what is cyber security cyber security is the application of technologies processes and controls to reduce the risk of cyber attacks and protect systems networks programs devices and data from unauthorized exploitation data protection laws such as the gdpr and dpa 2018 mean organizations can face significant fines for cyber security breaches there are also non-financial costs to be considered such as reputational damage cyber attacks continue to grow in sophistication with attackers using an ever expanding variety of tactics including phishing and other social engineering attacks and malware such as ransomware new regulations and reporting requirements make cybersecurity risk
oversight a challenge boards need reassurance from management that their cyber risk strategies will reduce the risk of attacks and limit financial and operational effects everyone who is connected to the internet needs cyber security this is because most cyber attacks are automated and aim to exploit common vulnerabilities rather than specific websites or organizations common cyber threats include malware including ransomware botnet software rats or remote access trojans rootkits and rockets spyware viruses and worms ddos or distributed denial of service attacks which flood servers systems and networks with traffic to knock them offline dns or domain name system
poisoning attacks which compromise the dns to redirect traffic to malicious sites back doors which allow remote access form jacking which inserts malicious code into online forms and cryptojacking which installs illicit cryptocurrency mining software start your journey to being cyber secure today browse our range of free resources and find out how it governance can help you protect your organization
