- What are the costs and benefits of developing cybersecurity programs in business?
The cost and benefit to having a cybersecurity program in place not only protects the assets of the company but the team members that work for them as well. Inside of work and outside of work. The prevention and protection is the biggest benefit there is, stopping a problem before it becomes a problem is a very smart choice. Having a cybersecurity program gives even customers a sense of safety and protection for their information. If customers feel like their information is safe with the company they will continue to return and even tell other people about the company. Also having a plan of action to follow in case there is a security breach is a very smart way to go. Sometimes a company can talk all the precautions they can but a hacker still gets through. Just recently, I myself experienced an attack at work on our systems email. In order to combat this attack, our company shut down the servers and sent out a mass email to stop all incoming traffic. This helped not only protect the company but my own personal PII. I am thankful for my companies policy on cybersecurity because it spoke measures on this issue.
2. How can you tell if your computer is safe?
There are many different factors to tell if your computer is safe and measures you can take to make sure that it stays safe. The first step to prevent a virus or a hack on your computer is to have an anti-virus program downloaded. After that, all the information needs to be backed up onto a separate space just in case something does happen to the computer. A firewall could also be of big use in security. There are two different firewalls hard and soft to choose from or even both. Another method that can be used to prevent any malware to a computer is constantly changing the password and keeping the password complex and not easy to guess. Encryption is also a very good tool to keep a computer safe. Encryption is a coded message to another person that has the key to decrypt it. Encryption is used in case the email gets intercepted by a hacker but even if it does they can not read it unless they have the key to it. There are many other ways to tell if your computer is safe just make sure that when you are utilizing these key components, a professional is present so that you are not subject to cyberattacks.