Cyber Security

Firewalls, Antiviruses, Https, SSL and many more. All these have to do with cybersecurity and in any industry, security is needed either to keep things in or to keep things out; ensuring that company & business or private affairs are kept secret from unclarified personas or to keep malwares and spywares from gaining access to resources either on enterprise level or personal level, cybersecurity is needed. 

What is Cybersecurity? This is the process of defending any mobile device, network, data and systems from harmful attacks. There are various form of cybersecurity and they are:

1) Operational Security: This is a process of protecting assets such as data. The process to which data will be shared and accessed across border is of high priority. Policies and roles are put in place to ensure conditions and clarification to access the data are met. In cloud computing, providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) provide a management console and make use of (Identity and Access Management) IAM for such operational security.

2) Network Security: this handles protecting the network infrastructure of an organization both virtual and on-premises. Network structures like LAN, WAN, MAN, VPN and even VPC have security measures put in place.

3) Application Security: this handles protection of both system and program software making sure they are safe and secure from harm. Applications like Whatsapp, Facebook and others all have security measures put in place. Remember 2FA? Yeah.

What are the career paths for those in Cybersecurity? There are various career opportunities for those in this field and those interested in the field such as: Chief Information Security Officer, Information Security Officer, System Administrator, Computer Forensics, Security Architects and others. It is said that cybersecurity experts are highly sort after due to the rate of cybercrime and high confidentiality of data. According to Department of Labor Statistics their pay ranges from $103,000 to $300,000 a year.

How does one protect themselves from cyber-attacks on a personal level? There are various ways to protect user’s device and data from cyber-attacks and these includes:

1) Updating Software and Operating system: Ensure that the applications and operating system of devices are updated regularly (whenever there is a new release or annually or whenever convenient for user and their budget, lol.)

2) Mindful of links: Scammers are everywhere and in the digital world they operate through links. These links could be spyware, malware, Trojan and others in the form of good things like how to make more money. One needs to be careful of clicking those links.

3) Use of Anti-Virus: After a Firewall, an anti-virus is useful in protecting systems whether in an organizational setting or on a personal level. Anti-viruses like Kaspersky (provided us with insight for this article) and Norton are some good anti-viruses one can purchase.

4) Avoid using unsecured WiFi: Whenever in a public environment, be mindful not to connect to public wifi because they could be unsecured especially those without password. An extra, make use of data blockers especially when charging devices in public areas, viruses have been noted to be planted in USB port.  Get a data blocker from us, simply send a mail and we would respond.

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