We should mean almost, digitally. With serious considerations to best practices, widely acceptable principles including that of, directly and indirectly related, applicable laws and, if any, for the sake of thoughtful and sensible transparency. Almost everything, in this case is about, as nations and industries are already taking it as an initiative to protect entities such as people, enterprises, assets, properties including but not limited to information, which is the sole subject of information security specialists but it's reality is more complicated than arguing on which security can cover which area. Technology practitioners should appreciate it. Those who goes beyond a few specializations could realized it and make an effective position paramount to a cybersecurity responsibility. And the size of that responsibility may mean breaking and delegating it with various roles, with those who are effective and prudent in their jobs.
Do not talk security attacks unless things, in the first place, have already been ironed out. This can be taken up but not as the primary issue yet. It goes to say, particularly if information infrastructure is still being laid out, that ICT strategies e.g. few to consider are usability, capacity and security, and in general, have to be dealt with first and foremost.
With all the tested technology specifically for security purposes, why organizations still cannot get rid of the attacks?
The following few might be one of the answers:
IPv4 is really not secure
There is two or more, if not a single straight way, to mitigate it. If it is done correctly organization can still be secure.
Plan IPv6 and turn it on now. Caveat: We still have to see how capable it is however the next generation Internet protocol has been addressed to have security integrated in the design.
Funding not enough to address security
Fund it or what many advised it never connect to the Internet.
Security not part of planning and design or had been overlooked and perceived not to be as important that time, just like when IPv4 was being developed
Good ICT programs would not only single out to address, like for instance, security. ICT presents so many opportunities and it needs to be planned and carried out very carefully. Whatever the outcome is, we know where we are moving towards, either we are doing good or bad business. Many organizations depends on IT to maximize delivery of services and inaccessible of information in the network, might derail the day with all concerned stakeholders and the overall operations so to speak.
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