The Importance Of Cybersecurity For The Future

The Importance of Cybersecurity for the Future December 25th, 2014, a DDoS attack lands on major companies Sony and Microsoft. The result? Their servers were shut down for time varied on ranging from twenty-four hours to a few weeks. A DDoS is a distributed denial of service attack, and it is illegal. These attack are meant to take down companies’ servers. All of this could have been prevented if these companies focused more on their security rather than their profits. The group responsible for this calls themselves the “Lizard Squad”, a team of hackers that allegedly takes down companies to force them to work on their security. According to them, the attack was very easy and only took little time and money. If Microsoft and Sony increased their budget for their security program, it would have taken a lot more time and money in order to fulfill their so-called “mission.” A DDoS can happen at any time, as proven by the Lizard Squad. Companies aren’t ready for this kind of stuff, and focus too much on their profits and not on their system to prevent against hackers. A company isn’t the only group at stake when it comes down to cybersecurity. People, the stock market and even the government are vulnerable …show more content…
Cyberspace is what all of this technology is connected upon. It consists of communication with other computers. Someone can be waiting on the other side of a chat room trying to steal information. Such as passwords, as passwords are commonly stolen. Companies are turning to stronger passwords, but not better passwords. An eight digit password can easily be broken in three seconds, while on the other hand a twenty digit password with at least one uppercase, lowercase, symbol and number can take up to ten years to crack. Companies are making workers have those requirements, but only to an extent. Most workers themselves prefer shorter passwords to log in faster and that they are more