Emerging challenges in cyber security

In today's world of digitization where individuals and organizations are connected by the internet, cybersecurity has become a major concern. Some of the most common challenges in cyber security that have evolved to a greater extent include cloud attacks, attacks from IoT, and hardware and software attacks along with the huge increase in phishing and ransomware attacks. With most of the organizations and companies using technological advancements for financial management, cryptocurrency and blockchain attacks also pose a major threat in daily activities. Being able to recognize the cyber security challenges, one must be able to secure themselves at both individual and organization levels. In this chapter, the authors deal with the continuously changing nature of cyber-attacks that has enhanced the difficulty of handling and avoiding emerging threats along with technological solutions that can address the concern. The techniques for demands of privacy and protection will also be discussed.