Top Tips For Personal Cyber Security
Cyber crime is any criminal activity that involves a computer, networked device or a network.
Cyber crime is any criminal activity that involves a computer, networked device or a network.
While most cyber crimes are carried out to garner profit for the cyber criminals, some cyber crimes are carried out against computers or devices directly to damage or disable them. Others use computers or networks to spread malware, i.e. malicious software, illegal information, images, etc. Some cyber crimes do both – target computers to infect them with a virus, which is then spread to other machines and sometimes, entire networks. The primary effect of cyber crime is financial!
Why Is cybersecurity important?
Cyber security is important because it encompasses everything that involves protecting our data from cyber criminals who want to steal this information and use it to cause harm.
This can be sensitive data, governmental and industrial information, personal information, intellectual property and protected health information.Having advanced cyber defense programs in place to protect this data is crucial.
At an individual level, cyber security attacks can lead to identity theft and extortion attempts, which can cause serious damage.
This Cyber Security Month, we have put together some tips to ensure our readers are more capable of keeping themselves secure.