Webinar Topic:
Your pathway to become Exploitation Analysts and Information Security Analysts
- Role of Penetration Testing for enhanced safety of Information assets.
- Understanding the methodology followed by Exploitation Analysts and Information Security Analysts.
Global cybercrime is expected to cost the world economy, US$ 6 trillion by 2021. No wonder that cybersecurity professionals are in high demand. Don’t miss this opportunity to switch to a stable and ever-growing career. Join our cybersecurity career series webinar and learn how you can join the cybersecurity industry.
Your key to a stable career is now a click away:https://try.eccouncil.org/free-career-webinar-series/?utm_source=Event
Webinar Timings: July 21st: 9am EST/6:30pm IST/ 2:00pm BST
Note: All participants will get a 14-day trial of CodeRed Pro subscription for free and an invite to an upcoming Mega cybersecurity event in September 2020.
Ever since technological advancements took a forefront in our priority list, there has been an increase in the number of cyberattacks.
With the rise in attacks, the government, organizations, and even individuals have started looking out for practices to protect their network, systems, data, and programs.
These digital attacks are aimed at destroying sensitive information, accessing unauthorized data, and extortion of money.
Various cybersecurity measures are implemented to put an end to them.Importance of CybersecurityCybersecurity is crucial as it surrounds everything that is concerned with the protection of an organization/individual/a government’s personal information, sensitive data, bank account details, credit card details, health information, information systems, and more.
Without cyber security, all important information is vulnerable to theft, damage by cybercriminals.What are the types of cyberattacks?Cyberattacks are offensive actions that have a crippling after effect for an organization.
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), cyberattacks are considered to be one of the most significant global risk.
Cybercrimes have always been a massive problem for us all – and the range of damage it has brought to us has also expanded over the years, particularly regarding their impact on the youth.Younger people are more likely to spend hours on end every day on the internet and getting exposed to all kinds of virtual content.
Since many games require codes to advance, some people visit unsafe sites to access these creating codes, which can serve as a breeding ground for criminal activity such as malware coding.
In fact, according to research conducted by the UK's National Crime Agency has suggested that children around the ages of twelve are at risk of becoming too involved in cyber criminality.There are several reasons why most kids continue to indulge in these practices.
Some gain financial benefits from it, while others consider it as a challenge that they feel the need to accomplish.
This sense of achievement is something they like to show off amongst their group of friends.
On the other hand, there are some kids who dwell in cybercriminal activities without being aware that what they are doing is actually considered a crime.Naturally, these can lead to some potential consequences that can include a visit from the law enforcement officers who provide a warning, or in worst-case scenarios, they are arrested and imprisoned for their actions.
