Cyber Security: Risks and Solutions for South Cross University

Running head: CYBER SECURITY
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Executive Summary
The report deals with emerging and the contemporary risks of the South Cross University.
The organization is using an authentication that is password-based in order to control the
entry of the user to the organization’s information system. Th report deals with the
implementation of the Bring Your Own Policy (BYOD) policy in the organization and the
assessment of risks from the BOYD policy. The report focuses on an authentication that is
certificate-based for the devices and the authentication of the users. The report has a detailed
discussion about the threats of phishing that the organization is facing and the solutions to
mitigate the threats of phishing in the company.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................3
Discussions.................................................................................................................................3
BYOD Risk Assessment........................................................................................................3
Certificate-Based Authentication...........................................................................................5
Cybersecurity threats- Phishing.............................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction:
The report deals with emerging and the contemporary risks of the South Cross
University. The organization is using an authentication that is password-based in order to
control the entry of the user to the organization’s information system. The report deals with
the implementation of the policy of Bring Your Own Policy (BYOD) in the organization and
the assessment of risks from the BOYD policy. The report focuses on an authentication that is
certificate-based for the devices and the authentication of the users. The report has a detailed
discussion about the threats of phishing that the organization is facing and the solutions to
mitigate the threats of phishing in the company.
Discussions
BYOD Risk Assessment
The organization Southern Cross University uses an authentication that is password-
based in order to control the entry of the user to the organization’s system of information.
Recently, the organization has administered the policy of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
and it has raised some issues of security in the company (Bratthall Tideman and Lindström
2018). The security problems of the policy of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) include:
 Leakage of data
The leakage of data becomes a possibility hen the personal devices come into play.
The data that are present can be exposed or get lost when the devices are stolen or misplaced
or if the personal device contains some malware in it (Dhingra 2016). The technology of
cloud has mitigated most of the loss of data due to the damage of the devices, security of
barriers and backups are important to a BYOD program that is healthy.
 Lack of management