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Cyber security What is being done to combat Cyber crimes.

While there are many different types of cyber threats so are ways to defend against them. AI’s are becoming more prevalent in the fight against cyber criminals. AI’s learn the behavior of different attacks so when one targets a system it is apart of it can quickly dispatch the issue and prevent damage from occurring, or prevent further damage from occurring. Data can also be ran through algorithms by Cyber security professionals to weed out bad coding, possible back doors, and occurring intrusions.

Cyber Security affects everyone a brief synopsis on data protection and data intrusions and who they affect

You may have heard last May we had another gas crisis here on the east coast. Last year a major U.S pipeline that carried fuel along the East coast was the target of Hackers. Many gas stations were shutdown as a result. Even as recent as last week a possible data breach was reported by Bank of America. Chances are some of your information is floating around on the Internet, albeit most likely not sensitive but may be enough to generate a social construct of you which could be used to fool the government or companies into revealing more information about you. Attacks such as Dos/Ddos’s are used disable networks, ransomwares are used to hold data until a ransom is paid, and viruses can be used to corrupt and steal data from of networks. These attacks alone cause billions in dollars of damages each year. As you can see Cyber security is no joke as it is your protection from “bad actors” perpetrating in these crimes.

What you can do to protect your digital information

In a world where everything is digitized, your personal security needs to be protected. the task can seem daunting at first thought, but in fact its much easier to start then it sounds. First recognize malicious emails; these emails usually trick you into sending information to an attacker who will try and use later to obtain documents. these emails are fairly easy to recognize as they try an emulate trust worth companies, but often times they have off-wording text, weird picture placements, and most importantly reputable companies will not ask you to send anything sensitive over email or phone. Secondly keep a firewall program such as Norton, McFee, or even Windows Defender. Set your program to run a full system scan at least once a week, at night is recommended so it doesn’t interfere with routine tasks during other hours. A bonus of an active firewall is that it scans files that you download or even websites your on to detect for possible intrusions. These two tips will instantly boost your digitized protection which will help make the internet more safer for you.