Cybersecurity for Motherboards and More Pty Ltd

The assignment examines the cybersecurity challenges faced by Motherboards and More Pty Ltd, specifically focusing on the risk of ransomware attacks. It delves into strategies for mitigating these threats, emphasizing the importance of integrating enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and stock management systems. The document also highlights the need for regular security infrastructure updates and the implementation of Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) to bolster defenses against ransomware attacks.

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Executive Summary
The following assignment had been developed for developing the analysis for the Revenue cycle
of an organization and the Ransomware Cyber Attack in May 2017 which would help in
developing some solutions for the issues of Revenue cycle and Ransomware Cyber Attack. Some
suggestions had been developed for the organization for dealing with the issues of Revenue cycle
and Ransomware Cyber Attack. The integration of the enterprise resource planning and customer
relation and implementation of the stock management system had been helpful in overcoming
the issues of the revenue cycle of Motherboards and More Pty Ltd. The Regular Updates of
Security Infrastructure and IDS/IPS implementation could help in developing the effective
solution to the development of the operations against the Ransomware Attack for Motherboards
and More Pty Ltd.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
1. Overview of the Revenue Cycle..................................................................................................3
2. Identification of the Issues and Development of Control Strategies...........................................4
2a. Internal Control Weaknesses of Revenue Cycle of Motherboards and More.......................4
2b. Impact of Weaknesses of Revenue Cycle of Motherboards and More.................................4
2c. Control Strategy for Motherboards and More Revenue Cycle..............................................4
3. Overview of Ransomware Attack................................................................................................5
4. Review of Appropriate Controls..................................................................................................5
Conclusion and Recommendations..................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The system documentation had been implied for forming the effective processing of the
effective management and development of the project operations. As stated by Singh, Mindel
and Mathiassen (2016), the process of integration of the organization would be implied for
protecting the analysis of the operations.
The following assignment had been developed for developing the profitability and
development of the analysis for the Ransomware Cyber Attack in May 2017. The analysis would
help in developing some solutions for the Ransomware Cyber Attack in May 2017. The analysis
of the processes for the organization would help in determining the operation of the project
integration.
1. Overview of the Revenue Cycle
According to Colwell (2015), revenue cycle can be evaluated as the process of initiation,
generation and completion of the activities of revenue gain in the organization. The organization
of Motherboards and More Pty Ltd has a specific revenue cycle that initiates with the placing of
the order by their customers. The customers place their orders by the help of emails, website, or
telephone. The collected orders from the warehouse would be sent to the processing in
accordance to the customer’s data. The orders are arranged and loaded in the dock by following
the alphabetical arrangement of the customer’s name. The authors like Ameri, Sadeh and
Didehkhani (2015), have defined the deployment of the effective processing of the orders can be
done in Motherboards and More Pty Ltd by the use of the sales invoice generation system. The
invoice generation system would be formed for interacting with the payment initiation in the
organization as all the sales process is carried on credit. The customers are required for paying
only after they have confirmed the quantity of the goods received by them and in this way they

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are required for paying for the development of the effective process of the goods (Kilic, Zaim &
Delen, 2015). The revenue cycle for the organization would be formed for involving the
development of the effective process and integration.
2. Identification of the Issues and Development of Control Strategies
2a. Internal Control Weaknesses of Revenue Cycle of Motherboards and More
According to Long et al. (2013), the internal control weaknesses are generated due to the
issues in the operations of the organization due to the internal processing errors. The issues of the
internal control weaknesses for Motherboards and More Pty Ltd are issues in management of
the large number of clients, unable to deliver the right orders to the clients, absence of
physical tracking of the stock, and delay in operations of delivery. The issues in the
development of the operations would cause the slackness in the operations of the organization.
2b. Impact of Weaknesses of Revenue Cycle of Motherboards and More
The various weaknesses of Revenue Cycle of Motherboards and More Pty Ltd are issues
in management of the large number of clients, unable to deliver the right orders to the clients,
absence of physical tracking of the stock, and delay in operations of delivery have caused the
following issues,
a. Decrease of customer retention due to the customer management issues
b. Fall in customer satisfaction due to absurd delivery to them
c. Stock maintenance issues due to absence of physical tracking of the stock
2c. Control Strategy for Motherboards and More Revenue Cycle
The effective control strategies for the Motherboards and More Pty Ltd to form some
solutions to the issues of decrease of customer retention, customer management issues, fall in

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customer satisfaction, absurd delivery, stock maintenance issues, and absence of physical
tracking of the stock are given below,
a) Integration of the Enterprise Resource Planning and Customer Relation
Management for improving the operations, management and completion of the
processes
b) Implementation of the Stock Management System for forming the effective
management of the stocks in the organization
3. Overview of Ransomware Attack
The Ransomware Attack had been a major threat for the deployment of the operations in
the organization. According to Titcomb and McGoogan (2017), the attack of Ransomware was
initiated by a group of cyber criminals and hackers namely Shadow Breakers in April 2017. The
attackers had used the concept of infiltrating the uncommon deployment of the malicious
software for harming the organizations that uses legacy system. The WannaCry malware
encrypts the files of the computer devices whose network it infiltrates (Kettley, 2017). The users
would become unable to access the data and information from those file and they had to fulfil the
demand of $300 by the hackers.
4. Review of Appropriate Controls
The impact of the Ransomware Attack can be controlled by implying the following
control strategies and mitigation processes in Motherboards and More Pty Ltd organization,
Regular Updates of Security Infrastructure: The regular updates of the inbuilt security
of the network such as authorization, encryption, firewall, and authentication. The security of the
organization against Ransomware Attack can be strengthened by the use of these security
functions.

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IDS/IPS implementation: The IDS or intrusion detection system and IPS or intrusion
prevention system would be implemented for forming the accurate and improved processes of
the security from the Ransomware Attack on the operations of Motherboards and More Pty Ltd
organization. It would detect and prevent the external access in the system of the organization.
Conclusion and Recommendations
The assignment had helped in drawing the conclusion for the analysis of the revenue
cycle and development of some control strategies for the organization of Motherboards and More
Pty Ltd. The analysis of the Ransomware Attack would help in critical evaluation of the process
of the cyber criminal attacks and activities.
The integration of the enterprise resource planning and customer relation and
implementation of the stock management system would help in overcoming the issues of the
revenue cycle of Motherboards and More Pty Ltd. Moreover, the Regular Updates of Security
Infrastructure and IDS/IPS implementation would help in developing the effective solution to the
development of the operations against the Ransomware Attack for Motherboards and More Pty
Ltd.

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