Why should we study computing security

Now a day’s computer sciences is everywhere. You can find that computer sciences and the new technologies are everywhere. From google that stores all your browsing data, PayPal with your payment data, google maps that knows where you have been or amazon that knows what you’re looking for or Facebook that knows all about your friends and family. This isn’t all, a lot of companies uses this information for marketing, for analysis and quite a lot of things, even this restricted information is managed. So why should anyone care about Computing security?

My top reasons:

  1. No one escape from computer security.

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Any company, startup or person that uses any kind of technology for computer sciences is vulnerable. Since the moment you have a computer you are vulnerable to an attack. We can see this daily, who has never received email winning thousands of dollars? This type of attack it’s called phishing where the user thinks he wins and the mail ask for personal information. Here is a little guide to avoid this type of attacks https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/safety/online-privacy/phishing-symptoms.aspx

Also, every new company in computer sciences is vulnerable so computer security is just essential for everyone that wants to manage confidential information.

  1. Every Day comunication

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Every day a lot of information is shared, transmitted and transferred by computer systems. Just in any enterprise there are thousands of mails delivered daily, more than 30 million of what’s app messages (https://expandedramblings.com/index.php/whatsapp-statistics/2/) and Facebook messages delivered daily. How can I ensure my information is safe? well that’s another reason to study computer Security.!

  1. More and More Jobs

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If you study computer security your almost guarantee to have a job. Just like i comment in “Every day communication”, the responsibility of a computer security engineer is of huge impact and also, it’s a really well paid job (http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Security_Engineer/Salary) about 85$K a year!

Also, there will be always needed a Security engineer.

 

I think that those are the most important reasons, there are a ton more reasons to study computer security, but for now i will leave it like that. These are some links about other people opinion:

http://blog.matthewdfuller.com/2013/09/what-i-wish-i-knew-before-studying.html

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/24/secure-a-cyber-career

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/importance-computer-security-systems-shankar-achintya-lahiri

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