IT security, which is known as information technology security, it is the exercise of safeguarding the digital devices with access control, network, data and other breaches. IT Security prevent unauthorised access, malicious threats and cyberattacks which may compromise in different ways.

IT Security assessment is a process to identify vulnerabilities and risk to the individual or an organization/company when they are dealing with IT and there is different type of security measures for different purposes:

For Example:

Endpoint security (device level), application security, network security, basic/medium/high level of security, and cloud security etc.

• Endpoint: The device (laptop, computer, or mobile device) is safe to use, when we are creating, editing, and saving information.
• Application Security: The application we are using on our device are safe to use for creating and saving information.
• Network Security: Internet and web browser/website used to transfer, share, and upload information is secured.
• Basic/Medium/High Level of security:This mainly infrastructure security, which protect network and encrypt the traffic on the network to mitigate the potential risk and it keeps increasing the security levels from basic to high based on the requirements.
• Cloud Security: Now a days infrastructure of cloud computing has been used very commonly by individuals and organization this help in data availability from any mobile devices, as it is so good to be used and with the benefit, there potential risks are involved that’s why it’s important that high level of secure platforms are recommended when it comes to use them.

When do we need to perform security assessment and how can we say we are safe and compliant?

For individuals, its simple,

• Just ensure you have good anti-virus installed to protect computer and mobile devices.
• Avoid sharing login user id and passwords with others.
• Use strong password mechanism to protect yourself from cyber scam and attack like alpha numeric, special characters and words long – don’t use names (including your name, family name and friends name) in your passwords, can start with special character e.g. @/$/%/&/# and numbers and then words and closing it with special character.
• Avoid clicking suspicious hyperlink on your email or messages on mobile device there may be someone trying to steal confidential information from your computer or device.

For Companies/Organization:

• Providing trainings to their staff members and teams to ensure above key points which are managed by individual as a behavior.
• Keep IT Security Policy updated and shared with the relevant teams, also try introducing quarterly or half-yearly refresher course or videos so that people in the organisation are aware of these Digital threats.
• Ensure performing security assessment on their operating systems, infrastructure, application, network , clouds, and hardware devices.

Cybersecurity is mandatory and its every individual responsibility to make sure digitally secured.