Challenges for Cyber Citizens in the 21st Century

Abstract

The era of Industry 4.0 has brought about the revolution in the cyberspace – a space that connects millions of individuals and organizations across the world.  Along with the opportunities for expansion and progress, cyberspace presence brings with it the serious and deeper challenges of cyber security in the form of cyber-crimes, cyber-warfare,  privacy issues, intellectual property and so on. 

This paper explores the challenges of cyber presence and the imminent potential threats  alongwith  mitigation techniques that need to be adopted for addressing the threats from cyber crimes. Results of a perception survey on the awareness about cyber crimes are also discussed.