Carter Maner
Christine Capen
English 3
18 December 2017
Importance of Cyber Security and Safety It is something that threatens us on a national and a more personal level. There are many precautions one can take to prevent breaches. Yet many people ignore this and argue much bigger concerns. Cyber security is a growing danger that must be addressed, because it threatens our national security and our personal security. Cyber security is the state of being protected and taking precautions against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this. In the words of Lord, Nate “It is a process/practice to help defend data from attackers.” (Lord, Nate. “What Is Cyber Security?”). Our nation's government is constantly under attack. The hackers and programs that are running these attacks are trying to get into the system and have access to healthcare information, social security numbers and even military information. They have many ways of doing these things, such as, phishing/hooks, digital spying, malware and the list goes of forever. …show more content…
They say that we should be putting more time, energy and money into these more important things. Many people are wasting a lot of time and resources complaining on the fact that we elected President Donald J. Trump who was a previous businessman and television personality. Many people are also wasting a lot of time, money and resources on the LGBT controversy. According to Jared Polis “Today, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are denied many of the basic rights that most Americans enjoy” (Polis, Jared. “LGBT Equality & Civil Rights.”). When in actuality, most people do not care, especially when they do not care especially when they do not make a big deal out of
Christine Capen
English 3
18 December 2017
Importance of Cyber Security and Safety It is something that threatens us on a national and a more personal level. There are many precautions one can take to prevent breaches. Yet many people ignore this and argue much bigger concerns. Cyber security is a growing danger that must be addressed, because it threatens our national security and our personal security. Cyber security is the state of being protected and taking precautions against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this. In the words of Lord, Nate “It is a process/practice to help defend data from attackers.” (Lord, Nate. “What Is Cyber Security?”). Our nation's government is constantly under attack. The hackers and programs that are running these attacks are trying to get into the system and have access to healthcare information, social security numbers and even military information. They have many ways of doing these things, such as, phishing/hooks, digital spying, malware and the list goes of forever. …show more content…
They say that we should be putting more time, energy and money into these more important things. Many people are wasting a lot of time and resources complaining on the fact that we elected President Donald J. Trump who was a previous businessman and television personality. Many people are also wasting a lot of time, money and resources on the LGBT controversy. According to Jared Polis “Today, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are denied many of the basic rights that most Americans enjoy” (Polis, Jared. “LGBT Equality & Civil Rights.”). When in actuality, most people do not care, especially when they do not care especially when they do not make a big deal out of