The Growing Field of Cybersecurity
The cyber security field is in high demand, with positions projected to grow by 33 percent over the next decade. This career offers excellent pay and clear growth potential, as well as many opportunities to help protect the Nation’s critical infrastructure.
Cybersecurity protects computer systems, servers and networks from unauthorized access or attacks. The field’s benefits include data and system protection, business continuity, and compliance.
Effective cybersecurity acts like a technological superhero, swooping in at the right time to prevent damage or keep the organization functioning as it should. This is why it’s important to have a holistic approach that covers all aspects of technology and includes network, cloud, endpoint, information, mobile, identity & access management (IAM), OT/ICS and critical infrastructure security.
Today’s fast-paced digital world is more interconnected than ever. This means that a single cyberattack on one part of an enterprise can quickly affect others. High-profile breaches have also emphasized the financial and reputational harm that these attacks can cause.
Having documented processes for dealing with incidents and keeping the business running is critical. This helps save time, money and customer trust when a crisis occurs. It also helps ensure compliance with governing bodies and industry standards.
Zero trust security is a comprehensive approach that monitors the network perimeter and enforces granular security controls across all endpoints, applications and users. This limits lateral movement within the infrastructure and requires multi-factor authentication, encrypts sensitive data, and restricts privileged access to users.