1. One benefit of developing cybersecurity programs in business is to being able to protect your companies information. Another benefit of cybersecurity is having good customer service. If you have good customer service, it shows the customer that you value their business, which increases their trust level with the business and makes them want to keep keep shopping with you. One last benefit to having cybersecurity in your business is how much money you can save, by having your business protected. The costs of not having cybersecurity are risks of the customers information being stolen or shared by unauthorized users, it can repel potential business partners. Another cost could be the whole business if someone wanted to hack your site and get all the information, or steal all the money. The cost of cybercrime globally is $445 billion a year. For small businesses they can loose $20,752 per attack. The damage that cybercrime can do to a business exceeds the loss to individuals.

2. You can tell if your computer is safe by conducting a risk management assessment. Risk management is just a way for you to create a program that helps you manage risks. To do this you must identify what information your computer stores and uses, Determine the value of the information, develop an inventory, and understand the threats and vulnerabilities of your computer. The first thing you should to is test your computer settings, to look for contamination. Second you should Update your browser, because outdated pages can leave your computer vulnerable. Next, you should test your firewall. A firewall is a security system that controls and monitors incoming and outgoing traffic based on security rules. It is the barrier between a trusted network, and an untrusted one. Lastly, you should permanently delete any sensitive files. To make sure they are deleted you should bring up a file-recovery program, to see what it can find on your system.