentum as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic period imposed the digitization of services in an aggressive and forced way, many authorities had to apply immediate measures, without having a test base behind them. People were forced to interact with a computer, thereby giving up physical contact with colleagues, which in one way or another increased the exposure of companies, thus allowing cyber-attacks easier access to target targets. The human factor, education, and balance are important elements when it comes to the area of data security. Any digitization process is meant to provide operational efficiency, productivity, and information security. Analyzing cyber attacks we will notice that they evolve with the help of AI, attackers use this technology to be able to produce personalized messages, customer information, etc. At the moment, Romania is at an average level, or even below the average level in terms of the functioning of the Internet and data security. In this article, we will present the results regarding data security, as well as the measures that were taken to protect them, both at the level of Romania and other EU member states after the coronavirus pandemic period.