1. What are the costs and benefits of developing cybersecurity programs in business?

2. How can you tell if your computer is safe?

Cybersecurity programs can bring many costs and benefits to a business. Let’s first take a look at the different cost of developing this program. A cybersecurity program is not at all cheap. So for a business to develop a program they would need to be willing to invest quite a sum of money. There are a lot of different things that come with creating this program and can take a while which could possibly lead to losing some money. In order to develop and implement a cybersecurity program a business needs to have a person who understands what steps and methods need to be taken. They would have to either hire someone with the skills to do this or pay for an employee to learn the skills. Once the program is developed, management would still have to take time to teach employees how it works, losing time to get work done. I know that the costs look frightening but I believe the benefits far outweigh the costs. Businesses hold a lot of private information pertaining to the business itself and its customers. If someone were to hack into the business they would easily be able to gain access to the server without a strong cybersecurity program in place. Developing a cybersecurity program could help businesses prevent unwanted access that leads to theft, modification, or destruction of private data. It would make it harder for attackers to sneak into the system. The customers would feel more secure and continue to use or buy the services or devices the business offers, which leads to an increase in profits. Without a secure cybersecurity program in place they would lose business because nowadays security is extremely important. 

In today’s society there are many ways to know if your computer is truly safe or not. One of these ways is testing your computer’s firewall. A firewall helps keep attackers from seeing your computer is online. You can test your firewall by running port scans. This will tell you if you can see your computer and if the outcome is positive then that means you’re vulnerable to cyberattacks.