CYBER SECURITY With MaMo TechnoLabs

What is cybersecurity?

Cyber threats protect Internet-connected systems such as hardware, software, and data. Individuals and businesses use this practice to protect against unauthorized access to data centers and other computerized systems.

A strong cybersecurity strategy can provide a good security posture against malicious attacks aimed at accessing, modifying, deleting, destroying, or extorting an organization's or user's systems and sensitive data. Cybersecurity also plays a crucial role in preventing attacks aimed at disabling or disrupting the operation of a system or device.

Why is cybersecurity critical?

With a growing number of users, devices, and programs in modern businesses, coupled with the increasing amount of data, much of which is sensitive or confidential, the importance of cybersecurity continues to grow. The growing number and sophistication of cyber attackers and attack techniques further aggravate the problem.

What are the elements of cybersecurity, and how does it work?

The cybersecurity domain can be broken down into several different areas, the coordination of which within the organization is critical to the success of a cybersecurity program. These sections include the following:

• Application security
• Security of information or data
• Internet security
• Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning
• Operational safety
• Cloud Security
• Critical infrastructure security
• Physical security
• End-user training

Maintaining cyber security in an ever-evolving threat landscape is challenging for any organization. The traditional reactive approach of deploying resources to protect systems from the most significant known threats but protecting them from lesser-known threats is no longer an acceptable tactic. Several leading cybersecurity consulting organizations offer guidance. The NIST recommends continuous monitoring and real-time assessment as part of a risk assessment framework to protect against known and unknown threats.

What are the benefits of cybersecurity?

The benefits of implementing and maintaining cybersecurity practices include:

• Protect your business from cyber-attacks and data breaches.
• Data and network protection. Prevent unauthorized user access.
• Crash recovery time has been improved. Protect end users and end devices.
• Compliance with regulatory requirements. Business continuity.
• The company's reputation and trust among developers, partners, customers, stakeholders, and employees have grown.

What are the different types of cybersecurity threats?

Keeping up with new technologies, security trends, and threat intelligence is a challenge. Information and other assets must be protected from many forms of cyber threats. The types of cyber threats are:

• Malware?is any file or program that can harm a computer user. These include worms, viruses, Trojan horses, and spyware.
• Ransomware?is another type of malware. It involves an attacker locking a victim's computer system files, usually through encryption, and demanding money for decryption and unlocking.?
• Social engineering?is an attack based on human activity that tricks users into violating security procedures to obtain confidential information that is usually protected.
• Phishing?is a form of social engineering that involves sending fake emails or text messages from reputable or known sources. These messages are often brute force attacks that steal sensitive data such as credit cards or login information.
• Spear phishing?is an attack targeting a user, organization, or company.?
• An insider threat?is a security breach or loss caused by an individual, such as an employee, contractor, or customer. Insider threats can be malicious or negligent.?
• Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)?attack is an attack in which multiple systems interfere with the traffic of a target system, such as a server, website, or another network resource. By flooding the target with messages, connection requests, or packets, attackers can slow down or crash the system, preventing legitimate traffic from being used.?
• Advanced persistent threats (APTs)?are long-term targeted attacks where attackers infiltrate networks to steal data and remain undetected for long periods.
• Man-in-the-middle (MitM)?attack is a wiretapping attack in which an attacker intercepts and relays messages from two parties who believe they are communicating.

Other common attacks include botnets, download attacks, exploit kits, malvertising, fishing, credential stuffing attacks, cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, SQL injection attacks, business email compromise (BEC), and zero-day exploits.

What are the top cybersecurity challenges?

Cybersecurity is constantly challenged by hackers, data loss, privacy, risk management, and changing cybersecurity strategies. The number of cyber attacks is not expected to decrease shortly. In addition, the need to secure networks and devices increases as access points grow against attacks such as the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT).

One of the most problematic elements of cyber security is the evolution of security risks. New offensive capabilities develop as new technologies emerge and are used in new ways. Keeping up with these changes and advances in attacks can be challenging. The challenge involves updating all cybersecurity elements to protect against potential vulnerabilities. This can be difficult for small organizations without internal staff and resources.

Organizations can also collect a lot of potential data about people who use one or more services. As more data is collected, the potential for cybercriminals to steal personally identifiable information (PII) is also a concern. For example, organizations that store PII in the cloud can become victims of ransomware attacks. Organizations must do everything they can to prevent cloud breaches.

Cybersecurity programs should focus on end-user education, as employees can inadvertently bring viruses into the workplace from their laptops or mobile devices. Regular security awareness training helps employees protect their businesses from cyber threats.

How is automation used in cybersecurity?

Automation has become essential to protecting businesses from the increasing sophistication and complexity of cyber threats. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in data-intensive fields can improve cybersecurity in three main categories:

• Hazard identification?AI platforms can analyze data, identify known threats and predict new threats.?
• The AI platform?automatically creates and implements security measures in response to threats.?
• Human augmentation?security professionals are often overwhelmed by alerts and repetitive tasks. AI automatically analyzes low-risk signals and automates extensive data analysis and other repetitive tasks to eliminate alert fatigue and free up humans to perform more advanced tasks.

Cybersecurity vendors and tools

Cybersecurity vendors typically offer a variety of security products and services. Common security tools and systems include:

• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Firewall
• Endpoint security
• Anti-malware
• Intrusion Prevention/Detection System (IPS/IDS)
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Endpoint detection and response
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Encryption tool
• Vulnerability Scanner
• Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Cloud Workload Security Platform (CWPP)
• Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

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