Humans are social beings.
This has always been our characteristic feature something that makes humans stand out.
And for every society there have always been groups of people who break social rules and flout them
for their own purposes.
Think of the Wild West or the Prohibition era the same scenario as seen in the world of computer systems.
It would be really naive to think that the Internet would somehow be exempt from the same criminal mechanisms
that can be witnessed everywhere else.
Crooks and outlaws existed from the beginning of history.
They simply disappear.
Now unfortunately this is not the case.
They seem to have found a niche for themselves just like the rum runners of the prohibition and exploit
it without remorse.
What's even worse.
They're becoming more and more effective and this is the main reason why the security of computer systems
is lately in decline.
Instead of improving Eighty five percent is an important number.
This is the percentage of attacks which are vectored in ways that render your typical protection measures
such as anti-virus scanners software upgrades for both operating systems and in solid applications or
constantly enabled firewalls essentially useless
these attacks are performed either internally locally or through social engineering.
Tricks and techniques that manipulate people in both cases these attacks cannot be stopped by the protection
measures.
I've just listed 85 is also an important number for other reasons.
The mentioned security measures firewalls updates and scanners are all important.
They should be enabled and supported on all systems.
It's not true that they bring no real results.
At the very least you can pretend you're protected.
Don't make yourself an easy target.
Not having these protections is like leaving your car running with your keys in it in an unknown district.
At least close the door.
The risk of theft is still high but at least you've done something to secure your resources.
And don't get me wrong I don't want you to get rid of your anti-virus scanner.
On the contrary leave it enabled and update it often even every day.
The problem is that when cyber criminals decide that you have some valuable resources or your system
is for some other reason worth attacking.
This scanner will fill 85 percent of the time the first module of course which I invite you to take
will tell you above all which popular computer system security beliefs are actually myths myths that
originated or laziness custom's or from applying outdated information to new phenomena.
It will also comment on security issues that stem from the rise of organized crime in cyberspace.
Remember that there are companies set up in some countries which recruit programmers to create malicious
code running viruses has become a day job for some from 9 to 5.
These people sit in their cubicles and write code that you wouldn't want to come across in your systems.
The module was to talk about cyber war and terrorism.
Two issues that have already become reality we've already been able to witness some instances of cyber
war another of our topics will be the consumerization of I-T and how it affects security.
Risks and threats will also be covered in this first module.
We'll try to classify their types and discover why they affect virtually everyone.
Unfortunately if you think that you wouldn't be the target of attacks because your business is small
scale you only have six computers.
Your monthly turnover is not big and you produce no new technologies so there's really nothing to be
stolen.
Think again.
The real situation doesn't look so bright.
The last issue will be covered in the point titled The final goal of attacks which explores the motives
which current cyber criminals might have to attack you.
See you in the training.