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Assignment on Internet Security

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Added on  2020-02-24

Assignment on Internet Security

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Running head: INTERNET SECURITYAssessment item 2 [Student Name Here][Institution’s Name Here] [Professor’s Name Here][Date Here]
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INTERNET SECURITY2Table of ContentsContents PagePart A: OneLogin data breach..........................................................3The Problem.......................................................................................3How and why the attacked occurred..................................................3Possible solutions...............................................................................5Part B: May ransomware attack.......................................................6The root or problem...........................................................................6Who was affected and how................................................................6The attack method and steps..............................................................7Solution..............................................................................................8References............................................................................................9
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INTERNET SECURITY3Part A: OneLogin data breachThe ProblemAuthentication is a vital aspect of the modern technological landscape as most of the digitalplatforms are facilitated by personalised accounts and portals. This outcome forces users touse multiple authentication systems that are supported by many passwords which make theirmanagement a difficult undertaking. As a solution, OneLogin offers a one stop shop formanaging logins into applications (Apps) and online sites. Now, even before mentioning theattack at hand, as a cyber-security expert one can foresee the problems with this systems ifcompromised, as it gives intruders the access needed to compromise multiple user systems(OneLogin customer)[ CITATION Col17 \l 2057 ]. In all, the company suffered a breach in its security systems earlier in the year wherecustomers’ data was exposed. Furthermore, the intruders proceeded to compromise theoperational structure of the company’s system which affected the ability to decrypt data. Tounderstand, how the operation structure of the system was affected, one needs to understandthe foundation of the service offered. OneLogin uses a cloud infrastructure to store andmanage its customer’s vital information such as usernames and passwords. This infrastructureis necessary owing to the extent of the services offered as they span over 44 countries andhave over 2000 companies. Therefore, the cloud solutions increase the availability andmobility of resources. However, to ferry the said resources over the internet they areencrypted to unreadable formats which when supplied to customers is decrypted revealing theaccess details. Therefore, when the decryption facility was affected, this functionality wascompromised plus the data exposed[ CITATION Fiv17 \l 2057 ].How and why the attacked occurredIn its official statement, OneLogin failed to outline the nature of the attack, only assuring thecustomers that investigations to the problem would be conducted. However, the worrying
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