Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence

Cyber security plays an important role in the field of information technology. Privacy and security of the data will always be the top security measures that any organization takes care of with the digitalization of India. The Internet has reached every corner of the country whether it is in urban and rural areas. Social media, online shopping, money transfer everything is only a click away Cyber threats are also increasing with the rising number of Internet users. The main reason rural people get victimized by cyber attacks is lack of awareness about these issues. The concept of username and password have been fundamental way of protecting our information.The OTP feature prevents some forms of identity theft by making sure that a captured password cannot be used a second time. Encryption is the process of encoding messages and information in such a way that eavesdroppers or hackers cannot read it. In encryption schemes, the personal and confidential information such as transactions, emails, bank account details etc. are encrypted using an encryption algorithm turning it into an unreadable ciphertext. Cyber security is a vast topic that is becoming more important because the world is becoming highly interconnected, with networks being used to carry out critical transactions. There is no perfect solution for cyber crimes but we should try our level best to minimize them. This paper mainly focuses on challenges faced by cyber security in rural areas. It also focuses on cyber security techniques, cyber crime and social media.