Cybersecurity is extremely important in gaming because accounts are now high-value targets. Not just “winning”: hackers want Personal Identifiable Information and financial data linked to digital wallets. Additionally, players spend significant time and money on virtual assets; without security measures, rare items and skins are easily stolen through account takeovers. Cybersecurity protects competitive integrity by deploying anti-cheat software and mitigating DDoS attacks that disrupt gameplay. In the end, protection keeps the ecosystem safe—from identity theft to “swatting,” by masking IP addresses and securing the servers we play on.