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CYBERSECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY

In the digitally emerging world where everyone has the access to internet it is very crucial to secure our data because of right to privacy. By a great rise in digitalization hundreds of terabytes of data is being transferred every second. Lot of this data flowing over the internet contains sensitive personal data which is analysed by companies, hackers and organizations to make monetary benefits out of it. This is the time where data security comes into picture.

Cybersecurity deals with all the laws designed for the cybercrimes. Digitalization and networking provide number of benefits to us in different fields like e-commerce, banking, education, communication but due to cybercrime, a new criminal methodology also arises. Systems, important files, data, and other important virtual things are at risk if there is no security to protect it. The need of the hour is to make people aware of the laws that already have been made and to amend the laws according to the development of technology. The objective of this paper is to spread awareness about the cybersecurity and the precautions which we can take to secure our precious data and belongings.

Keywords: Data, Cybersecurity, Digital, Awareness.