Network and Cybersecurity: Threats and Control Measures

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NETWORK AND CYBERSECURITY
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Executive Summary:
Cyber security of the networks as well as the information is one of the most important
concerns of the organizations today, all across the world. There are different kinds \of data
security related issues which the organizations are facing now a days. There has been cases in the
recent past where in which big organizations were reported to have faced security and data
breaches I their work places, which have had a global impact for the employees as well as the
customers of the organization.
This report will highlight the different categories of threats, which are common across the
organizations in today’s world, and the associated control measures and what those control
measures aim to do. By the end of the report, the reader will have a detailed knowledge about the
control measures, which the organizations can implement internally in order to secure their data
and the other important information.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................5
Accidental corruption of information:.........................................................................................5
Control measures:....................................................................................................................5
Description of the issue:..........................................................................................................5
Classification and type:............................................................................................................5
Loss of intellectual property:.......................................................................................................6
Control measures:....................................................................................................................6
Description of the issue:..........................................................................................................6
Classification and type:............................................................................................................6
Software piracy:...........................................................................................................................6
Control measures:....................................................................................................................6
Description of the issue:..........................................................................................................6
Classification and type:............................................................................................................7
Theft of information (hacker):.....................................................................................................7
Control measures:....................................................................................................................7
Description of the issue:..........................................................................................................7
Classification and type:............................................................................................................7
Theft of information (employee).................................................................................................7

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Control measures:....................................................................................................................7
Description of the issue:..........................................................................................................8
Classification and type:............................................................................................................8
Website defacement:....................................................................................................................8
Control measures:....................................................................................................................8
Description of the issue:..........................................................................................................8
Classification and type:............................................................................................................8
Fire and flood:..............................................................................................................................8
Control measures:....................................................................................................................8
Description of the issue:..........................................................................................................9
Classification and type:............................................................................................................9
Elevation of privilege:.................................................................................................................9
Control measures:....................................................................................................................9
Description of the issue:..........................................................................................................9
Classification and type:............................................................................................................9
Theft of equipment:.....................................................................................................................9
Control measures:....................................................................................................................9
Description of the issue:........................................................................................................10
Classification and type:..........................................................................................................10
Viruses, worms and Trojan horses:...........................................................................................10