Journal Entry #7

The costs and benefits of developing cybersecurity programs in business are definitely controversial terms to each other. The benefits would outweigh the costs because protection is more important when it comes to dealing with cyber security. When I have not put cyber security first in terms of protecting my laptop or phone, I paid a high price. I had my accounts accessed without my knowledge and always infection that was very hard to undo. However, when I realize that cyber security programs are worth the cost each month knowing I am protected and safe, I feel secure in this knowing that this is the first step in realizing we need our personal information to be secure because hackers/scammers can get into our confidential information effortlessly if we aren’t taking protection seriously. The cost could come high for those who are in the lower class majority. I am currently struggling financially so it would be difficult to add the cyber security bill to my devices. However, I would rather my information be safe then for it to get constantly breached all the time and accessed without my knowledge.

Data breaches and lack of security happens when we let our guards down and don’t install security methods like Norton, Mcafee, etc…because maybe we don’t want to think the worst of everything such as: “Nobody will get into my information I am going to be fine.” Well, let’s say you leave your door unlocked one day or you leave your laptop somewhere opened and not password protected. This is when a vulnerability arises and an attacker has an opportunity to strike. 9 times out of ten maybe the average person is fine, but not always. It’s important to realize that the benefits do have far greater value than the detrimental repercussions that can occur when we allow ourselves to become vulnerable through a lack of cyber security on our devices.