aspg-2-883-1791951339 20261014041539 American Scientific Publishing Group admin@americaspg.com American Scientific Publishing Group Journal of Cybersecurity and Information Management JCIM 2769-7851 2690-6775 2021 8 2 Mohammed. I. Alghamdi Department Engineering and Computer Sciences, Al-Baha University, KSA Cyber-attacks are the attacks that target organizations and individuals either as a tool for other activities like identity theft, stalking, etc. or with a computer as a crime object like phishing, hacking, and spamming. Cyber-attacks are rapidly increasing and making cyber security a major concern currently. When launched successfully, cyber-attacks can cause massive damage to individuals and businesses. Hence, immediate response is mandatory to contain the situation in case cyber-attacks occur. In this paper, we will discuss the history, present and future of cyber-attacks and measures for organizations to prevent those attacks in future. The ever-elusive strategies and suspicious nature of criminals should also be identified. We have outlined some of the practices to prevent those attacks while recommending incidence response measures and updates in enterprises. 2021 71 83 883 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 10.54216/JCIM.080204 https://americaspg.com/journal/2/article/883 https://americaspg.com/storage/6239.pdf