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Cyber security unit 1

By Akinpelu Daniel -
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 *WHAT IS CYBERSECURITY?* Cybersecurity is the body of technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage, or unauthorized access. The term cybersecurity refers to techniques and practices designed to protect digital data. The data that is stored, transmitted, or used on an information system. After all, that is what criminal wants, data. The network, servers, computers are just mechanisms to get to the data. Effective cybersecurity reduces the risk of cyber-attacks and protects organizations and individuals from the unauthorized exploitation of systems, networks, and technologies.  In other words, the technique of protecting internet-connected systems such  as  computers,  servers,  mobile  devices,  electronic  systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks is known as cybersecurity. We can divide cybersecurity into two parts one is cyber, and the other is security. Cybe...
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Basics of Computers - Introduction

By Akinpelu Daniel -
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  Happy new year! Basics of Computers -  Being a modern-day kid you must have used, seen, or read about computers. This is because they are an integral part of our everyday existence. Be it school, banks, shops, railway stations, hospital or your own home, computers are present everywhere, making our work easier and faster for us. As they are such integral parts of our lives, we must know what they are and how they function. Let us start with defining the term computer formally. The literal meaning of computer is a device that can calculate. However, modern computers can do a lot more than calculate. Computer is an electronic device that receives input, stores or processes the input as per user instructions and provides output in desired format. Input-Process-Output Model Computer input is called data and the output obtained after processing it, based on user’s instructions is called information. Raw facts and figures which can be processed using arithmetic and logical operati...
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