CYBER SECURITY AND CYBER THREATS

Cyber security in the IT world refers to the protection of data which could be present either on personal devices or the cloud from being leaked or shared that could lead to financial loss to the individual or an organisation. With the technology advancement the number of attacks on the organisations have increased drastically which has made the study of cybersecurity quite important nowadays. The data which is present on the internet is quite vulnerable which often results in the information being compromised. Various challenges are faced by the IT industries in order to protect the data of the employees and the data of the organisation. Challenges are in the form of data security, automotive security, internet security, mobile security and biometric authentication. A brief elaboration on each is discussed below in the paper. Cyber attacks are done basically for two reasons, the former being to gain money by laundering the information and the later is for the revenge for an individual. Hackers are the professionals who perform the attacks. Some common cyber threats are adware, spyware, phishing, etc. whose description is given below in the ‘Cyberattacks' section. Moreover, this paper states some practices that will be helpful to reduce data breaches or other cyber threats. If these practices are followed then data can be prevented from exploitation.