What is Cybersecurity and Why it is important in today's time?
You must be hearing about cybercrimes these days like online fraud, leaking personal details online and blackmailing, etc. These crimes are increasing rapidly. According to Indian Computer Emergency Response (CERT-In), the first two months of 2022 has reported more cybercrimes than the entire 2018. India reported 2,08,456 incidents in 2018 and 2,12,485 incidents in the first two months of 2022. Majorly, the cybercrime is increasing through Internet. Thus, it is important to know what is cybersecurity. Cyber security is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks. Before moving further, lets know what are the types of cyber threats: 1. Cybercrime: Cybercrime is any criminal activity that involves a computer, networked device or a network. While most cybercrimes are carried out in order to generate profit for the cybercriminals, some cybercrimes are carried out against computers