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Understand the common types of threat to ICT systems and data
Cards in this deck (7)
- 1Accidental damage to hardware or equipmentSpillage of liquid
Loss of power - uninterruptible power supply
Impact damage
Unforeseen events - floods
Incorrect connections - bent pins - 2Deliberate damage to hardware or equipmentDisgruntled employee
Competitor damage (damage their product, damage their reputation, damage their infrastructure)
Theft of equipment - 3List ways how to cause to competitor damageSocial media
Bad reviews of their product/service
Disrupting the company’s infrastructure (supply or delivery)
Leaking data or data link
Making their brand/service unreliable (causing delays, DDOS attack or not completing orders jobs/service etc)
Adverts – e.g. windows vs mac, smear campaign - 4Inadequate physical securityUSB stick left outside containing a worm which an employee finds and uses at a company.
Tail gating
Entry locks – key locks, biometrics, keypad
Hardware locks – pad locks, chain locks - 5Loss or theft due to size or portability of devices and the consequences?Laptop – magnetic/solid state - lo-jack used to track phones/tablet/laptops - loss of data, cost to company
External/portable hard drive – loss of data, cost to company
USB stick/pen – easily corrupted - loss of data, cost to company - 6Identify and describe the consequences of common types of electronic threats to ICT systems and dataHigh amounts of Electrostatic discharge (ESD) if it is too dry, Too wet and rust 50%-60%
Unauthorised access to data – a hacker stealing data
Denial of service attack – simplest way is ping, sending many pings.
Phishing – vishing, spear and whale.
Weak or inadequate passwords
Email attachments -e.g. Trojan.exe in an email.
“Drive by download” attack – A site automatically downloads a virus/malicious software to your computer.
Failure to install OS or Program Security updates.
Identity theft – Stealing your identity and taking control of your online accounts. - 7Identify and describe the consequences of security vulnerabilities associated with remote access technologies, including wirelessHome Working – Weak security on the home network, infected device causing the work computer to become infected.
Remote or web email access – network infrastructure/email server becomes compromised.
Wireless Connections – Wi-Fi insecure password or using a less secure encryption (WEP)
Mobile Phones – cloning of sims and using an antenna lets the hacker listen in.
Bluetooth – Bluesnarfing and bluejacking.
Web Page Hijack – Redirecting homepage to a malicious site.
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- Physical threats to ICT systems and data including hardware damage, loss and theft e.g.
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- Tim Bowater
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