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Information Technology's Connection to IT Careers

                  With the fast advancement of technology, the growth of IT jobs has increased at a rapid pace. The projected growth of computer and information technology occupations from 2021 to 2031 is 15 percent, higher that the average for all total occupations (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2022). This is huge opportunity for anyone who is looking to change to an IT career and for those already working in the field looking for advancement. This connects IT careers to the fundamentals of information technology being that mostly everything revolves around technology now. Some knowledge of computers and information technology is required and is sought-after by many employers (Herrity, 2023). This may even create more jobs by requiring teaching and on the job training of basic computer skills. This advancement and need for computer skills come from how much technology has changed the daily lives of huma...

Personal and Organizational System Security

            Cybersecurity is becoming one of the most important jobs the world today. This is due to the growing amounts of computer hacks and viruses being created with malicious intent. These hacks and viruses are being used to steal personal and organizational information and are even used to attack organization’s websites by overloading their servers with large numbers of useless access request called denial of service (DoS) (Vahid, 2019). The increasing threats of cyber-attacks have also increased the importance of improving system security both personally and professionally. Increasing system security will help prevent sensitive information from being stolen and could help prevent (DoS) from happening by removing the amount of computer beings used to send the large amount of access request.             Phishing is when scammers use email of text messages to mislead users into providing pers...