--- title: What is Cybersecurity? | daily.dev description: Cybersecurity refers to the practice of protecting systems, networks, mobile devices, data, computers, and more from digital attacks. It is important to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-cybersecurity--rouxvdeai twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What is Cybersecurity? | daily.dev og:description: Cybersecurity refers to the practice of protecting systems, networks, mobile devices, data, computers, and more from digital attacks. It is important to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-cybersecurity--rouxvdeai og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rOUxvdEAI.png og:image:alt: What is Cybersecurity? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What is Cybersecurity? **[Syncfusion](https://daily.dev/sources/syncfusion)** · [@sureshmohan](https://daily.dev/sureshmohan) · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cybersecurity refers to the practice of protecting systems, networks, mobile devices, data, computers, and more from digital attacks. It is important to implement simple cybersecurity practices such as enabling automatic security updates, backing up data, discussing cybersecurity with family members, reviewing existing online accounts, implementing strong passwords, and utilizing firewalls. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#data-protection](https://daily.dev/tags/data-protection) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-cybersecurity--rouxvdeai) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What is Cybersecurity?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-cybersecurity--rouxvdeai","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-cybersecurity--rouxvdeai"},"datePublished":"2024-05-14T11:39:04.416Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T08:00:11.685Z","description":"Cybersecurity refers to the practice of protecting systems, networks, mobile devices, data, computers, and more from digital attacks. It is important to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c34586f4113687e7f6ea7bcb2e6bd238?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c34586f4113687e7f6ea7bcb2e6bd238?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Syncfusion","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Suresh Mohan","url":"https://daily.dev/sureshmohan","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GiORQm3okwNI9Z01tYDa4YELb6j3F-hP-fbPVbSves=s100","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":1970}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-cybersecurity--rouxvdeai","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,cyber,data-protection","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Syncfusion","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/syncfusion"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is Cybersecurity?"}]} ```