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Types of CYBERSECURITY

 Types of CYBERSECURITY


The term cybersecurity applies in many contexts, from business to mobile computing. Among them few are listed below


Network security is involved in organizations, enterprises, and other types of institutions. It ensures that internal networks are secure by protecting the infrastructure and inhibiting access to it by the intruders. Now a days security teams are using Machine learning to flag abnormal traffic and alert threats in real-time to help better manage network security.


Application Security refers to the process of securing the application during software development life cycle (SDLC). Its aim is to improve security practices and, through that, to find, fix and preferably prevent security issues within applications. Security measures are taken in various stages like design, implementation, verification as well as maintenance. Web application security is one branch of application security which is comprises of specifically internet and web systems.


Cloud Security is protecting and monitoring the data in cloud resources i.e., infrastructure, application and data from cyber threats and attacks.


Mobile Security  is the protection of smartphones, tablets, and laptops from threats associated with wireless computing. The majority of attacks are aimed at smartphones. Smartphone operating systems or browsers are another weakness.


As the increasing number of cyber attacks companies and organization's especially health, banking, national security etc. has to take steps in minimizing the damage caused by the attackers. Data breach can be devastating in many ways for any individual/firm.  

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