Mayur Rele - What is the Meaning of Cyber Security
                     What is the Meaning 
of Cyber Security?
Mayur Rele, a Cyber Security expert and cloud 
automation leader, who has extensive experience in 
overseeing global technology, security, and cloud 
infrastructures across various industries verticals provides 
details on Cyber Security.
The technology has revolutionized humanity, taking over 
our daily lives, and reshaping the modern workplace. With 
this comes the sad truth: cyber threats, cyber-attacks, 
cries, and much more.
The point is many organizations do not see this coming 
as many have lost important information, strategies, and 
many tools of their business which has cost them greatly. 
Therefore, the need to protect every detail kept on a 
computer arises, cybersecurity.  
The use of cybersecurity as gain more ground over the 
last few years. Many organizations and firms now make it 
an important factor in the running of their organization. 
The government and other sectors are not left behind. 
Read on as Mayur Rele walks you through what 
cybersecurity is all about.
Cyber Security is the technique and process developed 
to protect computers, servers, networks, data, and 
programs from unauthorized access. It involves 
implementing Cyber Security tools, training, and practices 
designed to protect valuable information from an outsider 
that might want to penetrate it. It is also 
called information technology security.
“The importance of Cyber Security is to provide a sense of 
security for computers, networkers, servers, and to make 
sure every information stored in the computer is 
protected from unauthorized access. Cyber Security 
measures can be challenging but, it is achievable,” 
says  Mayur Rele.
Types of Cyber Security
• Application Security
• Disaster recovery and business continuity
• Information security
• Network security
• End-user Education
Application Security
Application security is designed to protect the software 
and devices from any form of threat. It centers on the 
measures put into consideration during development to 
protect the application from mistakes that may occur due 
to flaws in application design, maintenance or upgrade.  
Techniques used for this application security include:
•Auditing and logging
•Input parameter validation
•Role Authenticity and Authorization
•Session management parameter and manipulation
Disaster recovery and business continuity
Disaster recovery involves the process of implementing and 
assessment of risk. It entails how an organization should 
respond to the Cyber Security incident and the 
development of strategies to recover data when a disaster 
occurs.
Disaster recovery systems dictate the process of the 
restoration of data, information, and how the organization 
goes back to its same operation capacity before the incident 
as fast as possible. Mayur Rele says it is important for all 
business organizations to have a disaster recovery plan, this 
enables them to resume normal business operations as fast 
as possible after a disaster.
Information security
Information technology security is the process of protecting 
computers or networks from unauthorized access. 
It provides the ability to protect the privacy of the owner of 
the computer including their data. Techniques used for this 
process include
•Cryptography
•Authentication, identification, and authorization of the user.
Network security
Network security focuses more on the ability to protect the 
usage, integrity, and safety of the network. It often searches 
for a wide range of threats and stops them from gaining 
access or spreading into the network. Network security makes 
use of a series of components which includes:
•Visual Private Networks(VPNs): VPNs secure your public 
internet connection by encrypting your information and 
shielding your online activity
•Firewalls: Firewalls are used to obstruct the operation of 
unauthorized access in the network
•Malware and antivirus: Antivirus is used for the removal 
and detection of the unwanted virus in a computer
•Intrusion prevention system(IPS): IPS is used to record 
and detect threats and take preventives measures to stop the 
action.
End-user Education
This is an important factor as it deals with many 
unpredictable incidents in the system..” Anyone can 
mistakenly launch to a virus to a secured system by 
not following the security procedures” says Mayur 
Rele. Therefore, it is important to teach new users to 
be security conscious by following these steps
•Security awareness training
•Plugging of unauthorized USB drives should be 
prohibited
•Learning different techniques to detect suspicious 
email attachment
Learning important security measures for the safety 
of the organization.
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