Engineers make networks safer by continuously monitoring the network when everyone else is not.  Engineers are the network’s foundation and they are always spot-checking and testing the networks to ensure that they are running properly and safely.  Engineers ensure that only properly authorized individuals are accessing the network and are using the network in a safe manner.   Another useful tool is that engineers can document all attacks on the network.  This would show them a trend of vulnerabilities to help them make the network safer and improve the framework of the network.  Engineers leverage cybersecurity specialists and IT specialists to ensure that various administrative tasks like backups, hardware, and software are updated and that there are no reports about network penetration is being conducted.  These updates and penetration testing results ensure that networks remain safe, with weak spots that are corrected.  Engineers respond to any security concerns that arise and perform penetration testing to ensure that their network is secured.  Another way that cybersecurity engineers make the network safer is by continually evolving and expanding their knowledge in network security, picking up more cybersecurity certifications, and constantly developing new tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with network security.  Encryption can obfuscate the network traffic, rendering it unreadable to anyone without the decryption key.  Ergo, cybersecurity engineers are able to make networks safer by encrypting the network.  They can also control the amount of packet flow in and out of the network.  This will enable the engineers to keep total control of the network’s flow.  For instance, if a criminal was trying to steal a large sum of information via the network, the engineer’s network will not allow such a large sum of information to flow at once.  This will make the network safer because if a breach were to happen, the amount of damage will be much less than a network with no control over packet flow.