Journal Entry 1:

Watch this video and write a paragraph about how Ann’s behavior is related to the need for cybersecurity.  In addition, pay attention to the way that technological changes increased cybersecurity risks.  By watching the video, you will see that cybersecurity requires an interaction between human behavior and technology.

Society today is very blind to the world of technology, to the point where convenience is demanded more than security. Most individuals today have their debit or credit cards saved on their phone using apple pay or even Samsung pay. Someone can easily corrupt your data by just sending you an email or even a text message with a link. Ann’s habit of saving her important information on her laptop makes her significantly vulnerable to many attacks. It can only take a simple fake verification pop up on website for a hacker to just easily steal your information. With the techniques that cybersecurity has to offer the rates of hackers are able to be controlled and reduced. Without cybersecurity many individuals wouldn’t have software to prevent corruption of data from hackers.

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