Why is Cyber Security a rising priority? Cyber security has always been a huge concern ever since the internet came out. There are 3 main branches of Cyber Security: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Accessibility. Every cybercrime out there violates one of these branches. Confidentiality deals with information that isn’t accessible to the public, Integrity deals with information that has been altered, and Accessibility deals with something being able to access. The first computer like invention happened in the 1950s. Everything started with IBM mainframes. These are basically huge computers. The point of these mainframes is to run commercial applications process data in bulk, plan resources and work out transaction processing
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In 1989, Robert Morris created what is known as the first computer worm. This virus was able to rapidly spread and closed down 10% of the internet. This attack was known as one of the first DoS attacks (Denial of Service). This is what fueled the thinking of Cyber Security. This was the foundation for cyber security to build on. In the 1990s, people and the government didn’t really know how to respond to Cyber-attacks due to no experience. This lead to the organizations CERTs (Computer Emergency Response Team) being created. This lead to the topic of Cyber Security becoming more widespread. Gradually, people were beginning to realize they needed to be protected from Cyber Crime such as: DoS attacks, viruses, and privacy …show more content…
Senior U.S. political leaders, CEOs and representatives from computer security companies, major retailers, law enforcement and technical experts attended. They attended so they could “collaborate and explore partnerships that will help develop the best ways to bolster our cyber security”. As he addresses all of the speech, he speaks of them “helping us navigate some of the most complicated cyber challenges that we face as a nation”. He has to emphasize the point that we’re having arising cybercrime issues. Everyone getting smarter and learning new loopholes to crack into company 's systems. There are some documents that if found can cause economic disaster in the U.S and crash the
In 1989, Robert Morris created what is known as the first computer worm. This virus was able to rapidly spread and closed down 10% of the internet. This attack was known as one of the first DoS attacks (Denial of Service). This is what fueled the thinking of Cyber Security. This was the foundation for cyber security to build on. In the 1990s, people and the government didn’t really know how to respond to Cyber-attacks due to no experience. This lead to the organizations CERTs (Computer Emergency Response Team) being created. This lead to the topic of Cyber Security becoming more widespread. Gradually, people were beginning to realize they needed to be protected from Cyber Crime such as: DoS attacks, viruses, and privacy …show more content…
Senior U.S. political leaders, CEOs and representatives from computer security companies, major retailers, law enforcement and technical experts attended. They attended so they could “collaborate and explore partnerships that will help develop the best ways to bolster our cyber security”. As he addresses all of the speech, he speaks of them “helping us navigate some of the most complicated cyber challenges that we face as a nation”. He has to emphasize the point that we’re having arising cybercrime issues. Everyone getting smarter and learning new loopholes to crack into company 's systems. There are some documents that if found can cause economic disaster in the U.S and crash the