The Importance Of Data Security

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Unarguable, computers are revolutionizing human daily life. As more and more educated people are being attracted in using computers to solve their daily problems so are companies, schools and the government adopting computer technologies to run and operate their businesses. But as good and advantageous the invention and usage of computers are, tedious, fraudulent and intractable activities have arose due to the increasing and continual usage of computer systems all over the world. Information or data security is a major topic in the world of computers and it refers to a digital privacy measure applied to prevent unauthorized access to computers, websites and databases. Information security is a technique that ensures that data stored in a computer…show more content…
For this reason, the importance of data security to firms, co-operate organizations and the government of any nation should never be underrated. Data breaches are one of the most rampant and costly security failures in organizations of any size. Statistics have shown that companies are attacked an average of 16,856 times a year, and that many of those attack results in a reckonable data breach. And with today’s information moving freely between corporate networks, mobile devices, and the cloud, data breach statistics show this unnerving trend is rapidly accelerating. Over the past few years news and reports of cybercrimes, data breaches and Internet fraud have flooded the internet. “The world of computers is no longer a safe place to abide” therefore, the instant need of Computer security/Information security/Data security is advised. 2013, referred as the “year of retailer breach” by (Verizon) Data Breach Investigation Report 2014 was considered by security experts as one of the worst years due to impressive number of data breaches that occurred ad their effects on enterprises and government entities. In 2013, 1.5million cyber-attacks was monitored in the United…show more content…
Home Depot disclosed in September that a data breach affected 56 million debit and credit cards, and later said hackers also filched 53 million email addresses. And the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment that occurred few days ago has put governments, companies and countries on high alert to attend to the security of their own networks. Few days ago, nearly 1.2million customer payment cards were exposed during a security breach at Staples Inc, which affected 115 stores and compromised financial data. The malware attack struck the systems at 113 stores from August 10, 2014, through September 16, 2014, and two stores from July 20, 2014, through September 16, 2014. As a result of the deadly attack, and in light of Staples’ commitment to protecting its customers, Staples offered free identity safety services, including credit monitoring, a free credit report and identity theft insurance to clients who used a payment card at any of the affected stores during relevant time periods. In my view, the consistent cyber-attacks and data breaches on private, public and government service frameworks lured organization managers, technology leaders, nations and continents to review and reinforce their data security and even prompted legislation in the U.S Congress. (Tom,
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