When securing your information systems, you will need to understand on how to stay secure online and safe online. This quick article will explain the difference between cyber security and cyber safety in laymans terms. In short brief, cyber security is securing your systems & cyber safety is learning the best practices to stay online.
Cyber security is typically managed by security professionals who have had technical training on how to secure network and computer systems. These professionals have studied technical aspects and procedures that may be outside of the scope of knowledge of the average user. Cyber security is best to be left to these trained professionals.
Cyber safety is typically managed by the user of the computer system, such as the average home user or staff member of your business. These users typically do not understand the underlying technical aspects of information systems and a typically trained to handle a selective role or practice, such as entering information into a database, calculations in a spreadsheet or personal use such as social media, videogames and internet banking.
Businesses, such as small business should focus on providing cyber safety training to their staff and this training should be explained in laymans terms. Cyber security professionals can assist in providing this training. This training is best to be provided to the supervisors of teams who can train new staff on how to safely access, modify and handle company information assets.
Residential users can also benefit from cyber safety training, especially the elderly or computer illiterate individuals. Computer illiterate individuals can include the younger generations, who are familiar with using mobile smartphones but dont have much experience with desktops or laptops.
Large businesses and enterprises should consider hiring a cyber security officer, and a cyber safety officer. The cyber security officer can focus on the backend of the system, they will be the ones that process the technical skill. The cyber safety officer can focus on the user interaction of the system, and staff training of the system. If the cyber security officer detects a breach in the companies security policy, they can inform the cyber safety officer who can train the staff member responsible for the security breach.
Shanes Computer, Network & Cyber Security (SCNCS) can assist residential and business users with the technical aspects of security while providing cyber safety training. Clients will benefit with regular cyber security checks to detect malicious malware, such as network wire taps, or remote access backdoors hidden on their information systems. Clients will also benefit being provided up to date cyber safety training to avoid making critical security mistakes that are commonly exploited by cyber criminals & scammers.
Protecting your home and business information assets should be on the top of your list in 2025 with the rise of cybercrime. By making sure that a qualified security professional has secured your systems at the technical level and by receiving up to date cyber safety training you can avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime.