Likelihood for a potential vulnerability in new technologies
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What are vulnerabilities involved in implementing a new technology?
What is the likelihood for a potential vulnerability in new technologies?
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Sample Solution
The implementation of new technology can often come with a range of potential vulnerabilities and thus many organizations must assess the risk involved when adopting new technologies in order to identify, prioritize, and mitigate any associated threats (Gobles & Webb, 2020). Commonly known as ‘threat modeling’, this process will involve identifying possible attack surfaces, system components that interact with the environment or outside world which could be open to malicious exploitation (Mannova & Gokhale, 2017).
Whilst each organization’s threat model is unique depending upon its own context and variables such as security policies and protocols implemented within their environment (Moretz et al., 2019), some common vulnerabilities which may arise from implementing new technology include poor design leading to authentication bypasses or user privilege escalation; weak encryption techniques; data leakage; cross-site scripting attacks; SQL injection flaws; unpatched software weaknesses; resource exhaustion by denial-of-service attacks or input validation errors. All of these vulnerabilities can have serious implications for businesses if successfully exploited by attackers (Baldwin et al., 2015).
The likelihood for potential vulnerability existing in any given piece of technology largely depends on factors such as how well tested it has been prior to deployment, whether robust security controls are in place to protect it against unauthorized access/use and how well maintained it is over time following installation. Despite best efforts however no system can ever be considered completely secure due to the constantly evolving nature of cyber threats which necessitates awareness and vigilance when assessing systems for acceptance into the IT infrastructure. Regular testing should therefore be undertaken post-installation in order to detect any problems early so that they can be addressed accordingly before attackers become aware of them (Gobles & Webb, 2020).
