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Types of security
Information security is an umbrella term that covers an organization's efforts to protect information. It includes physical IT asset security, endpoint security, data encryption, network security and more.
- IT security is also concerned with protecting physical and digital IT assets and data centers but does not include protection for the storage of paper files and other media. It focuses on the technology assets rather than the information itself.
- Cybersecurity is a part of information security that specifically deals with computers, networks, software, and digital data. Its primary objective is to prevent unauthorized access, attacks, and data breaches. Although cybersecurity is a very large and important field, its scope is actually limited to the digital world. It does not include the protection of physical or paper-based information, which is handled under broader information security practices.
- Data security is the practice of protecting digital information from unauthorized access, corruption or theft throughout its entire lifecycle. It includes the physical security of hardware and storage devices, along with administrative and access controls. It also covers the logical security of software applications and organizational policies and procedures.