Do we need to re-create the internet?

The cyber-attacks on the internet have reached such a high level that some people are thinking the internet should be re-created. Efforts to secure the internet are becoming less and less effective and identity fraud costs more than £2.7 billion every year, affecting over 1.8 million people.

However, the internet was never intended to be a secure network. Users of the internet don’t understand the complex technologies required to ensure they operate securely over the internet. Since the internet first used commercially in the 1990s, security has always been an afterthought. The current internet is lawless, even governmental attempts at heightening security have failed. After all no one owns the internet and although some areas can be governed there are areas which are known to be uncontrolled.

In my opinion, even if the internet was re-invented the problem would not be solved because it is only as secure as the user. Some security measures are possible but total control over the security of internet would be impossible, the most effective type of security will always be the security the user itself puts in place.