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Cyber Security Today

Milica Djekic, an Online Marketing Coordinator at Dejan SEO and the Editor-in-Chief at
Australian Science Magazine

Cyber security is not a part of our future. It’s something that is happening right now and today.
Even if you do not move from your home, you can become a victim of cybercrime or, if you are
on the opposite side, you can get the one who will commit a crime. It appears there is no safe
place if you got an appropriate device and an internet connection. So, is that the fact for real?
How could security support us in such a case? In this article, we plan to discuss the challenges
of cyber defense of today and to review some models and approaches that will make a cyber
security more efficient and comprehensive in practice.

Everyone Can Make a Cybercrime

Nowadays it is easier than ever before to commit a crime. Billions of people worldwide got an
access to the internet and all of them are a part of one big cyber community that is sometimes
called a global village. In other words, we all are correlated with each other; we all can get in
touch with each other and we all can affect each other though the cyberspace.

The global village is a very effective way to maintain communication between people, to make
the information available to everyone, but also to expose a lot of IT systems to a certain cyber
risk. It seems we cannot enjoy the benefits of our technological development without being
concerned for our safety.

Cybercrime is something that can wait for us just behind the corner and cause us a lot of
nightmares and worries. It’s not any longer about a computer or data breach, but rather about
the true financial, political or military harm.

Cyber criminals are very motivated when it comes to their business. It is their method to make a
money, simply sitting in front of their computers and taking a minimum risk to get discovered.
Seems so attractive, ha? Who could reject such an amazing opportunity, bad guys believe.

Well, we can get their point of view and we agree that in the world there are still concerning
areas that will offer to cybercrime professionals to commit a crime and to stay unpunished.
Those parts of the world should seriously think about the drawbacks in their legal system and try
to develop mechanisms to respond to such a threat.

Many developing countries still miss efficient cybercrime laws and security procedures, so that
could be one of the greatest challenges to cyber security of today, because those spots are not
a problem on its own, but rather an issue to the rest of the world.

Everyone from such an region could threaten develop countries and make harm to our
civilization. For that reason, we say that everyone could make a cybercrime.

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