Cyber security is the prevention of damage to, exploitation of, and restoration of computer systems and electronic communication services. It includes the integrity, confidentiality, authentication, and availability of these systems. It also includes measures and controls to prevent unauthorized access or interception of information in transit.
Human society now relies more than ever on networks of computers and other electronic devices for everything from banking and healthcare to government, transportation, communications, manufacturing and many other services. As a result, there are more systems to protect than ever before, and threat actors are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their attacks. These attacks can include social engineering, phishing, spoofed email, worms, software rogues, logical bombs (malware added to an existing program that lies dormant until triggered), key loggers and more.
Often, these threats can be prevented by keeping computer programs and other technology up to date, avoiding unsupervised remote access to systems, maintaining secure network connections, using zero trust security, implementing disk encryption and utilizing a trusted platform module. Additionally, companies should create secure systems designed to detect and block attacks as quickly as possible to limit the damage they can cause.
Cybersecurity is a field that has risen to prominence due to the increasing number of data breaches, ransomware attacks and other attacks against businesses and individuals. Moreover, these attacks are not just limited to large corporations with high amounts of valuable data. Even normal individuals are vulnerable to attack, so everyone should practice good cybersecurity habits such as regularly updating software, using anti-virus and firewall protections, being wary of social engineering attempts and avoiding suspicious links. SOC