A Survey of Cyber Security Trends, Emerging Technologies and Threats

Abstract

AbstractData are on Internet-connected devices and the number of these devices is increasing exponentially, the challenges are also mushrooming for the cyber security experts in handling the posed threats to the huge cyber space distributed around the globe. The use of Internet in almost every step of our today’s lifestyle, from banking system, business world to all confidential communications has created a lot of vulnerability in our privacy and security. The role of Internet in the government organizations, private companies, social media, military and financial institutions has made the cyber security issue a national security issue. The development of new and innovative cyber defense system equipped with much more effective algorithms, tools and protocols is the need of the hour to help protect our cyber space users. In this paper, we first discuss the cyber security trend and technologies available today and then present the emerging cyber threats, the challenges, and finally, we describe the efforts by the researchers in curbing those threats so as to protect the society, the country and the world.KeywordsCyber securityCyber crimesEmerging cyber threatsCyber spaceCyber security trends