I can tell if my computer is safe because when I am surfing the web, I use a VPN. No matter what network I am logged into, whether public or private, I always make sure my VPN is on. The VPN I use is SurfShark. It is easy to use, and it is low cost….
Journal 4
The United States is the worlds leading content provider when it comes to the internet. However, the question is, “How secure is the United States when compared to other countries?” The United States’ biggest problem is spam and phishing attempts in its own country. It ranks the third highest in the world with the number…
Journal 7
Since large businesses devote a vast amount of their budget to cybersecurity, many hackers rather target smaller businesses since they would be an easier target. Small businesses have most of the information that the big corporations have that hackers crave. Such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, and bank information. Small businesses tend to…
Article 1 Review
The article to be reviewed is called Exploring Fraudsters Strategies to Defraud Users on Online Employment Databases. The research that was conducted in this article is to explore the tactics that fraudsters are using to fool a victim. The studies show methods that fraudsters used to pretend to be a legit employer/employment opportunity online. Additionally,…
Journal 5
Create software that scans the computer for malware and sells it to regular computer users YMCA secured networks Become certified in as many certificates that relate to cyber security. Engineer mitigation to a particular malware Reverse engineer malware Seek a high-paying cybersecurity job. Ethical hacking with big corporations Create newsletters to inform current security issues…
Journal
Week 1: The career that appeals the most to me is security provision. I always had an interest in taking things apart and figuring out how something works. Therefore, I would really enjoy reverse engineering a malicious program and developing software to mitigate against it. The career that least appeals to me is investigating. I…
Journal 3
In modern-day society, almost everything is done over the internet. Signing a lease to rent out a home, purchasing a product, filling out a health care application, etc. Personal information is sent across the world wide web 24 hours a day 7 days a week. This is why it is very important to protect this…
Journal 2
There are many great majors to choose from at Old Dominion University. From Engineering to Science, English to Communications, and Economics to Business Management. I will explain the different majors that relate to cybersecurity and how cybersecurity is important in the respected field. Computer science is a major offered at Old Dominion University. This major…
Journal 1
When I was a senior in high school, I took an electronic class wanting to learn about circuit boards. It turns out the class was not about circuit boards but about robots and programming Arduinos. I soon became interested in learning the C++ coding language. It was tough and it is where I found a…