Cybersecurity Measures On The Rise
Companies and Big corporations are often face potential cyber based attacks to their websites and data holdings. From time to time you hear about such attacks in the news. Somebody got into the system and stole a bunch of financial records of company clients, or a similar story. People working in the cybersecurity field are there to find flaws in the systems, before they can be exploited. With our ever-changing technology, this is a never ending task.
To aide in the prevention of future cyber attacks to government and corporate forces, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a Cybersecurity Research Bill. The focus of the bill is to allow the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to create a program that will educate companies and government offices about the attacks on computers they will face, and the best ways to prevent them.
In addition to training current staff, the bill is also to outline scholarship programs for students pursuing careers in cybersecurity.
The concern for cybersecurity has been re-heightened by the recent attack on Google’s network from what are believed to be forces inside of China. It is also been released that Google is now in talks with the United States National Security Agency (NSA) to help them examine their latest attack and develop methods to prevent future attacks.
Billions of dollars are spent each year by the U.S. Government on cybersecurity measures for their offices and infrastructure.
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