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Cyber Security the Major Issue of 2017

Technology has provided services to the whole humanity like no time ever before. Now in this
contemporary world, everything is connected such as cars, cities, planes, homes and even the
animals. The technology in the shape of software is everywhere. So, everything is changing
such as how we talk, how we behave and how we interact with the environment. Now in the
contemporary world technology is integrated with the human’s DNA. We are becoming fully
dependent on the technology. In-case technology in the shape of security fails in a certain way,
and then it makes us vulnerable. Sometimes it happens when our phone runs out of battery and
we feel very odd because you have the lack of access to GPS, contacts and many other
purposes. Now you can understand how much technology has its influence on our lives.

In the modern world, we all are protected by technology tools; if not then we will pay a heavy
cost and suffer from horrible consequences in routine life.

Cyber threats do not remain limited:

There is no doubt about that, technology is serving us enormously, but I have serious concerns
about our up -coming future. Therefore, we have to look forward sincerely about the issue of
cyber security which is currently affecting technology. Cyber security is the major issue of the
current year, and technology is continuously suffering and becoming insecure. Things are not
getting better and cyber security issues are at their peak presently, what will happen in near
future. We are meeting with daily basis issues such as hacking, pacemakers have been
hacked, plan system has hacked and recently all the IOS and Android devices have been
hacked by the US intelligence agency in the United States of America. The banking software
has been hacked and billions of dollars theft because of cyber- attacks. I have just highlighted
few of examples by doing a bit research work, in reality, infinite cases of cyber security issues
are identified in technology, the victim firms had highly best security systems. Even then, plenty
of cases have occurred every single year.

Cyber Threats are Progressing:

The cyber threat environment is progressing dramatically, according to the Fire Eye Marsh&
McLennan Cyber Risk report. The concerns are regarding breaching the financial and personal
data along with the specter of even larger and devastating threat. The Cyber-attacks are
possible in Europe’s critical infrastructure such as power stations, aviation systems,
transportation networking, water system programs and nuclear facilities. Cyber- attacks are
progressing rapidly in current year especially, according to some new reports.

Another report found that cyber-attacks have been growing quickly over the last couple of years,
and there's nothing to indicate they won't just keep increasing. If these attacks happen at the
same pace then the indication of attacks might be impossible and the attacks will be easier and
dangerous. The main factors behind the cyber-attacks such as lack of knowledge and necessity
of cyber security and some companies have awareness and know the importance, but don’t
know how to make the effective security systems to prevent cyber- attacks.

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