National, Corporate, and Information Cyber Security

Network security is a complicated issue. Nevertheless, with the increase in the number of Internet users, a great number of people need to realize the major aspects of network security. This essay deals with the security concepts at national, corporate and information levels and helps to understand risks and how we can prevent them. It is aimed to widen a perspective on security in general and to understand what security tools should be applied in order to reduce the risk in the workplace in particular.

There are two opposite notions: absolute security and absolute access. It is impossible to define and implement the best firewall or antivirus system. An absolute access is very convenient for using. You can apply it without any authorization, password or other tools. Unfortunately, in the modern world of network insecurity and virus threats such method is not recommended. The Internet is an environment with viruses and other tools, which present the danger for an appropriate and constant usage and work.

Thus, implementing and usage of the Internet is only possible with network security tools. The security policy defines the measures of the network security level. For building and maintaining a secure network the understanding of security issues is of primary importance for a corporation as well as for an individual. The security level is the decision of every organization and state. This depends on the risk level a corporation is ready to accept. Notwithstanding, most corporations have a certain level of defense and the increase of this level is taken only under exceptional conditions. That is why every nation and corporation has to decide where between the two opposites of the security level it is going to be.

Nowadays it is necessary for any nation and corporation to keep the confidentiality and longevity of data for achieving stability and success in the competitive world. In today’s global economy the information and the limited access to the data are values of the highest priority. The major purpose of US nation and any corporation is to use systems for protection against unauthorized access giving a limited access to its users.