Cyber Security in ABCT Company

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Executive Summary
This cyber security document has elaborate on analysing and discussing the case study
company- ABCT Company. The company has recently been experienced cyber-attack in its
business operation. It has asked a Security Consultant to provide a document on cyber
security. This paper has briefly explained the security vulnerabilities in the system of ABCT
and has provided ways to improve cyber securities and overcome the risks of cyber-attacks
for the company. Recommendations are suggested in terms of Installation of reliable security
programs on mobile phones, training and education and use of free wireless LAN.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................3
2. Discussion..............................................................................................................................3
2.1. Cyber security and its importance for ABCT Company.................................................3
2.2. Security vulnerabilities in ABCT’s system.....................................................................5
2.3. Different types of emerging threats.................................................................................7
2.4. Recommendations...........................................................................................................9
3. Conclusion............................................................................................................................10
References:...............................................................................................................................11

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1. Introduction
In today’s world, cyber security is no longer just a technology issue and has
developed itself into a business issues too. This is particularly due to the fact that businesses
world-wide has become more digitized than ever before as this is why, they are highly
exposed to increasing number of threats if they fail to manage the risk of their security in
proper manner (Buczak & Guven, 2016). As a Security Consultant of one of the security
consulting company, I am asked to prepare a document on the cyber security for ABC
Technologies (ABCT), a multi-national Australian technology company as it was very
recently been the victim of several types of cyber-attacks. This company is provides software
and hardware solution services to its Australian customers. It provides its computer services
by VPN (Virtual Private Network) through its head office at Canberra. However, as the
company was recently faced the challenge of cyber-attacks, it has become very concerned
that its data might have been hacked by the hackers and all the company details and
information are being accessed by them. This case has also made the company to lose the
trust of its loyal customers that ultimately resulted in loss of its revenue. This paper shall
elaborate on providing solution to ABCT to overcome this challenge and to ensure that it
never face this situation again in the future. It would identify and explain some security
vulnerabilities present in the system of ABCT and would also highlight some emerging
threats for the company. Lastly, it would analyse the information and would give proper
recommendations to protect home and office from the cyber-attack.
2. Discussion
2.1. Cyber security and its importance for ABCT Company
According to Mehmood et al. (2016), cyber security refers to the set of techniques that
are used for protecting the integrity of the networks, data and programs from cyber-attacks