To an individual, cybersecurity might not look much. As we are not big corporate or hold any national security data, we might not be hacked or harmed. But the outlook for 2016 in terms of personal and national cybersecurity needs to be understood. The United States and governments internationally are working towards making sure cybersecurity works in accordance with their laws and regulations. This includes safeguard of intellectual property, records of employees in both private and government jobs, as well as working out contingencies for any potential cyber war.
As more and more industries use computers to work around their daily workload, cybersecurity makes a compelling case to review. One of the prime examples of why cybersecurity is important can be reviewed on how employees of Sony lost their data due to a cyber-attack. The attack was found out to be have carried out from North Korea, which started through the use of images in emails. Sellers who find vital information and then sell it to the black markets are the biggest threat to our personal data breaches. They use cyberattacks to extract information from us and big corporations and enterprises while using it for their benefits and by use of others who might need important national security leads to make policies. IBM strictly advises its clients to look for measures to have protection from such cyberattacks.
Another prime example was the cyberattack JP Morgan Chase encountered last year. More than 76 million customers were exposed to a data breach while a lot of company data was lost. JP Morgan has since started to invest more than $500 million in protecting its data while employing teams from law enforcement agencies to look after BIR systems. There is a need to address cyber security at an individual level too. Having secured Wi-fi networks at home, or using encryption in data and computer files is a possible means to stay safe and secure.
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