CYBER SECURITY

Cyber Security

Cyber Security

Introduction

Internet, by far is the best innovation man has ever created. In the initial days, communication was made by verbal or non verbal cues, even if people stayed far away from each other. Later came letters, which could be sent to the near and dears. With the world progressing so rapidly, people became closer than they ever were before, and came along a great invention made by Graham Bell, the telephone. With telephone in the back of the mind, communication stream further widened to include Internet. Internet has become the best tool for communication. People communicate via email, chat, voice and video chat (the recent addition to the ever increasing resources provided by internet). It provides a wealth of knowledge. Information on any kind of subject is made available in a few seconds over the internet, ranging from shopping to government, business to entertainment, and so on. It has become easier to establish relationships with people from different backgrounds, culture and location. People can sit at home, and learn about another country, their religion, language, way of living, etc without ever visiting the place.

Internet proves to be the most helpful tool for all fields. Students use the internet almost always, to study and conduct research for their courses. Doctors and medical students use the web to publish their research papers, findings, different technologies, and cures for various diseases. Online banking, ticket booking, online tutoring, shopping, entertainment and almost all the services that you can think of is accessible immediately over the Web. Almost all the business professionals interact over the net. Conferences can be held irrespective of the individuals' location. Software is being redeveloped such that it requires no single hardware to work on. It can be accessed over the net, by multiple users and without downloading it over to their computer. Like the two sides of a coin, there are definitely many disadvantages, threats and downside to the Internet. As far as anonymous opinion goes, the positives outweigh the negative impacts. Though, they are not to be ignored, but to be taken care of as soon as possible. The discussion from here includes the threats faced, its impacts and the actions to be performed to eliminate them (Wall, 2007, pp 98).

Discussion

Cyber Attack

Cyber attack or Cyber threat is an intended or unintended activity that results into dire consequences, putting the most important asset- Information, in potential danger. Unintended or natural attacks include accidents like fire; floods, earthquakes often cause serious damage, and are usually out of anyone's hold. Intended attacks are illegal acts by either insiders or outsiders.

There are many types of Cyber attacks that create a huge impact on an organization and the profits it earns. Cyber attacks are generally motivated by revenge, espionage, fame, monetary gains to name a few. Cyber attacks make use of the speed and the global connection of Internet to breach all organizations (both local and international) with ease. And more than often the cyber attacks are very hard to ...