Cyber Security: The Concept
Protecting ICT systems alongside their content is popularly known as cyber security. Without a doubt, the concept is both broad and fuzzy. Although useful, the term lacks a precise definition since it refers to either one or three of the following components, as elucidated by Fischer (2015):
1. A collection of activities and measures aimed at protection from attacks, disruptions, or threats to computers and their networks, related hardware and software, as well as information contained or communicated, such as software and data, in addition to aspects of cyberspace;
2. The quality or state of protection from the multiplicity of the above or related threats; and
3. The wider field of endeavor targeted at implementing or improving activities or quality of protection.
Based on the above definitions, it is clear that cyber security as a concept is contentious and difficult to define owing to its extensive components. The three aspects …show more content…
Privacy denotes the capacity of a person to control or restrict access to his/her individual information by other people (Singer & Friedman, 2014). Consequently, positive cyber security should protect the privacy of participants on electronic platforms. However, shared information is likely to include some data that is considered private by given observers. Cyber security can serve as a way to protect individuals from unanticipated surveillance and information gathering from protected systems. However, in instances where the aim of the discussed concept is to advance protection against cyber-attacks, activities of such nature are likely to influence cyber security. Besides, surveillance through monitoring information flow within a system is an important attribute of cyber security (Singer & Friedman,
Protecting ICT systems alongside their content is popularly known as cyber security. Without a doubt, the concept is both broad and fuzzy. Although useful, the term lacks a precise definition since it refers to either one or three of the following components, as elucidated by Fischer (2015):
1. A collection of activities and measures aimed at protection from attacks, disruptions, or threats to computers and their networks, related hardware and software, as well as information contained or communicated, such as software and data, in addition to aspects of cyberspace;
2. The quality or state of protection from the multiplicity of the above or related threats; and
3. The wider field of endeavor targeted at implementing or improving activities or quality of protection.
Based on the above definitions, it is clear that cyber security as a concept is contentious and difficult to define owing to its extensive components. The three aspects …show more content…
Privacy denotes the capacity of a person to control or restrict access to his/her individual information by other people (Singer & Friedman, 2014). Consequently, positive cyber security should protect the privacy of participants on electronic platforms. However, shared information is likely to include some data that is considered private by given observers. Cyber security can serve as a way to protect individuals from unanticipated surveillance and information gathering from protected systems. However, in instances where the aim of the discussed concept is to advance protection against cyber-attacks, activities of such nature are likely to influence cyber security. Besides, surveillance through monitoring information flow within a system is an important attribute of cyber security (Singer & Friedman,