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When it comes to protecting your most prized possessions, you might lock the keys in a safe, put your heirloom jewelry in a secure box, or hide the title to your home in a bank safety deposit box. But digital assets, including passwords, bank accounts, social media posts, and email accounts, hold as much value as the family car or the house, and need just as many precautions to protect from theft and damage.

Cyber security is a broad discipline that encompasses technical, procedural and strategic measures to protect digital information, systems and identities. This is done by a variety of means, including authentication, access control, encryption, secure communication protocols and the use of virtualisation technologies such as unikernels to minimize attack surface.

Attackers often use proxies, temporary dial-up accounts, wireless connections and other anonymizing procedures to make it difficult to trace them or identify the origin of attacks. In addition, they may delete logs or cover their tracks by transferring data to a new location. As a result, identifying attackers can be time-consuming and expensive.

A number of vendors offer a range of cyber security solutions, from anti-virus software to NGFWs, UTMs, WAFs, EDR and XDRs, and encryption. The best products combine excellent customer support and ease of use with top-notch security features, and have been ranked highly in customer reviews. For example, Palo Alto is a leader in this space, and CrowdStrike is another provider that has been highly rated.