Cybersecurity has grown exponentially as the rise of digital technology has advanced. As we discussed in a previous assignment, the \u201chuman firewall\u201d is an important topic because it highlights societies need to increase its cyber literacy to combat the ever-growing threat of malicious individuals online. With that said there are large amounts of cybersecurity concepts that were very misunderstood in the past but are more common knowledge this day in age. Even with this rise in knowledge the average person can still hold understandable misconceptions about cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the past my interactions with computers were limited so I was not well versed in information technology. I believed that hackers were either these large, organized operations with 10+ workers or that hacking was limited to these incredibly tech savvy individuals with intricate knowledge of computers. While a lot of hackers do fit in this category, I had no idea that hackers could fit such a broad spectrum of threat actors. Hackers can be pretty much anyone who can look up basic hacking protocol or even people who can by prebuilt exploits from places such as the dark web. This goes in tandem with my belief that Hacking tools would be extremely expensive to purchase however there are a lot of inexpensive hacking tools that still perform very well. This also goes into my misconception on the scale of hacking operations and countermeasures. I was of the opinion the hackers required a large amount of equipment and high-end devices to even work. However, most people can send out malicious code or participate in phishing with very basic setups or older computers. Sending someone a fake message with a malicious link attached is basic and even kids with a bit of knowledge have been known to hack other people\u2019s social media accounts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cybersecurity has grown exponentially as the rise of digital technology has advanced. As we discussed in a previous assignment, the \u201chuman firewall\u201d is an important topic because it highlights societies need to increase its cyber literacy to combat the ever-growing threat of malicious individuals online. With that said there are large amounts of cybersecurity concepts… <\/p>\n