Cyber security refers to the technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, devices, programs, and data from being hacked, damage, or unauthorized access. Cyber security may also be referred to as IT security.

Cyber security is a very essential for everyone because we use to store our data into our devices whether it is desktop or our smart phone. Even in job sectors or in another sectors, data is being kept into computers. A significant part of that data can be sensitive information for that particular person or industry. Whether that be intellectual property, financial data, someone’s personal information, or other type of data for which unauthorized access or exposure could have negative results. Before sometime the Nation’s top intelligence officials urged that cyber-attacks and digital spying are the top threat to the national security, increasing even terrorism.

CHALLENGES OF CYBER SECURITY

There are few challenges that the technology faces in cyber security are the following:

• Digital Data Threat: Growing online transactions open gates for cyber criminals. Besides, starting looking to mine data—for example, customer’s information, and sensitive information—create esteemed analytical property that is in itself a fairly target.
• Supply Chain Inter-connection: The supply chains are increasingly interconnected together. Companies are suggesting vendors and customers to join their networks.
• Hacking: This action is powerful into someone’s system in unauthorized trend to steal or destroy someone’s data, which has grown hundred times in the past few years. The availability of someone’s information at online platforms makes it easier for even non-technical people to do hacking.
• Phishing: The easiest to accomplish and can produce the results with a little effort. It is the act of sending out some Fake emails, text messages and create websites to look like they belong to some sort of authentic companies.

MANAGING CYBER SECURITY

If I ask you about the biggest threat to the security of your business? Then many of us would say that our biggest threat is about our confidential information, like a password and customer’s data etc. For this a company can spend thousands of rupees over this just to ensure the security of their confidential documents. But what if a hacker call one of your trusted person within the company and that person relies on it and then all the money will go in vain which you’ve spent over the security of your confidential documents.

So there are various ways to get rid of these cyber security threats:

Identify and evaluate risk
“Prevention is better than cure” here this is the best thing to keep in mind. First thing which we have to do is figure out the risks and plan accordingly for your business.

Develop and implement risk reduction measures
You need to figure out your cyber security risk requirements and trace how those requirements are fulfilling your company’s needs, right through the beginning to the end user or customer.

Implement, observe and revise
You need to have a look for reviewing and updating cyber security policies. You need to track and measure whether those policies are working accordingly or not.

Typically public and private sectors defend their web based activities by deploying cyber security technologies into their data center.

In today’s connected world everyone is enjoying new technologies and their new features. But what if a hacker hacks your computer or mobile phone and stole your personal data like your family photos, contacts, e-mail access and text messages. What if a hacker use your credentials and asking people in your contact to click on any link over there through which they can have a access of their computer or mobile phones too.

Gone are the days when simple antivirus sole security of your device. Cyber-crime may impact your economic costs as well because it may affect the customer trust, loss of current and future deals as well. You can protect your organization against cyber crime by following these simple steps:

1. Educate all your staff and make them aware about cyber crime.
2. Invest in tools that continuously scan your data exposure and leak credentials.
3. Use technology to reduce costs like automatically sending data to vendors.
4. Move beyond antivirus
5. Think about backup and recovery.

To summarize, update yourself with cyber security to protect your data.