INTRODUCTION TO CYBERSECURITY

1. What is Cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity is like having a security system for your computer, smartphone, and other devices that are connected to the internet. Just like you lock your gate to keep away intruders, cybersecurity helps protect digital world from bad guys called hackers.

Cybersecurity is the practice of ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information by protecting networks, devices, peoples, and data from unauthorized access or criminal exploitation.

PROTECT YOURSELF

    

PRACTICE ONLINE SECURITY

Cybersecurity is like someone who owned a diary or a notebook where you write all your secret and you don't want someone to sneak in and read your information, right? The same goes for your personnel information, like your email, photos and your online account.

Cybersecurity is the ongoing effort to protect individuals, organizations and governments from digital attacks by protecting networked systems and data from unauthorized use or harm.

You need to safeguard your online identity, your data, and all your devices that you need connect to the internet. Remember that everything which is on the internet is not safe at all and anyone can sneak into your online activities, but you are required to put security measures in place

2. Understanding Your Personal Data.

Personal data is any information that anyone can use to locate or identify you, and can exist both offline and online.

Your offline identity is the real persona that you show peoples on daily basis at home, at place of work, at places you visited, and at school. And as a result family, friends, comrades, and relatives know details about your personal life, including your full name, age, and address. It is crucial to secure your offline identity because identity thieves can easily steal your data from right under your noise when you are not looking.

Your online identity is not just about your name. It is who you are and how you show yourself to people online. It includes the username you use for your online accounts as well as social media identity you established and display on online communities and websites. You should take caution to limit the amount of personal information you reveal through your online identity

Many people think that if they don’t have any social media or online accounts set up, then they don’t have an online identity. This is not the case. If you use the web, you have an online identity.