Overview of Cyber Security
This paper aims to elucidate primary factors relating to security, and provides information on some more common types of attacks and steps to be taken to avert them.
Abstract
Cyber security, also referred to as information technology security, focuses on protecting computers, networks, programs and data from unintended or unauthorized access, change or destruction [1]. In the last decade, buffer overflows have been ubiquitous [2]. Another type of attack that is becoming universal is remote client-side attack [3]. It is very important to clearly understand the types of attacks, and the steps to be taken to prevent such security attacks. This paper aims to elucidate primary factors relating to security. I also go further to provide information on some more common types of attacks and steps to be taken to avert them. The lethality of these types of attacks could hinder the growth of the Internet.