Are government schools failing to provide proper education, with children only attending for mid-day meals and other freebies? While these incentives attract children to school, is it ultimately insufficient without good teachers and a quality education to help children understand ...
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks. These cyberattacks are typically aimed at accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information, extorting money from users, or interrupting normal business processes. Here are some key aspects of cyRead more
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks. These cyberattacks are typically aimed at accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information, extorting money from users, or interrupting normal business processes. Here are some key aspects of cybersecurity:
- Core Components:
- Information Security: Protecting data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
- Network Security: Safeguarding networks from intrusions and attacks.
- Application Security: Ensuring that software and applications are free of vulnerabilities.
- Endpoint Security: Securing individual devices that connect to networks, such as computers and mobile devices.
- Operational Security: Protecting day-to-day operations and procedures that handle data and systems.
- Types of Cyber Threats:
- Malware: Malicious software such as viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, and spyware that can damage or disrupt systems.
- Phishing: Fraudulent attempts to obtain sensitive information by disguising as a trustworthy entity.
- Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Attacks: Interception of communication between two parties to steal or manipulate data.
- Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks: Overwhelming a system or network with traffic to make it unavailable.
- SQL Injection: Inserting malicious SQL code into a database query to manipulate or steal data.
- Zero-Day Exploits: Attacks on software vulnerabilities that are unknown to the software developer or vendor.
- Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs): Prolonged and targeted attacks aimed at stealing data over an extended period.
- Cybersecurity Strategies and Practices:
- Risk Assessment: Identifying and evaluating potential risks to an organization’s information and systems.
- Security Policies and Procedures: Establishing rules and guidelines for protecting information and systems.
- Incident Response: Developing and implementing plans to detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity incidents.
- Encryption: Using cryptographic techniques to protect data in transit and at rest.
- Authentication and Authorization: Ensuring that only authorized individuals can access systems and data.
- Security Awareness Training: Educating employees about cybersecurity best practices and threat awareness.
- Regular Updates and Patch Management: Keeping software and systems up to date to protect against known vulnerabilities.
- Regulatory and Compliance Standards:
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): A regulation in the EU that governs data protection and privacy.
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): A US law that protects sensitive patient health information.
- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS): A set of security standards designed to protect card information during and after a financial transaction.
- ISO/IEC 27001: An international standard for managing information security.
- Emerging Trends:
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Enhancing threat detection and response capabilities.
- Cloud Security: Protecting data and applications in cloud environments.
- IoT Security: Securing the growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
- Quantum Computing: Preparing for future threats and opportunities posed by quantum computing capabilities.
Cybersecurity is critical for individuals, organizations, and governments to protect sensitive information, maintain trust, and ensure the integrity and availability of systems and data in an increasingly interconnected world.
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I think almost anyone will easily say it's quality education. Those freebies are there to inspire the students to keep on coming back to schools. But, what is quality education? Is it the education that private school students get? Because I'd disagree that they are getting quality education either.Read more
I think almost anyone will easily say it’s quality education. Those freebies are there to inspire the students to keep on coming back to schools.
But, what is quality education?
Is it the education that private school students get? Because I’d disagree that they are getting quality education either. Obviously, from an academic and marks perspective, yes but from a social and emotional perspective, no. Even from a mental perspective, no. Students aren’t taught basic skills such as critical thinking, analyzing, etc. It follows a ‘dictatorship’ model whereby the teacher is the dictator, and students are its followers. What this does is, induce fear into their growing brains. A fear-based teaching model is never okay, it only yields to temporary results as well as scars the child’s brain. Now, the ‘quality education’ has made this adult depressed, as well as fearful or even worse, he has become as scary as his teachers.
I’m not blaming the teachers; I know how hard it is to handle students while maintaining your cool. I’m blaming the system at large whereby our students’ emotional and mental health is neglected. If the teachers were given proper training instead of simply hiring those who have a better knowledge of their subject, then it would’ve been better and that is what I’d call ‘quality education’.
As for the government schools, I think it is hard to maintain proper infrastructure, pay for their teachers’ salary, training as well as give freebies. Hence, for now the freebies way is pertaining. But is it better?
If freebies are given:
If quality education is given and negligible freebies:
It seems obvious that why second option is better or why quality education is better.
But if an organization or school has lesser students, their business won’t generate as much profit. This at the end is the answer to almost every problem, how money keeps us stuck, almost every organization must generate more profit to prosper or else they won’t work out.
I wish there was a straight cut answer to your question, but it never is. It usually leads us to dilemmas..
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