Best practices to employ in cyber- security.

1. Implementing Cyber
security Best
Practices and New
Technology
Damilola Ishola

2. Best Practices
Examples of best practices include:
1. Protect your data
2. Use a strong password and authentication
3. Enable firewall protection
4. Invest in security systems
5. Embrace education and training
6. Avoid unknown emails and links
7. Employ the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Best practices in cyber security involve a lot of cautious effort on the part of the internet user when
engaging in online activities (Johansen, 2019). Employers and employees in organizations need to
know and engage in cybersecurity best practices to help guard and secure the organization’s data and
network (Johansen, 2019).

3. Importance of Cyber Security Best Practices
To protect the digital asset and reduce the likelihood and impact of hackers and attacks (Garden
state cyber threat highlight, 2021)
Organizations, companies, businesses these days engage in online activities for profit-making,
therefore the need to safeguard companies, organizations, and companies from hackers and
attacks by implementing cyber security best practices is of great importance (Ljungquist, 2014).

4. Common Cyber Attacks
1. Malware attacks: “malicious software” such as ransomware, spyware, and viruses that disrupt
computer operations
2. SQL Injections: This is a deceptive website programming code that gets entered into the
network database
3. Denial of Service attacks (DoS): This is high traffic flooding that shuts servers, network and
website
4. Password attacks: This is an attempt to breach password protection
5. Phishing scams: Trustworthy websites and emails that entice users into clicking a dangerous
link
6. Spear phishing scams: This type of attack targets organizations and companies, majorly
directors and executives (McGee, 2021)
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5. Common Best Practice Implementations for
an Organization
● Future-proof your enterprise : For comprehensive protection across the entire enterprise
● Mitigate attacks: To detect and respond faster than attackers can adapt and eliminate
threats within few minutes.
● Stop chasing alerts: This is achieved by moving beyond alerting and instantly visualize
malicious operations from root cause
● Remediate automatically

6. Other Cyber Security Implementations
1. Use a firewall
2. Enforce safe password policies
3. Document cyber security policies
4. Backup company data regularly
5. Use multifactor identification
6. Install anti-malware software
Norton by Symantec suggests that employees working in companies generally should set up
automatic security updates by doing so it can notify the company of any breach, injection, and
attack on the company's system (Segal, 2021).

7. User Experience for Implementing New
Technology
1. Emotions: The study of human experiences. Examples are anger, happiness, excitement, and
anxiety.
2. Psychological needs: This is an important role in predicting motivation for the use
3. Values
4. Wellbeing
5. Task Load (Partala & Saari,2015).
Every day new technologies are introduced and as such have made our world a "digitalized world"
(Partala & Saari, 2015). The user experience is a growing research field which in line with the
"technology as experience" approach follows the physiological line of thinking which is of interest
to scholars and practitioners (Partala & Saari, 2015).

8. Plan For Implementing New Technology
●DEMAND CONTROL SUPPLY
●Business context IT principles IT services
●Business success IT governance Architecture
●Business capabilities IT Financial Management People
●IT contribution Metrics Sourcing
This plan put together helps in deciding what IT principle to implement and services to provide,
how decisions would be made concerning a particular product, how will the project be funded,
and how to measure progress (Aron, 2009).

9. Examples Of New Technology
Video Streaming
Hybrid Learning
Artificial Intelligence
5G
App-Based Learning
Real-Time Location
All these new technologies, software, and platforms mentioned are what we are using or applying
its use to help make our lives easier, especially during the pandemic (Coronavirus) (Teach Thought
Staff, 2021).

10. Implementation Of Real-Time Location
It is used to automatically identify and track the location of objects or people in real-time within a
contained area.
It is used to notify new locations
It is used to locate customers. e.g: delivery food services
It is used to automatically track, and time stamp the progress of people or assets
It is used to combine the identity of multiple items placed in a single location

11. Recommendations For Evaluating
Successful Integration
1. Capabilities: A leader should know if the new technology produced is a solution to a given
problem.
a. What are the product's limitations and what it implies for the organization?
2. Transparency.
a. What is the degree of transparency of the product
b. Is the product easy to navigate?

12. Goal Of Effective And Successful Integration
1. The main goal for any new technology is to solve an existing problem and generate profit for
the organization
2. To improve the way people live
3. To make our jobs easier and more efficient: truck lifts
4. Technology aids in better and more convenient communication
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14. References
●Johansen, A.G. (2019 April, 09). 10 Cybersecurity Best Practices That Every Employee Should Know. Retrieved
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●Ljungquist, U. (2014). Unbalanced dynamic capabilities as obstacles of organizational efficiency:
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●Partala, T., & Saari, T. (2015). Understanding The Most Influential User Experiences In Successful And
Unsuccessful Technology Adoptions. Retrieved from: Tim7001v3
●Garden State Cyber Threat Highlight. (2021 Jan, 14). The Importance of Physical Security and Its Implications
On Cyber Security/NJCCIC. Retrieved from: The Importance of Physical Security and Its Implications on
Cybersecurity | New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (nj.gov)
●McGee, V. (2021 September,29). Most Common Cyberattacks in 2021/ Cyber Degrees. Retrieved from: Top
10 Most Common Cyberattacks in 2021 and How to Avoid Them (cyberdegrees.org)

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