Comprehensive Cybersecurity Report: IFACE Company's Safeguards

This report provides a cybersecurity analysis for IFACE, a company in the medical aesthetics and consumer beauty products industry. It begins with an executive summary highlighting the importance of ICT infrastructure and cloud services for managing operations. The report addresses key questions regarding ICT infrastructures, drivers for cybersecurity, valuable assets, threats, and security risks, which include data loss, intrusion breaches, and malfunctioning systems. It ranks these risks and provides rationales for the rankings. The report also outlines a plan to implement safeguards, such as encryption and dual-level authentication, particularly focusing on the adoption of cloud services. A comparison with competitors is made, emphasizing the benefits of robust cybersecurity. The key messages stress the importance of stakeholder awareness, data security, and training. The report concludes with a bibliography of relevant sources.

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Executive summary
The most valuable asset will be the adoption of the latest Information Communication
Technology that can manage the entire ongoing official operations of the IFACE Company. The
primary objective should be to efficiently use the ICT for the deliveries of the entire operational
activities. Adoption of Cloud services can be best suitable for the delivery of the expected
operations of the organization. It will be effective and efficient strategy for managing the end
users and the internal operational activities. The most necessary component for the successful
delivery of this strategy will be the adoption of a robust and secured on demand services those
can support the Company’s operations.
Answer to questions
1. ICT infrastructures?
It will act as a medium for delivering the services and the products to the consumers in much
easier and faster way. It will support the entire ongoing operational activities including internal
and external of the IFACE. The on demand cloud services can be suggested as the best suited
medium for the delivery of these activities and support for the IFACE management.
2. Drivers business case for cybersecurity?
IFACE has been one of the leading companies in developing the interactive software
application for the medical esthetics dermatology space, and consumer beauty products. The
ultimate target is to increase the yearly revenue to one million dollars that can be accomplished
through adopting suitable ICT with a robust cyber security system. The services will include
networking, cryptography, programming, training, system hardening, training, technical support,
and advisory and consultancy services. The major responsibilities will be to run the official

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errands on behalf of the IFACE Company, ensure traffic regulations and rules, and carry the
security and privacy pillars.
3. Most valuable assets?
Most valuable assets will be smooth and efficient management of the internal and external
operational activities and providing the best services to the consumers. The company’s assets are
the innovative programming skills those are the boon for the IFACE and could cover the entire
cosmetics market.
4. Threats and threat agents?
Cyber risks are the accountable risks for the proposed adoption and the agents could be the
breach and intrusion. Managing the entire operational activity using cloud services can be risky
for the IFACE and it should be managed in an efficient and effective way. The driver’s business
case should be adopted strictly for managing these threats.
5. Security risks rating and their rationale
Rating Risk Description Rationale
1. Security and
Privacy
The ICT is always vulnerable to the
threat of loss of data that could
possibly compromise the entire
operations of the
Adoption of robust
cyber security
measures such as
anti-virus,
cryptography, and
other technology
2. Intrusion and
breaches
The intruders can do programming to
enter the network and access the
sensitive data or information saved in
Intrusion detection
system

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the network that can alternatively lead
serious loss to the organization and the
related stakeholders
3. Malfunctioning Irregular maintenance and audit could
lead to problems in the hardware and
software for managing the functioning
and operations of the organization.
Regular audit and
patch for the
hardware and
software
4. Credential Loss The entire operations will have certain
level of access with different
credentials those need to be kept
secured in manner to manage the
authority and access of the entire
operational data.
Dual authentication
passwords
6. Plan to implement a safeguard?
Since, the suggested technology is the cloud adoption and hence, third party will have the
responsibility for managing the operation deliveries and the security of the entire network.
However, encryption can be used by the IFACE before uploading the data and information over
the network.
7. Comparison?
The competitors are also adopting the cloud services and the in-house infrastructure for
the management and delivery of the operational activities however, they not very concerning
about the security of the system. Hence, adoption of the robust cyber security can be far more
beneficial for the IFACE.

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Key messages
Stakeholder should always be informed about the ongoing updates and patches in manner
to make sure that their operations and functions are being delivered in an efficient and effective
manner. They should always keep the confidential information secured assuring that another
individual cannot access the same sensitive information and keep the entire system secured.
There should be always be availability of all the stakeholders during the meetings in which
concerning factors regarding the cyber security and application of the system will be addressed.
All the stakeholders must have a training before connecting and using the system for the delivery
and management of the operational activities.

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