Taking a Cybersecurity class has helped me learn a lot about how to protect myself against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data. Cybersecurity’s main objective is to protect personal information and systems from major cyber threats. By becoming more aware of how to use the internet safely, we can help later generations do exactly the same.

There are many risks when it comes to cyber security. In a recent article by Roben Farzad, he discussed the issue of sharing information on social media, while also mentioning Rhonda Vetere, who brought up an issue about Snapchat. They discussed how teenagers today snap photos without understanding that the pictures taken are not completely deleted. Vetere stated that the pictures taken are at some point sent to the cloud and kept on file for a period of time.

Hacking is another major issue ever since shopping became accessible to the internet. Criminals have come up with ways to figure out credit card numbers to buy items and later get in trouble doing so. Cyber Security professionals have been working on different techniques to stop credit card theft. Fraud has been such a big issue today, and it's unfortunate that technology has to create new ways to prevent that from happening.

Believe it or not, we live in a world that is more connected than ever before. Today, the demand for Cyber Security professionals has increased to about 6 million globally. Whether we realize it or not, the internet touches almost all aspects of everyone’s daily life. From going to the assembly, I’ve learned to be more aware and cautious about what I put on social media. Since credit card theft has been a big issue lately, I plan on shopping not as much on the internet just to be safe. Thank you to all the cybersecurity professionals working together to make our lives a lot safer.