<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 20pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While there continues to be a lively online debate about whether cyber security and information security mean the same thing, it makes sense to look at cyber security as a form of information security. Think of information security as an umbrella, with cyber security and other security topics like cryptography and mobile computing underneath it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 20pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Drawing a clear distinction can be tough, though, given that simple geography can make an impact. For example, the term cyber security is used widely throughout the United States, but in other countries around the world, it could also be commonly called information security. This and other factors have helped keep the cyber security versus information security debate alive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 20pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are other distinctions in the cyber security vs information security discussion, too.&nbsp; While cyber security deals with protecting the information in cyberspace, information security means protecting the data in cyberspace and beyond. In other words, the Internet or the endpoint device may only be part of the larger picture. Both involve protecting cyberspace from hacks, which can include ransomware, spyware, malware, and other types of harmful software that can cause all kinds of havoc. Cyber security professionals, however, have a more narrow focus.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 20pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cyber security professionals take an active role in helping to protect servers, endpoints, databases, and networks by finding holes and misconfigurations that create vulnerabilities. In other words, they are responsible for preventing breaches. The most talented think like hackers and may have even been one in the past. Of course, information security professionals are also concerned with data loss prevention. They work together with their cyber counterparts on it but may take a broader role in prioritizing the most sensitive data first and making a plan for how to recover from a breach.</span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-62b7bb3b-7fff-7156-84eb-c6f3f4a380ee"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:20pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's also helpful to think of the difference between data and information at a more fundamental level. Data can be anything — a series of numbers, for example — but all data is not equal. What that data represents and how sensitive it falls squarely under the purview of information security professionals. If a series of numbers was a customer's credit card number, for example, it is the responsibility of information security teams to ensure that they are compliant with government regulations. Again, they work closely with their cyber colleagues to ensure that the most critical data is safe. But are responsible for a much more significant stake of overall security in an organization.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:20pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#51565e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:20pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:20pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#51565e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-50ad375f-7fff-a547-b6a1-644fdf4fe429"></span></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;"><colgroup><col width="334"><col width="290"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:42.75pt"><td style="border-left:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-right:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-top:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#edf2f5;padding:12pt 9pt 12pt 9pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cyber Security</span></p></td><td style="border-left:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-right:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-top:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#edf2f5;padding:12pt 9pt 12pt 9pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Information Security</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:83.25pt"><td style="border-left:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-right:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-top:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;padding:12pt 9pt 12pt 9pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Focuses solely on online threats</span></p></td><td style="border-left:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-right:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-top:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;padding:12pt 9pt 12pt 9pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:20pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Takes a mile-high view of the security landscape</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:83.25pt"><td style="border-left:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-right:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-top:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;padding:12pt 9pt 12pt 9pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learns to think like a hacker</span></p></td><td style="border-left:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-right:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-top:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;padding:12pt 9pt 12pt 9pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:20pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deals with the protection of data from any threat</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:60.75pt"><td style="border-left:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-right:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-top:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;padding:12pt 9pt 12pt 9pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Develops a deep understanding of malicious software</span></p></td><td style="border-left:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-right:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-top:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;padding:12pt 9pt 12pt 9pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oversees unauthorized access/modification/disruption</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:83.25pt"><td style="border-left:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-right:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-top:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;padding:12pt 9pt 12pt 9pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acts as the first line of defense&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p></td><td style="border-left:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-right:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;border-top:solid #e6ecef 0.75pt;vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffffff;padding:12pt 9pt 12pt 9pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:20pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(81, 86, 94); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Makes plans to recover from a breach</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:20pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#51565e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:20pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#51565e;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></p>