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CYBERSECURITY The good news is that the importance of cybersecurity has been steadily increasing over the years to the point where executives outside of the IT department are taking notice and setting priority. In fact, International Data Corporation predicts that global spending on security will hit $103.1 billion in 2019, then grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.2% through 2022, eventually reaching $133.8 billion. According to CyberSeek – an online resource that provides detailed data about supply and demand in the cybersecurity job market – these are the top cybersecurity job titles. Most people aren’t intentionally bypassing security protocol – they either aren’t trained to do so, or they aren’t educated about the significance of their actions. Every industry has its share of cybersecurity risks, with cyber adversaries exploiting the necessities of communication networks within almost every government and private-sector organization. For example, ransomware attacks are ta...

Zero trust security means that no one is trusted by default from inside or outside the network, and verification is required from everyone trying to gain access to resources on the network. A port scan is used to probe an IP address for open ports to identify accessible network services and applications. Automated theorem proving and other verification tools can be used to enable critical algorithms and code used in secure systems to be mathematically proven to meet their specifications. Applications are executable code, so general practice is to disallow users the power to install them; to install only those which are known to be reputable – and to reduce the attack surface by installing as few as possible. They are typically run with least privilege, with a robust process in place to identify, test and install any released security patches or updates for them. After decades of private-sector organizations more or less being left to deal with cyber incidents on their own, the scale...