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Types of IT Threats in Organisation System : Assignment

   

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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................1LO 1......................................................................................................................................................1P1 Types of security risk to organisation....................................................................................1P 2 Organisational security procedures.......................................................................................3LO 2......................................................................................................................................................4P3 Impact of incorrect IT security configuration........................................................................4P4 How implementing DMZ and NAT will improve network security.....................................4CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................6REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTIONInformation Technology (IT) is widely used in business to connect different departmentswithin a network. It connects different models, processes etc. within a business. Today, evensmall organisation is implementing IT system that is helping them to work effectively. IT is alsoan important part of re-engineering as it develops process and products to fulfil needs and forlong term growth and development. But a major threat is keeping the network secured fromgetting infected. It must be done to keep useful information or data from theft. This assignmentthrows light on different types of IT threats that can affect or damage the organisation systems.Moreover, various procedures that can be followed to protect the security system are analysed. Inanother section, it shows the impact on IT security due to incorrect configuration of firewallpolicies and virtual private network (VPNs). At last, several solution methods such asimplementing demilitarized zone (DMZ) and network address translation (NAT) in network toimprove security have been analysed in the given assignment (Fennelly, 2016).LO 1P1 Types of security risk to organisationInformation Technology is important because it protects and secures the crucialinformation and data of the organisation. It also prevents from threats and risk that can affect thevaluable data. Threats potentially damage the organisation’s IT systems and networks. They canbe classified in two categories i.e. accidental and deliberate. Accidental are those hazards that arecaused by human error, malfunctions, etc. while deliberate means hacking, cyber-crime etc.Further, there are many threats that are discussed below: -Spam- When email inbox is filled with useless mails, it shows that most of them are fake. Spamscreate a bigger problem when it occurs in organisation’s database. It can be harmful as itcontains links that directs you to useless websites. These links when clicked might downloadmalware or spyware in the system (Stallings and Tahiliani, 2014).Viruses- It is a malicious code that copies itself in other system. The user is unaware about thevirus that it has infected the machine. If virus attacks a system, it will damage other machinesthat are connected in a network. It is spread via emails, messages, intranet etc.
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