Cyber security refers to a mechanism and a collective process that is used for protecting the valuable and delicate data and services from interference, access and publication from unauthorized persons (Stewart, E.L. 1999). However, there are many challenges that face it.
Phishing, is the infiltration of software (zombies) to people’s accounts. This can make it possible for these people to access the users’ secret data. Hence, making it easier for them to alter important information and worse enough, hacking such accounts.
Network security is the use of the technologically designed viruses and worms in order to intentionally alter important data stored in the computer. In the long run, these viruses can end up leading to a total loss of such crucial information. These viruses, I think, are designed to act as an income generating activity. This is because, for one to fully crab them, it’s necessary to buy most recently updated antivirus soft wares like Avast and Avira. Surely, this economically inconveniences the computer users.
Consequently, computer systems security has prominently become a great threat to many computer users today. It means that many people are denied an easier success to the computer service providers (Gralla, p. 2000). This thwarts people’s access to information, a practice that can make people lose confidence in their respective server.
Last, but by no means the last is the computer information and data security which simply refers to the loss of data stored in the computer system. This can be as a result of the loss or damage of the hard disk. Obviously, when this happens, the user’s information gets lost. Not that they are used by a stranger, but they go into a waste. Unfortunately, it may be very difficult to retrieve them again.
References
Gralla, P. (2007) How the Internet Works. Indianapolis: Que Publishers.
Stewart, E.L. (Ed.) (1999) Essays about Computer Security. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
