Cybersecurity and its Importance to ABCT

Cybersecurity
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This assignment attempts to address the concept of cybersecurity and why it is important
to any organization. This has been attributed to the recent increase in the number of cyber crimes
as a result of enhancement and improvement of internet use and the emergence of cloud
computing. Some of the common types of cyber attacks that are experienced by many
organizations include main in the middle attacks, phishing, denial of service attacks, malware
attacks among others. As a result, cyber security has become an essential aspect towards
protecting the organization’s critical resources such as data and information.
This paper will focus on ABC Technology (ABCT) which is a technology company
based in Australia and deals with a number of businesses including high-tech hardware and
software. The company has several branches across the country and two offices outside the
country. The company utilizes virtual private network which is maintained in the head office
located in Canberra. Employees are able to work remotely and access company network
remotely via VPN connections. The company has in the recent times experienced a number of
cyberattacks and the company believes that critical resources such as data has been compromised
and this might have great consequences including loss of revenue and losing customer trust.
In response to these attacks, the company has hired a cyber security consultancy firm to
assess the current situation within ABCT and train its staff on the best practices. This is because
cyber security has become a very crucial aspect in today’s digital era in order to secure data,
information, applications, hardware, networks, and systems that are of essence to the company
from cyberattacks in order to ensure availability of resources, confidentiality, and integrity.
Another objective of this research is to provide a document that will be able to guide the users
and the company at large to prevent the risks that the company and staff at ABCT from losing or
damaging sensitive data, theft of private/confidential data, identity theft, loss of intellectual
property, or interrupting the normal business operations.
The sections that will be covered in this research include:
 Definition of cyber security and its importance to ABCT
 Identification of security vulnerabilities of the systems within ABCT
 Description of emerging cyberthreats that may affect ABCT