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Running head; CYBER SECURITY

CYBER SECURITY 2

Cyber security

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Cyber security

In addition to the communication etiquette, the online conversation require additional suggestions especially cybersecurity that would play an important role in communication. Online communication faces challenges of cyber crime where communication system can be hacked and information accessed by unauthorized party resulting to the violation to the privacy and confidentiality of information. Cyber crimes have rise with the increase on the use of online communication platforms and the intention of the criminals was to access restricted that is beneficial to them and also to hold some people into ransom by threatening to share their confidential information. The commonly used online communication platforms include social media and the email. The cyber criminals target communication in organization where they send fake email links to the company email account where unsuspecting employees are likely to click them introducing the malicious and fraudulent phishing attack that exposes the details of the email violating privacy of the clients and employees. (Palmer, 2020). Cybersecurity should be an issue of concern where the users of the online platform either schools, organizations and individuals should be trained on the best approach to tackle the security issue to make sure communication is not interrupted by cyber attacks contributed by mistakes made by individual users.

References

Palmer, D. (2020). What is phishing? Everything you need to know to protect yourself from scam emails and more | ZDNet. ZDNet. Retrieved 3 February 2021, from https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-phishing-how-to-protect-yourself-from-scam-emails-and-more/.