Security is not a destination but a way of life

 

Security is not a destination but a way of life

 

Peace and security is an essential factor of human life. The definition of "security" depends on one's perspective. Security may be defined as the quality or state of being secure, freedom from danger or freedom from fear or anxiety.

 

Of the many other levels on which one can analyse security, the most relevant here are individual, group, regional, national, and global. Chanakya wrote in Arthashastra that a state can be at risk from four kinds of threats: Internal, External, Internally aided external and externally aided internal treats.

 

Security is something that every nation deals with, in many different ways. On the individual level, security is most often understood as safety. This safety includes freedom from harm, whether physical or psychological. Threats to an individual's security can produce the fear or anxiety.     

 

In addition, security can be related to one's ability to attain the fundamental physical needs of a home, food, and socio-economic needs such as a job. The concept of individual security can therefore be linked to an individual's perception of her or his standard of living.  

 

A peaceful and secure environment is very essential to every individual and for all aspects of economic and social development in a country.

 

Security isn't the job of statehood only, it is the job of everyone who wants a secure and prosperous future. The concept of security, on all levels, is related to basic concepts of human psychology. If threatened, people will react and take necessary defensive measures. At the individual level, one can sometimes defend against threats by exercising caution in his or her daily life. He or she may arrange additional security measures, such as alarm systems, weapons, or perhaps changing residences. This same type of reaction may occur on the group or regional level.

 

Among all securities, as on date cyber security is the latest challenge. Apart from personal threats, we could be the target of a cyber-war which could threaten our security as most of our vital installations are now based on cyber systems. Any failure to check cyber-attacks could be fatal to our economy and security.

 

In the year of 2013, the Snowden revelations have made it evident that future wars will not be traditional wars which are fought on land, water and air. In fact, it appears that cyber space will be the theatre of warfare in the future.

 

Cyber security awareness about the ever-evolving threat topics covered are phishing and other forms of social engineering, malware, password security, mobile security, social media safety, privacy, working remotely, and more.  Physical security awareness is to be enhance to recognize and prevent in-person forms of attack such as tailgating, theft, fraud, vandalism, espionage, and data protection. Both are important for creating a well-rounded security awareness education program.

People are besieged with millions of phishing threats every day. And we’ve seen how much damage these can cause, from exposure of people’s private information, to millions of rupees spent to regain access to files infected with ransom ware. Computer, mobile, internet-based security training for individual and organization is very much essential to all to prevent online fraudulent.  

Security awareness is the process of teaching of computer and information security best practices, as well as educating them on the various security threats we face today. A good program educates on how to protect confidential information, personal or organizational, from unauthorized access, modification, destruction, or other forms of attack. It covers both digital and physical security threats.

 

As a country India has just made a beginning in this direction of cyber security. We need to cover a lot of distance before we could say that we have a safe in cyber space. The time has come to stop complaining and start acting, as an individuals will have to be developed the skills needed in security areas, from attention to detail and identifying unusual patterns of the threats. Usually, it involves many incremental or regular small-step improvements rather than one overwhelming innovation.

 

Solving today's tough problems depends upon finding better ways of dealing with these threats. But it is also important that all individuals actively support and become involved in the process of Security consistently.  

 

Continuous involvement means a never-ending effort to expose, avert and eliminate root causes of the security threats. In any practice, information regarding security awareness is necessary to reach the goal of creating a security-conscious society and protecting our self from security threats and these is to be practiced repeatedly over the time again and again. Hence Security is a journey, not a destination. The process of Security must go on, one cannot stop going ahead.

 

Only through increased attachment and involvement in this perception we can tackle not only the cyber security challenges but also all the security threats of today, tomorrow and well into the future.

 

 

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