Assignment #1 - TylerVisentin/CIS GitHub Wiki
Cyber Security
Welcome to Assignment Number 1 , this Wiki will be a report about Cyber Security.
Abstract
Cyber Security is a form of security that protects your personal information from hackers with malicious intent. This is needed and is very important, people want to feel safe while putting their own data or information online. Cyber attacks are created to access, destroy, or entrap a companies vital information. Cyber Security overrides all of these attacks and that is why it is so vital. Different organizations,companies, and governments hold essential information on people that needs protection.
Introduction
What is Cyber-Security?
Details of items used
They're many different ways to prevent cyber attacks from happening these can vary in complexity depending on the software.
Firewalls
We all know that fire walls is the center of cyber security tools, this is also because it is one of the most important tools. What a firewall does is it denies access from or to a private network. A firewall can be installed as software,hardware or both. Even though a firewall is useful it has its limits , A expert hacker could pass through your software with ease.
Problem Statment
Cyber Security is very necessary to protect someones vital information, But if we did not have these software personal information from all different sources would be at risk 24/7. Cyber Security is like a body guard that protects your Data and personal information at all times. Some examples of cyber attacks to your information is malware,ransomware, and phishing which a type of fraud technique that is used. Cyber security is used so that you as an individual or company wont have to worry about sensitive information being exposed for anyone to collect.
Methodology
An arranged, continuous way to see the problem identification,risk analysis, and project definition will work towards a successful apparatus of Cyber Security in a corporation. Losses of data assets need to be acknowledged and counted for.
Results
The failure of a durable security system or network can cause a breach of data. This may lead to stolen vital and sensitive data such as social security records. This can lead to someone losing all assets to their name and being stripped of their identity.
Conclusion
In Conclusion cyber security is a necessity for organizations today due to all the online risk and threats of cyber attacks. They're many different ways cyber security can prevent this from happening and protecting your sensitive personal information.
Future
According to Cyber Security ventures there will be 3.5 million open cyber security jobs by 2021. This is a 1 million more than the prediction in 2014, so this field is very important and wanted and that is why cyber security is so interesting to me. Even though this is the case people in the cyber security field are lacking the familiarity with advanced techniques and technologies such as AI's and machines.