Anatomy of Cybersecurity

Abstract

Cybersecurity is the defense of systems and networks connected to the internet including hardware, software, and data from cyberattacks. The elements of a strong cybersecurity system are compared in this study paper with the similar elements of the human body that help to preserve general health and welfare. The aim is to offer an explanatory analogy for improved knowledge of cybersecurity and how its several components work together in a tiered protection. Analyzing the main features of cybersecurity systems and making analogies to human body anatomical systems constituted part of the approach. The security operations center functioning as the brain or central nervous system, SIEM systems acting as the eyes and ears, data encryption encrypting data transmissions and storage like the circulatory system protects the heart, intrusion detection systems sensing threats across the network like the nervous system, IT infrastructure providing core support such as bones do, security policies enforcing best practices similar to the liver’s detoxification, and filtering systems controlling access to data just as the kidneys filter blood. The debate examines how these analogues show the whole operation of cybersecurity protections. Finally, knowing cybersecurity as an anatomy with its own necessary systems operating in synergy helps one to better comprehend, manage, and make decisions on cyber-protection.