Cyber Security Vulnerability



Cyber Security Vulnerability

Introduction

With the advent and propagation of internet, high-end technology, computing and networking tools, the risk of individuals, organizations and governments around the world reached no boundaries (Ashford, 2012). For they feared that their security can now easily be breached and personal information be retrieved. Subsequently, organizations now continuously strive to add up to the security and control measures taken in order to improve their Cyber-security. Assessments are made to reduce risk for the servers getting plagued by new viruses, malwares and spywares that continue to be released in enormous quantities day in and day out. We hear of increased rate of Cyber-crime in this cyber age. It might be because of unavoidable cyber threat but it also is because of the loopholes that exist in the cyber security systems implemented. Simply stated, those loopholes are weaknesses in the systems, for which the term has emerged as Cyber security Vulnerability.

Discussion

Assessments are undertaken to highlight vulnerabilities that need to be addressed in order to safeguard organizational or governmental information and secrets that can jeopardize from hackers and manipulators. These cyber security vulnerabilities have the propensity to jeopardize national security, economic prosperity and public safety. It is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has been assembled and summoned by the government of USA to undertake the responsibility to strengthen the critical infrastructure against these cyber threats. As a result of this, National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) has been formed by DHS to be the front runner on the road looking after the nation's cyber space. They are responsible for taking measures to ward off vulnerabilities and potential threats to ensure that nation's cyber infrastructure and its networks are secured and protected.

The increasing dependence on the information technology has widened the scope of vulnerabilities more than ever before, which can be exploited by hackers and infiltrators. From banking services to one's day to day activities, everything is now a part of cyber space. Online banking, stock trading activities, social media and the likes are logged into our computer systems, security status of which is doubtful enough to get infiltrated by hazardous viruses.

Businesses, Governments and enterprises are functioning as one integrated component through the internet, which has connected business, government and enterprises across all the disparate departments. These facts have made the cyberspace more like a treasure island, into which exploiters are constantly trying to get into by leveraging vulnerability of the systems. Regardless of the increase in exploitation tactics, there is the single most important vulnerability that needs to be addressed in order to most effectively strengthen the cyber infrastructure.

Unpatched Systems

The most important and common vulnerability in the cyber infrastructure of any nation is the hardware and software up gradation to have security updates flowing in that could guard against all the precarious exploitations. Although it might not seem that difficult but consider up grading your hardware and software every minute of the day. To keep the network updated and vulnerabilities patched in order to ...