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Organisational System Security Assignment 1
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P1Task 1
There are a few different threats that can affect an organisation and they can have different
impacts within that business. Many impacts may damage the reputation of the company
and make their customers lose trust in them.
Potential Threats
Human errors this can be very damaging to ITFix if wrong information was input
into the system; like medical records, another thing is if data was inputted for the
wrong person that also may cause confusion within the business and may cause
lack of trust with the customer. Also, another way human error may affect ITFix is
if someone accidentally deleted a lot of the files as they pressed the wrong button
or someone may have intentionally deleted files. Furthermore, they could prevent this from
happening by making sure that only specific employees have permissions to edit the data
and they could also make sure that multiple employees check the data after it has been
inputted to make sure that the details are correct. Finally, the manager of ITFix should
consider the point of confidentiality meaning who can view the data and who can edit that
data?
Technical failure, this can be a common problem within a
company where certain equipment fails as they may be old or
they are damaged on purpose by an angry employee. A problem
that may occur from technical failure is that documents may be
lost as they weren’t saved and this also means that the machine
could be prone to hackers attacking it to get information. Also, it
means that customers information could be in danger if the problem isn’t fixed straight
away which means that the company’s reputation will drop and the customers will lose their
trust in the company keeping their data secure.
Malicious Damage
Hackers, this is a very common threat on any business or individual. Hackers will
try and get into the system to steal data about certain people or they may go in
and corrupt certain data. A way that ITFix can stop hackers from getting in the
system is to have a secure network with every user having a login to be able to
access the system. Another way they can stop hackers is to have a secure
firewall and make sure that all the important files are encrypted by a password
and make sure that only certain individuals within the company can access those files. I
would recommend having a secure firewall on the server and to encrypt files that are
important.
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Phishing, this is where someone tries to steal your personal
information like bank details and passwords. They can do this by
creating fake emails saying you have won competitions and then
when you click on the email to redeem your prize what happens is
the person phishing for your information then retrieves those
details and they then steal your money or other information. This
can be damaging on a company because it means that clients personal details are leaked
and people can find out whatever they need for that person. It also means that the
company could go out of business if it happens too many times as their reputation would be
ruined and no one would trust them.
E-commerce
Website defacement, a few hackers try to make fake websites to lure in
users to try and get their personal information. They do this by
making website that are either about an irrelevant topic or they
redirect users from a legitimate website. The way you can tell if a
website is fake is by looking at the Domain name and check the
spelling if there are spelling errors then you can tell it’s a fake
website, you can also check at the bottom of the webpage to see when
it was last updated and if it hasn’t been updated recently it can’t be trusted. Another way is
to check if the website is secure is if it doesn’t have “https” in the domain name then the
website isn’t as secure. To prevent any hackers getting your information be sure to check
that the domain name and if it is incorrect you should leave that website and delete all your
history and cookies within that browser. A way you can protect yourself from being hacked
through these websites is to make sure you have a firewall and that you have an up to date
antivirus software.
DDos Attacks, denial of service attacks these are where hackers sent a
lot of traffic to a website so that it makes the website temporarily go
down revealing a way in for the hackers to steal information from that
company. These attacks are normally done to either take down a
company so that they lose customers or so that the hacker can
retrieve information like personal details, bank details and a few other
files they may want. DDOS attacks on big companies are bad because it means that they
could lose important files or those files may be leaked to the public. Furthermore, I
recommend the way to prevent this from happening is to make sure to have a VPN and
make sure there is a secure firewall and no back entries that a DDos attack could take
advantage of.
Counterfeit Goods
Distribution networks, this is a system that a company uses to transport products between
a manufacturer and the consumer. It is also a fast and reliable way that a company can use
to distribute their products. Within the distribution network there is a lot of people ranging
from drivers to people working admin in the offices. However, if the distribution network is
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