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53563633773 |
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Essay |
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Masters |
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APA |
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4 |
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5-10 Pages |
Description/Paper Instructions
Cyber-Terrorism Against an Organization
to retrieve wounded and deceased citizens and millions of people grieving from their home television screens. As the world continues to change, so does the bounds of terrorism and its means of creating harm in the physical world (Littl3field, 2017). Terrorism is now not only limited to religious agenda but now has crossed into the realm of cyber related crime, threats within cyberspace, and attacks against systems or damages to information (Littl3field, 2017). Specifically, cyber terrorism can be defined as “pre-mediated, politically motivated attacks by sub national groups or clandestine agents or individuals against information and computer systems, computer programs and data that results in violence against non-combatant targets” (Janczewski, & Colarik, 2008).
Cyber-terrorism against an organization is more likely than ever, even more so for companies involving banking or financial services. Recent studies show that financial organizations incur over “50 attacks per month on average” (Foster, n.d.). However, these types of cyber threats can vary not only by function, but by overall purpose. For example, the most common cyber threats include social engineered Trojans, un-patched software, phishing, network traveling worms, and advanced persistent threats (Secureworks, 2017). These common cyber threats can be used to either attempt to damage or disrupt a computer network or system, or steal sensitive or classified data (Secureworks, 2017).
As statistics continue to rise, it is important that organizations address current events and issues to better posture their network’s security, especially since cyber terrorism can be deemed as a strategic threat to an organization. For financial services, leading shareholders or need to understand that there are several types of cyber terrorism that they need to be aware of. Specifically, there are four primary attacks that threaten financial institutions. These include social engineering, data breaches, system outages and denial of service attacks as well as third party threats (Yazbeck, 2018). These types of social engineering attacks trick the victim into revealing sensitive information so they are able to either exploit the person, system, network, or physical location (Yazbeck, 2018). Similarly, data breaches also gain access to valuable information such as credit cards or credential information (Yazbeck, 2018). While system outages and denial of service attacks allow for system unavailability and third party threats rely on services such as data storage or information technology to grant access to sensitive or classified information (Yasbeck, 2019).
Due to the increase of cyber-crime against financial services organizations, there are several existing strategy recommendations that these organizations should use to respond to these environmental and existential threats? These recommendations include using threat intelligence to take a proactive approach to your security program, evaluating risks to increase security, leveraging automation tools to sift through noise, tracking threats specific to the organization and never underestimating the power of cybersecurity training (INTSIGHTS, 2018).
Cyber-crime will continue to increase. Organizations must be extremely cognizant of current threats and existing cyber crime. For organizations that offer financial services, this is an absolute must as cyber-crime against these organizations are more likely than ever. There are several ways a financial organization can better posture their security and need to so immediately. All organizations need to understand that a lack of strategy can be the reason for or missed success, but more importantly in this current time, ethics.
References:
Foster, J. (n.d.). 21 Terrifying Cyber Crime Statistics. Data Connectors. Retrieved from https://www.dataconnectors.com/technews/21-terrifying-cyber-crime-statistics/
INTSIGHTS. (2018). Financial Services Threat Landscape Report: The Dark Web Perspective. Retrieved from https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3699194/Content/Research%20Reports/IntSights_Financial_Services_Landscape-Final.pdf
Janczewski, L., & Colarik, A. (2008). Cyber warfare and cyber terrorism (1st ed., pp. 13–14). Hershey [Pa.]: Information Science Reference.
Little3field. (2017). Cyber Terrorism: Understanding and preventing acts of terror within our cyber space. Retrieved from https://littlefield.co/cyber-terrorism-understanding-and-preventing-acts-of-terror-within-our-cyber-space-26ae6d53cfbb
Secureworks. (2017). Cyber Threat Basics, Types of Threats, Intelligence & Best Practices. Retrieved from https://www.secureworks.com/blog/cyber-threat-basics
Yazbeck, S. (2018). 4 Cyber Attacks That Threaten Financial Inclusion. Retrieved from https://www.cgap.org/blog/4-cyber-attacks-threaten-financial-inclusion
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30 points out of 50: The essay illustrates a rudimentary understanding of the relevant material by mentioning but not full explaining the relevant content; identifying some of the key concepts/ideas though failing to fully or accurately explain many of them; using terminology, though sometimes inaccurately or inappropriately; and/or incorporating some key claims/points but failing to explain the reasoning behind them or doing so inaccurately. Elements of the required response may also be lacking. |
40 points out of 50: The essay illustrates solid understanding of the relevant material by correctly addressing most of the relevant content; identifying and explaining most of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology; explaining the reasoning behind most of the key points/claims; and/or where necessary or useful, substantiating some points with accurate examples. The answer is complete. |
50 points: The essay illustrates exemplary understanding of the relevant material by thoroughly and correctly addressing the relevant content; identifying and explaining all of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology explaining the reasoning behind key points/claims and substantiating, as necessary/useful, points with several accurate and illuminating examples. No aspects of the required answer are missing. |
Use of Sources (worth a maximum of 20% of the total points). |
Zero points: Student failed to include citations and/or references. Or the student failed to submit a final paper. |
5 out 20 points: Sources are seldom cited to support statements and/or format of citations are not recognizable as APA 6th Edition format. There are major errors in the formation of the references and citations. And/or there is a major reliance on highly questionable. The Student fails to provide an adequate synthesis of research collected for the paper. |
10 out 20 points: References to scholarly sources are occasionally given; many statements seem unsubstantiated. Frequent errors in APA 6th Edition format, leaving the reader confused about the source of the information. There are significant errors of the formation in the references and citations. And/or there is a significant use of highly questionable sources. |
15 out 20 points: Credible Scholarly sources are used effectively support claims and are, for the most part, clear and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition is used with only a few minor errors. There are minor errors in reference and/or citations. And/or there is some use of questionable sources. |
20 points: Credible scholarly sources are used to give compelling evidence to support claims and are clearly and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition format is used accurately and consistently. The student uses above the maximum required references in the development of the assignment. |
Grammar (worth maximum of 20% of total points) |
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5 points out of 20: The paper does not communicate ideas/points clearly due to inappropriate use of terminology and vague language; thoughts and sentences are disjointed or incomprehensible; organization lacking; and/or numerous grammatical, spelling/punctuation errors |
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15 points out of 20: The paper is mostly clear as a result of appropriate use of terminology and minimal vagueness; no tangents and no repetition; fairly good organization; almost perfect grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage. |
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7 points out of 10: Research paper presents an above-average use of formatting skills. The paper has slight errors within the paper. This can include small errors or omissions with the cover page, abstract, page number, and headers. There could be also slight formatting issues with the document spacing or the font Additionally the paper might slightly exceed or undershoot the specific number of required written pages for the assignment. |
10 points: Student provides a high-caliber, formatted paper. This includes an APA 6th edition cover page, abstract, page number, headers and is double spaced in 12’ Times Roman Font. Additionally, the paper conforms to the specific number of required written pages and neither goes over or under the specified length of the paper. |
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