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WHAT IS NATIONAL SECURITY?

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  It is the duty of the government to protect the nation including its state, economy, and institutions, and this is called National Security. Originally it was accepted that   national security only involves protection against military attacks   but later non-military dimensions were also added to the definition such as security from terrorism, crime, economic security, energy security, environmental security, food security, cyber-security, and more. The government uses various measures to protect the nation such as political, economic, and military devices, and sometimes diplomacy too.  Potential causes of national security  include the following actions -  Actions by other states (both military and cyber attacks) Violent non-state actors (such as terrorist attacks) Organized criminal groupings such as narcotics cartel  Natural disasters such as earthquake, flood Climate change  Economic inequality Marginalization Political exclusion Militarisation National Security strategizes their

CYBERSECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT

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Like real-world everything in the cyberworld is prone to attack and damage.  To deal with these unexpected or deliberately planned attacks on cyber systems and networks , various strategies and preventive measures are devised and used which is called Cybersecurity Risk Management. It involves identification of risks and vulnerabilities of your cyber network or system and then devising plus applying administrative and comprehensive solutions to make sure that your data is safe and protected from attacks and damage. The very first step in cybersecurity risk management is to set up a cybersecurity risk management system which involves identification of the assets that need to protected and compiling a priority list. Since different organizations and networks/ systems have different structures it is completely up to the administration of the network/system/organization to compile the list of assets and using different strategies for risk management. For example, healthcare and financial

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

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  Protecting a regions’ vital infrastructures such as food, agriculture, transportation, and more are called  Critical Infrastructure Protection . Every government in every region bears this responsibility of planning and devising a plan for the safety and risk management of the critical infrastructure against natural or man-made disasters like storms, earthquakes, terrorist attacks, and more.  Disasters are estimated beforehand and then their preventive measures, preparedness, response, and recovery are considered the top priority in Critical Infrastructure Protection plans. As the world is progressing towards a new age of digital advancements, newer threats are showing their faces and the need for better planning has become imminent. Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) enables the nations to prepare for and then respond to serious incidents that can cause harm to critical infrastructure environments and to deal with the ever-growing threats.  The main thing here is to first asse