Cybersecurity and Cyberdefense: Perspective of the current situation in Ecuador

Abstract

The advance of science has generated an accelerated and disproportionate growth of information technology, leading people to modify their paradigms to communicate and carry out activities in a different way to the traditional. This century has brought with it countless computer tools that are being used in cyberspace by Ecuadorian citizens, for financial, educational, social, recreational activities, among others; this has brought the attention of cybercriminals, who have detected vulnerabilities in information and communication technologies (ICT); becoming this, in a viable way to penetrate the computer systems and commit illicit and illegal activities. This research work, through a literary perspective, aims to publicize how cybersecurity and cyber defense is in Ecuador today. In the first part of the article that corresponds to the theoretical framework, the definitions, types of cyberattacks and their effects on the country will be addressed; in the second part, the same methodology that was developed under a qualitative and documentary approach will be presented; in the third part, the author presents the results; and in the end, the conclusions and recommendations.