Cyber Security is a Game of Chess

Cyber Security is a Game of Chess

In Cybersecurity, its Red & Blue; In Chess, its White & Black

You might think, "What is this guy talking about?" hold your thoughts, people; let me explain.

Let's do the famous divide and conquer algorithm to this.

Cyber Security is protecting your digital belongings from the bad guys; if you want a formal definition of Cybersecurity, look it up online.

Chess is a 2-player board game with a set of pieces of a different color. It has a lot of variants, but we can consider Standard Chess for this case. The goal of the game is to checkmate the king.

In this case, we as a Cyber Security company are the good guys, and the cybercriminals are the bad guys. So, we have always to be active and updated to protect our clients. The blackhat/gray hat hackers always try to develop new techniques to hack the system and exploit it for their gain. This can have terrible consequences for both the company and our clients. We should not let that happen as it is totally against our core principles. We, as a company, always try to make a positive impact on society. We want to grow with you.

Coming back to the analogy, we (White pieces) are the white hat hackers, and the black pieces are the black hat hackers. They try to checkmate our king, stealing our data and doing whatever they want…usually, they sell it on the black market or the dark web.

To prevent an organization from getting hacked, we can do a few small things that can benefit all of us. Each and everyone in the organization should have some cybersecurity awareness. This is what we call 'Cyber hygiene'; This does not guarantee 100% safety. No technology or practice can make you or your organization entirely safe. We can add several layers of protection to slow down hackers.

Cyber hygiene is a practice that can help you to be safer online. Some common steps include:

  • Keep your apps/Software up to date.
  • Have a proper company policy to manage the sensitive data of your clients and employees
  • Make sure you give importance to physical security as well
  • Its always recommended having a cybersecurity framework; for example, NIST
  • Have a good incident response team to handle the cyber attacks
  • Have a good disaster recovery plan in case of any natural calamities/terrorist attacks
  • The points mentioned above are few, and there is always more we can add to it.

Furthermore, we must understand that our cyber world is not safe, and we don't know anything about our opponents. So it's always better to keep yourself updated. This is important to stay ahead of your game. Not only that, make sure you gather your information from reliable sources. Information can be of different forms — blogs, news, videos, podcasts, etc.

Some good Cyber Security Podcasts:

  • Cyber Security Sauna
  • Smashing Security
  • The 443
  • Cyber Risk Management
  • Cyber Law Podcast
  • Defensive Security Podcast

Reference:

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If someone says that they are a cybersecurity expert, don't believe them. There is always more to learn as this is an evergreen domain. Apart from that we also have to have some soft skills to succeed in this domain. Effective Communication, Adaptability, Collaboration, Determination, and Leadership are some of them.

One of the essential characteristics, I think, is persistence. There will also be obstacles in our way. The one who always gets back up and starts running again will be successful.