Cybersecurity Review

 Human Error: This threat can lead to accidental loss of data. This is a loss of data itself rather than a copy which means that the data is lost permently and cannot be retraced. There are many other errors that included such saving files in the wrong location, sending emails to the wrong users with attachements, and accidental changes to documents. Human error were the causes to approximately 90% of data breaches.  Malicious Employees: This threat involves users that work within an organization or business that have some type of access to the business data. They tend to use there access levels for malicious intentions. They are also commonly know as turncloacks as a resuslt of social engineering. This type of threat is often diffucult to trace as the employee would be aware of the security procedures which gives them an advantage. Disguised Criminals:  This threat involves the use of social engineering to gain access to buildings. This usually involve 2 types, tailgatin...

 Ransomware: This type of attack occurs when the hacker encrypts the users data and asks for a ransom. Until this ransom is paid the user does not have access to his data. Sometimes, even after paying the ransom the hackers don't return the data to the users. Phishing: This type of threat is where the hacker sends an email where they pretend they are some other trusted person/business and try to gain user's personal information. This type of email usually include some type of link where it redirects the user into a dangerous site where they gain user's confidential data such as card details, home addresses, and phone numbers. Adware: This is a type of software which will be showing the user continous ads, such as pop-ups. Adwares themselves are harmless to the user however they may include other malware such as key loggers which will then affect the user system.  Key logger: Key logger is installed on to the users device and its purpose is to record the users key strokes so...

Operating System  An operating system a program that manages a computer's hardware and software resources, and provides services for other programs. It handles tasks such as input and output, memory allocation, and scheduling. Examples of an Operating system can include: Apple macOS Microsoft Windows Google's Android OS  Linux Operating system Apple IOS Up-to-date OS: It is important to keep an up-to-date operating system, this can prevent any cyber attacks and vulnerabilities to the system as well as making sure that they are performing well. Updates can improve the functionality and usability of your device. If you're using an old operating system , the vendor might not support it anymore.  Weak Authentication Mechanisms This is where multiple accounts are using default or weak passwords which can be vulnerable to the company as they can be easily accessed and used for malicious intent by hackers. To minimize this vulnerabilities, the company can make sure that each emp...