LBEF RESEARCH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Author(s):Neelima Shahi

Abstract:As technology progresses and the world moves towards the new era of information technology and internet, the importance of cybersecurity in corporate and individual spaces grows exponentially. The term “cybersecurity”, in a broad sense, refers to the protection of networks and individual machines from potential malwares, attackers, and hackers, while also enhancing the security of any devices and constantly studying the historical attacks to understand and mitigate potential future threats. In the current situation, as the number of corporate organizations grow in Kathmandu-Nepal, the likeliness of organizations getting targeted by attackers increases. In this case, the corporates must always be ready for potential attacks like malwares, phishing, insider threats, and so on. This paper primarily reviews different journals and publications developed in the cybersecurity domain to understand cyber threats and cybersecurity trends. Then, it attempts to map those understandings in the context of Kathmandu to derive a generic theory for strengthening their cybersecurity capabilities and tackling the present cyber threats.

Keywords:cybersecurity, security threats, human psychology, privacy concerns, information security, e-governance