Preventing Cyber Security Breaches: Training and Solutions

This document discusses the importance of training and solutions to prevent cyber security breaches. It emphasizes the need for security awareness training and the implementation of preventive measures such as encryption, system monitoring, and vulnerability assessments. The document also highlights the impact of malware VPNFilter and the importance of comprehensive patching and data backup.

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Solution
The malware VPNFilter is more influential than initially thought and tends to run on a much
wider support of model, a lot of from beforehand unaffected manufacturers (Caldwell, 2018).
The solution to prevent such cyber security breaches is to train the end user of the security
awareness. If it is done frequently, then it will change the customs of the corporation to be more
aware and secure minded. Training assists to do away with mistakes that might guide to a breach
and aids them to become aware of strange behavior by malicious fraudsters. Laptop robbery is
the number one reason of information breaches, though; there are merely four conditions that
need revelation if the data is not encrypted. Having a high-quality encryption plan that can be
compulsory on worker laptops is the solution. Interruption detection and avoidance must be used
for all mission-critical organization and which are available by means of the Internet that the
customer or worker data, dynamic directory server, or further system that are believed to be
mission critical. This kind of breaches is sourced by the robbery or loss of facts support tapes.
A distant data backup repair allows the corporation to make use of the Internet to back up all the
important and private data securely and efficiently without forever using tape that can be
misplaced or stolen (Hoy, et al., 2017). By using, a system-monitoring agenda where the HR
manager or the fulfillment officer can play again the performance of an insider is priceless. Thus,
that can be combined with data loss prevention skill where rules can be set and dependent on the
rules, content can be locked that the network cannot be left. Organizations must carry out weekly
susceptibility assessments against each system in their association, both interior and exterior.
Breaches may have occurred because of drive-by download. A solution to a good quality security
policy is capable of blocking where insiders go. Every information technology guy should know
about complete patching but many people in the organization do not do it expansively enough.

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They tend to believe that everything is all right after turning on Microsoft windows. They forget
about the operating systems like UNIX, MAC and so on. They should also make note of the third
party applications that are not even patched by Microsoft, such as Adobe reader, Adobe flash
player, Flipboard and so on. Therefore, by taking some preventive measures the malware
VPNFilter could have been prevented without infecting fifty four countries and fifty thousand
customer grade routers (Baezner, 2018).
Pros
The malware has been affecting more number of devices but also has capacity to invalidate
reboots and therefore performs exploitation. It creates security awareness among employees
(Oksiiuk & Chaikovska, 2018), prevents cyber security breaches and hacking, privacy of data
and information. It provides relevant comprehensive patching of information technology. Even if
data is lost, backup is also available. It offers, system monitoring program, vulnerability and
susceptibility assessment, content filtering, intrusion detection and prevention and moreover
implementation of encryption policy
Cons
According to the solution, lack of knowledge and skills of the information technology persons in
the organization will not resolve the breach and prevent malware. Lack of miscommunication
among employees to stay alert and secure may not be applicable for larger attack surface.
Appropriate implementation of security alert policy may lead to be dependent on the
management and the IT person to get educated on prevention of breaches. It may lead to difficult
to identify sources and full scope of the attack and the reason behind creating network
manipulation or spam campaigns cannot completely rule out the virus or malware.

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