Summary
Some of the difficulties facing large corporations in this technology driven
modern age are cyber attacks and data breaches. Recently, we have witnessed
security breaches in high-profile companies like Sony Pictures Entertainment,
Home Depot, Target, and EBay, in which all of these organizations have lost
confidential data like personal records, and financial information. To counter
these attacks companies invest a lot of money on insurance to cover any issues
with confidential data, but ever since all of these high-profile companies have
been attacked the insurance rates are on the rise. According to Retuers report,
“Insurers are raising deductibles and in some cases limiting the amount of
coverage to $100 million.” …show more content…
Similar attacks in 2013 cost Target and Home Depot nearly 230
million in expense, but insurance only covered up to 100 million. The question
then becomes how can companies prevent and identify such malicious attacks
that not only end up costing them millions, but also time and reputation? It’s my
educating the end users on cyber security and threats.
Identifying Threats
There are three computer security types. First is Computer security, the
application of hardware and software security features to a computer system,
and it’s associated with one of the most common security threats that affect the
business computers, malware. Malware contains viruses, trojans, and worms,
and it is distributed through mediums such as e-mail attachments, HTTP links,
removable storage, and remote login connections. Most malware make software
programs unusable or destroy the data itself, and they operate subtly and rapidly
spread until damage has already affected computers and is unrecoverable.
Second is information security, the protection of information against
unauthorized disclosures, transfer, and modification, or destruction, weather
accidental or intentional. Some threats in information security comes as …show more content…
Preventive Measures
System security experts have developed many methods to protect
computers to fight off common security threats. One example is virus protection
software, which prevents intrusions in the computer. Security software is widely
available to general consumers and businesses, and includes with corporate
licensing, but needs to be updated on the regular basis. Another effective
preventive measure from the outside unauthorized intruders is the use of firewall.
Firewall is a type of a hardware security device that is installed in between the
internet and a computer network; It’s main purpose is to act like a routing traffic
controller and block any external usage that is not authorized. One program that
works complementary to the firewall is an encryption program. The encryption
program assists in protecting data by scrambling it, and could only be accessed
with an encryption key. The most effective measure is integrating enforcing
policies, and security procedures. All of these high-profile organizations that
Some of the difficulties facing large corporations in this technology driven
modern age are cyber attacks and data breaches. Recently, we have witnessed
security breaches in high-profile companies like Sony Pictures Entertainment,
Home Depot, Target, and EBay, in which all of these organizations have lost
confidential data like personal records, and financial information. To counter
these attacks companies invest a lot of money on insurance to cover any issues
with confidential data, but ever since all of these high-profile companies have
been attacked the insurance rates are on the rise. According to Retuers report,
“Insurers are raising deductibles and in some cases limiting the amount of
coverage to $100 million.” …show more content…
Similar attacks in 2013 cost Target and Home Depot nearly 230
million in expense, but insurance only covered up to 100 million. The question
then becomes how can companies prevent and identify such malicious attacks
that not only end up costing them millions, but also time and reputation? It’s my
educating the end users on cyber security and threats.
Identifying Threats
There are three computer security types. First is Computer security, the
application of hardware and software security features to a computer system,
and it’s associated with one of the most common security threats that affect the
business computers, malware. Malware contains viruses, trojans, and worms,
and it is distributed through mediums such as e-mail attachments, HTTP links,
removable storage, and remote login connections. Most malware make software
programs unusable or destroy the data itself, and they operate subtly and rapidly
spread until damage has already affected computers and is unrecoverable.
Second is information security, the protection of information against
unauthorized disclosures, transfer, and modification, or destruction, weather
accidental or intentional. Some threats in information security comes as …show more content…
Preventive Measures
System security experts have developed many methods to protect
computers to fight off common security threats. One example is virus protection
software, which prevents intrusions in the computer. Security software is widely
available to general consumers and businesses, and includes with corporate
licensing, but needs to be updated on the regular basis. Another effective
preventive measure from the outside unauthorized intruders is the use of firewall.
Firewall is a type of a hardware security device that is installed in between the
internet and a computer network; It’s main purpose is to act like a routing traffic
controller and block any external usage that is not authorized. One program that
works complementary to the firewall is an encryption program. The encryption
program assists in protecting data by scrambling it, and could only be accessed
with an encryption key. The most effective measure is integrating enforcing
policies, and security procedures. All of these high-profile organizations that