What is Cyber-Security?
Cyber-security is the set of policies, practices and tools that keep your organization safe from cyber attacks. These include anti-malware software, firewalls, web application security, patch management and a secure network. These are necessary to protect the data and systems your business depends on from threats like SQL injection, phishing, ransomware, and more.
Whether you’re a small or large business, an institution, non-profit or public service agency, or anything in between, your organization should make cybersecurity one of its top priorities. Digital information has become the most common target for criminals, making it the leading cause of fraud in all sectors, outranking even physical theft. As a result, every business should have an effective cyber security strategy in place to protect its data, reputation and revenue.
The most common types of cyber attacks include:
Cyberattacks are constantly evolving. Attackers and defenders are engaged in a cat-and-mouse game to develop techniques that overcome or bypass the latest security technology. As a result, malware authors regularly create new generations of malicious programs to replace the previous generation. These new programs are swift and stealthy, with the goal of evading detection by signature-based systems.