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How to Combat Cybersecurity Attacks & Cyber Warfare

By Adnan Olia, Chief Operating Officer and Co-owner of Intradyn

It’s no secret that cybersecurity attacks and cyber warfare are real challenges and threats to the safety
of individuals, businesses, organizations — and especially the government. Personal and professional
data, including passwords, credit card and bank account information, and Social Security numbers can
be vulnerable. Plus, it can take months — even years — to recover from cyberattacks and cases of
identity theft. According to CNBC, cyberattacks cost businesses of all sizes an average of $200,000, and
“60% go out of business within six months of being victimized.”

A professor of business technology predicted in a recent Forbes article that cyberattacks will be more
prevalent in 2020 “because it’s the cheapest, easiest, fastest, and most effective form of warfare we’ve
ever seen, and because cyberwarfare defenses are more vulnerable than they’ve ever been.”

But what is cyber warfare, exactly? The RAND Corporation defines the term as “the actions by a nation-
state or international organization to attack and attempt to damage another nation’s computers or
information networks through, for example, computer viruses or denial-of-service attacks.”

There are many types of attacks and warfare, including phishing, ransomware, and mobile- and cloud-
based attacks. We’ll outline some of the most common and offer solutions to help you take the necessary
precautions and steps toward securing your data and private information.

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