Cyber Sercurity

Cyber security is the application of technologies, processes and controls to protect systems, networks, programs, devices and data from cyber attacks.

It aims to reduce the risk of cyber attacks and protect against the unauthorised exploitation of systems, networks and technologies.

Types of cyber threats
Common cyber threats include:

1. Malware, such as ransomware, botnet software, RATs (remote access Trojans), rootkits and bootkits, spyware, Trojans, viruses and worms.
2. Backdoors, which allow remote access.
3. Formjacking, which inserts malicious code into online forms.
4. Cryptojacking, which installs illicit cryptocurrency mining software.
5. DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, which flood servers, systems and networks with traffic to knock them offline.
6. DNS (domain name system) poisoning attacks, which compromise the DNS to redirect traffic to malicious sites.

What are the 5 types of cyber security?

1. Critical infrastructure cyber security

Critical infrastructure organisations are often more vulnerable to attack than others because SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems often rely on older software.
Operators of essential services in the UK’s energy, transport, health, water and digital infrastructure sectors, and digital service providers are bound by the NIS Regulations (Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018).  Among other provisions, the Regulations require organisations to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to manage their security risks.

2. Network security

Network security involves addressing vulnerabilities affecting your operating systems and network architecture, including servers and hosts, firewalls and wireless access points, and network protocols.

3. Cloud security

Cloud security is concerned with securing data, applications and infrastructure in the Cloud.

4. IoT (Internet of Things) security

IoT security involves securing smart devices and networks that are connected to the IoT. IoT devices include things that connect to the Internet without human intervention, such as smart fire alarms, lights, thermostats and other appliances.

5. Application security

Application security involves addressing vulnerabilities resulting from insecure development processes in the design, coding and publishing of software or a website.

Free College

Many of us who did not have financially well off parents or who felt financially responsible for themselves, worked while we were attending college, especially to avoid receiving government grants that had to paid off.

Personally, I spent a couple of years in the military during the Vietnam War and used the GI Bill to supplement the cost of tuition as it increased from year-to-year.

There is also the feeling that if you have to pay for your own college education, not only will you learn more, but your grades will reflect that you have learned more...  whereas, if someone else is paying, you do not have the same incentive to do well.

HOWEVER,

there is a more menacing issue here with free college education that has nothing to do with money...  it revolves around the retention of knowledge and the difficulty of acquiring that knowledge.

For Example,

In 1980, I was awarded my MBA after passing with at least a "B" 60 hours of college credit.

In 2020, a student can receive their MBA after passing with a "C" only 30 hours of college credit.

Instead of education becoming more rigorous, it has become less rigorous and my concern is that if education is now free for ALL regardless of their intellectual capabilities then, in order to received Government monies, eductors will DUMB DOWN education even more and make sure EVERYONE PASSES...

This is EDUCATIONAL MALPRACTICE and our society is going to pay the price for it when we try to complete in a global marketplace with international graduates who have pass rigorous academic standards at their schools...

WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO OURSELVES???