CYBER SECURITY: A REVIEW

Abstract: Cyber security has become a vital part of information technology. The need to secure the information has increased manifolds during the present scenarios. While making one’s data authentic one has to face various challenges. Cyber security has come into limelight due to the high rate of cybercrime in our society. Although government and companies are taking various steps to curb it but all seems to be in vain for a majority of people. This paper mainly focuses on the various threats imposed by cybercrime and the measures taken to prevent it. It basically deals with the different types of hackers in our society.

Keywords: Security,Internet,privacy, Hackers, cybercrimes, Integrity,Phishing,identity theft, Authentication.