Cyber security is the protection of Internet-connected systems, including hardware, software, and data from cyber-attacks.
Importance of Cyber Security
1. Cyber-attacks can be extremely expensive for businesses to endure.
2. Data breach can also inflict untold reputational damage.
Fundamentals of Cyber security
1. Confidentiality is about preventing the disclosure of data to unauthorized parties.
2. Integrity refers to protecting information from being modified by unauthorized parties.
3. Availability is making sure that authorized parties are able to access the information when needed.
Cyber-attacks can be classified into the following categories:
1. Web-based attacks.
2. System-based attacks.
Cyber threats are security incidents or circumstances with the potential to have a negative outcome for your network or other data management systems.
Examples of common types of security threats include;
1. Phishing attacks that result in the installation of malware that infects your data.
2. Failure to follow data protection protocols that cause a data breach.
3. Events like earthquakes that disrupt access to computer system resources.
Vulnerabilities are the gaps or weaknesses in a system that make threats possible and tempt threat actors to exploit them.
When threat probability is multiplied by the potential loss that may result, cyber security, refer to this as a risk.
Cyber-attacks are threats that have been carried out.
Cyber-attacks can be;
1. Man-made
2. Natural
3. State sponsored.
Cyber or computer crime is any crime involving a computer or aided by the use of computer. For example, forging documents.
