1.  How do engineers make cyber networks safer?

Engineers make cyber networks safer in a variety of different ways. One way is by helping to remove vulnerabilities when designing new systems. For example an article states, “While it is impossible to know all potential forms of adversity or to stop all anticipated disruptions, hazards, and threats, the basic architecture and design of systems can make those
systems inherently less vulnerable, provide an increased level of penetration resistance, and offer engineered-in tolerance and resilience that can be leveraged by system owners and operators” (THE NEED FOR SYSTEMS). This means that they can design systems and make them safer and less vulnerable.

By making them safer when designing systems this makes them more trustworthy to anyone using them. The article says “Systems engineering provides the foundation for a disciplined and structured approach to
engineering trustworthy secure systems.” (THE NEED FOR SYSTEMS). Its always good to know that a system is safe, secure, and reliable. This in turn will help give them a good reputation.

Another way engineers make networks safer is because “Systems security engineering contributes to a broad-based and holistic security perspective and focus within the systems engineering effort. This ensures that stakeholder protection needs and security concerns associated with the system are properly identified and addressed in all systems engineering tasks throughout the system life cycle.” (THE NEED FOR SYSTEMS). This ensures the protection of data and any personal intellectual property will be incorporated. This makes the networks safer and will also make them more trustworthy.

In conclusion, system engineers can make systems safer by designing them to remove vulnerabilities and stopping anticipated disruptions. This makes systems engineers very important. Their job is critical to making systems trustworthy to people that use them. Overall, we need systems engineers because it is clear to see that they definitely make networks safer.