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Essay / The Pros and Cons of Cybersecurity - 1419
We live in a globally connected world facing globally distributed cyber threats. These threats are not limited by geographic boundaries and target all technologies, hardware, software, service providers and consumer user, private and public sector. Threats are still high in experience and volume and continue their upward trend. Nowadays, we can see that cybersecurity is a popular topic of discussion among all IT and non-IT companies due to the increasing percentage of cybercrime. Every government and private organization is therefore concerned about the security of its data, systems, hardware, software, etc. to be a victim of cybercrime, that's why all big multinationals and government organizations such as army have installed high security system so that no one reaches their data and hardware etc. Nowadays we can see that the security system is upgraded with high security so that any attacker or hacker cannot access your computer or content easily. We can take the example of Google.com in terms of security, how they created a secure email system. When the user logs into their account, they cannot access their account directly. Google first identifies whether the right person is accessing the account or not. send a 6-digit code to their cell phone via SMS, then the user enters this code to be able to access their account, this security system from Google prevents the user from having their email account hacked at any point. We receive confidential emails such as credit card number, company meeting details, etc., so the user does not want these discussions to be posted publicly, that is why the security of the Email account is required. Types of IT Security: Basically their two main types o...... middle of paper... ...from the operating system, allowing you to block web-based threats when browsing in waters potentially risky. A sandboxing environment is a similar function, but for advanced software. • PC maintenance functionality: A good functionality of security software is not limited to antivirus protection. The software should check whether the user's PC is working properly or not, such as speed tests, proper memory usage, etc. If the PC is not working properly then it needs to rectify all these errors to bring the user's PC back to a perfect working state like good memory usage. HARDWARE SECURITY: Essentially, hardware consists of physical devices such as server mainframes, external or portable memory, storage devices, computers, etc. One of the important hardware security measures in many companies is network security and server security..