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Benefits of cybersecurity

Benefits of utilizing cybersecurity includes:

  • Business protection against malware, ransomware, phishing and social engineering.

  • Protection for data and networks.

  • Prevention of unauthorized users.

  • Improves recovery time after a breach.

  • Protection for end-users.

  • Improved confidence in the product for both developers and customers.

Cybersecurity challenges

Cybersecurity is continually challenged by hackers, data loss, privacy, risk management, and changing cybersecurity strategies. Nothing currently indicates that cyber-attacks will decrease. Moreover, with the more entry points, there are for attacks, the more cybersecurity is needed to secure networks and devices.

One of the most problematic elements of cybersecurity is the continually evolving nature of security risks. As new technologies emerge, and technology is used in new or different ways, new avenues of attack are developed as well. Keeping up with these continual changes and advances in attacks can be challenging to organizations, as well as updating their practices to protect against them. This also includes ensuring that all the elements of cybersecurity are continually changed and updated to protect against potential vulnerabilities. This can be especially challenging for smaller organizations.

Additionally, today, there is a lot of potential data an organization can gather on individuals who take part in one of their services. With more data being collected, the likelihood of a cybercriminal who wants to steal personally identifiable information is another concern. For example, an organization that stores personally identifiable information in the cloud may be subject to a ransomware attack, and should do what they can to prevent a cloud breach.

Cybersecurity should also address end-user education, as an employee may accidently bring a virus into a workplace on their work computer, laptop, or smartphone.

Another large challenge to cybersecurity includes a job shortage. As growth in data from businesses become more important, the need for more cybersecurity personnel to analyze, manage and respond to incidents increases. It is estimated that there are two million unfilled cybersecurity jobs worldwide. Cybersecurity Ventures also estimates that by 2021, there will be up to 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs.

However,have started to be developed to help in organizing and managing data -- although not to the effect needed.

Automation

AI and machine learning in areas that have high-volume data streams and can help in areas such as:

  • Correlating data- which focuses on organizing data, identifying possible threats within data and predicting an attacks next step.

  • Detecting infections- which focuses on having a security platform analyze data, recognize threats as well as create and enact security protections.

  • Generating protections- without putting a strain on resources.

  • Implementing protections.

Cybersecurity vendors

Vendors in cybersecurity fields will typically use endpoint, network and advanced threat protection security as well as data loss prevention. Three commonly known cybersecurity vendors include Cisco, McAfee and Trend Micro.

Cisco tends to focus on networks and allows its customers to utilize firewalls, and advanced malware protection along with supporting email and endpoint security. Cisco also supports real-time malware blocking.

McAfee makes cybersecurity products for consumers and enterprise users. McAfee supports mobile, enterprise clouds, network, web and server-based security. Data protection and encryption is also offered.  

Trend Micro is an anti-malware vendor which offers threat protection for mobile, nd the Trend Micro provides users with endpoint, email and web security.

Careers in cybersecurity

As the cyber threat landscape continues to grow and emerging threats -- such as the threats on the landscape of the internet of things -- individuals are needed with the required skills and awareness in both hardware and software skills.

 IT professionals and other computer specialists are needed in security jobs, such as:

  • CISO): This individual implements the security program across the organization and oversees the IT security department's operations.

  • Security engineer: This individual protects company assets from threats with a focus on quality control within the IT infrastructure.

  • Security architect: This individual is responsible for planning, analyzing, designing, testing, maintaining and supporting an enterprise's critical infrastructure.

  • Security analyst: This individual has several responsibilities that include planning security measures and controls, protecting digital files, and conducting both internal and external security audits.  

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