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What is Cyber Security?  

The connected electronic information network has become an integral part of our daily lives. All types of organizations, such as medical, financial, and education institutions, use this network to operate effectively. They utilize the network by collecting, processing, storing, and sharing vast amounts of digital information. As more digital information is gathered and shared, the protection of this information is becoming even more vital to our national security and economic stability.

Cybersecurity is the ongoing effort to protect these networked systems and all of the data from unauthorized use or harm. On a personal level, you need to safeguard your identity, your data, and your computing devices. At the corporate level, it is everyone’s responsibility to protect the organization’s reputation, data, and customers. At the state level, national security, and the safety and well-being of the citizens are at stake.

Cybersecurity is also known as-

• Information Security
• Information Assurance 
• System Security

Definitions of Cybersecurity-

• cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks. These cyberattacks are usually aimed at accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information; extorting money from users; or interrupting normal business processes.

• Cybersecurity is the combination of process, practice, and technologies designed to protect networks, computers, programs, data, and information from attack, damage, or unauthorized access.

• Cybersecurity is the preservation through policy, technology, and education of the availability, confidentiality, and integrity of information and its underlying infrastructure so as to enhance the security of persons both online and offline.

What is a cyberattack?

• A cyberattack is a malicious(malware) and deliberate attempt by an individual or organization to breach the information system of another individual or organization. Usually, the attacker seeks some type of benefit from disrupting the victim’s network.

• A Cyberattack is an attack initiated from a computer against a website, computer system or individual computer (collectively, a computer) that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the computer or information stored on it.

The key points that you can remember easily-

• Cybersecurity- Techniques and practices designed to protect (data or digital data).

• Cyberattack- An attempt by an individual or organization to breach the information system of another individual or organization.

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