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What is Cyber Security?

  Cyber Security Cyber Security is the body of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access. In a computing context, security includes both cyber security and physical security. Ensuring cyber security requires coordinated efforts throughout an information system. Elements of cyber security include: Application security Information security Network security Disaster recovery / business continuity planning Operational security End-user education One of the most problematic elements of cyber security is the quickly and constantly evolving nature of security risks. The traditional approach has been to focus most resources on the most crucial system components and protect against the biggest known threats, which necessitated leaving some less important system components undefended and some less dangerous risks not protected against. Such an approach is insuf...