How do engineers make cyber networks safer?
In order to make networks safer, engineers need to take some factors into account. First is to understand the risks that involve its usage and management, then would be the understanding of information security and privacy. The concept of risk management has been established since businesses have had assets they wanted to protect. This will enable you to patch the vulnerabilities that a system has against cyber attacks that are trying to access the system for malicious purposes. Before implementing a risk management system, engineers are able to follow certain frameworks that are tailored to fit their business the best. This is essentially a guideline of procedures and protocol to follow for handling the risks endured by the company. Next would be the concept of privacy engineering. This would be a discipline that involves providing security with acceptable levels of privacy. In contrast to security engineering where many of the models revolve around the unauthorized access of individuals, this would be where activity is planned and permissible but can cause some privacy issues for the authorized parties. Loss of trust, economic loss, discrimination, and loss of self-determination can all be results of a system that is full of privacy issues and it’s up to the engineer to rectify this situation to the best of their ability. However, try as they might, it is impossible to provide a system that is free of any privacy issues. It is just as impossible as ensuring system security and it is up to the engineers to find a happy medium between the two.