Cybersecurity Issues and Solutions for ZP Printing Organization

Computer Security - Assignment 2
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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Cyber security Issue...............................................................................................................................3
Why is cyber security “Top 8” issue in network?...............................................................................3
Consequences....................................................................................................................................5
Proposed solution to address the issue.............................................................................................7
Why selected approach is good than other alternative approaches.................................................8
Cost analysis......................................................................................................................................9
Summary.............................................................................................................................................10
References...........................................................................................................................................11
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Introduction
The cybersecurity consists of techniques, controls, and processes designed to protect data, systems
and ZP Company networks from cybercrimes and cyber-attacks. The cybercrimes and cyber-attacks
causes damage and disrupt the whole database of ZP Company and harm its reputation. The
reputation of the ZP Company is also on the risk of damage due to such activities.
Efficient cybersecurity:
 Decrease the chances of cyber-attacks and cybercrimes to the organization.
 Helps in keeping data secure and in-tact
 Helps in maintaining secrecy
 Reduces chances of leakage of important information
 Protects from unauthorized exploitation of systems
Even though all the organizations these days tend to have a cybersecurity system but most of them
face cyber threats on a regular basis. The reasons for the same are that they do not have an efficient
or a well-maintained cybersecurity system. Many small or medium-sized organizations don’t even
realize the risk that they are at and are vulnerable to many mistakes that can lead them to huge
losses (Zhang, 2015).
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Cybersecurity Issue
Why is cybersecurity “Top 8” issue in the network?
The ZP Company usually not understand the risk and the importance of their assets, systems, and
data. This is an important issue because this often leads to serious consequences in the ZP Company.
This gives a golden opportunity to hackers to hack their systems and this leads to serious
cybercrimes. They can cause damage to the company easy in various ways. The data given below are
categories and level of risk at which the ZP Company is likely to be if they do not understand the
value of the well-maintained cybersecurity.
Figure 1 Cybersecurity identification
This is a major issue for mostly minor and medium-sized ZP Company. Many times, ZP Company does
not feel the need of having a cybersecurity policy. The reasons may be:
 Lack of knowledge of cyber-attacks, threats, and crimes.
 Non- IT background
 Feeling of over-confidence that since their organization is small then they don’t need to
worry about cyber-threats and crimes (Kothari, 2017).
 Negligence
However, this thinking that they need not worry about anything because their organization is small
is completely wrong because small or big, such as ZP Company is maintaining their businesses online.
All the business deals (via emails), money transactions, buying selling shares, etc. are nowadays done
online. Lack of cybersecurity policy gives hackers an opportunity to easily hack the systems of the
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