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Cyber Security 101: The Basics

Cybersecurity is a broad term referring to the process of protecting computer systems, networks, devices, and programs from cyberthreats. The type of information at risk of a cyberthreat includes, intellectual property, personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), as well as personal data and information.Origins of Cyber AttacksThe very first cyberattack to take place happened in 1988 on accident when a Cornell graduate student developed a program to assess the size of the internet. The program functioned to “crawl” webpages and find paths into physical...

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