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CYBER SECURITY 1

Cyber Security

Joshua Kreider

ITCC231

Professor Durgin

07/25/2020

Paper Outline

Introduction

I. It is the protection of personal and sensitive data by prevention, detection, and response to various online attacks.

II. An individual must look at the privacy policy of a website before submitting personal information.

III. The increasing use of the internet has exposed individuals and organizations to cyber-attacks. Therefore, it is vital in understand the concepts of cyber security such as history, prevention of cyber-attacks, major cyber-attack incidences, advantages, and disadvantages of cyber security.

Body

1. History of Cyber Security

I. 1971 – Discovery of the Creeper Virus

II. 1983 – The 1st U.S. Patent for Cyber security

III. 1993 – The First DEF CON Conference 

IV. 1995 -The creation of the Secure Sockets Layer

V. 2003 – Anonymous is Born

VI. 2010 – Operation Aurora Reveals a Nation-as-Hacker

2. Preventing Cyber Attacks

I. Employee training

II. Installing and updating antivirus and antispyware software for all the computers used in the organization

III. Using a firewall

IV. Installing software updates for your computer operating

V. Making and keeping backup copies of essential business data and information.

VI. Controlling physical access to your computers and network components.

3. Major Cyber Attack Incidences

I. eBay

II. My fitness pals

III. Adobe

IV. Adult friend finder

V. Yahoo

4. Advantages of cyber security

I. Defends organizations from cyber attacks

II. Helps in safe browsing of websites

III. Enhance internet data security

IV. Prevents viruses and hacks

5. Disadvantages of Cyber Security

I. Configuring firewall can be difficult

II. Wrongly configured firewalls can block users from undertaking some actions

III. It makes computer system slower

IV. Expensive for average user

V. Requires constant updating

6. Conclusion

I. Restating the thesis

II. Summary of main ideas

III. Suggestion or course of action

7. References

I. list of reference sources