<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHata hivyo, bila ulinzi sahihi, uunganisho huu wa wingi una hatari kubwa kwa mifumo yetu ya kompyuta na, muhimu zaidi, kwa shughuli muhimu na miundombinu wanayounga mkono.  <response>: However, without proper safeguards, this widespread interconnectivity poses enormous risks to our computer systems and, more importantly, to the critical operations and infrastructures they support. 