The targets of cyberattacks and the impact these attacks have on both public and private sector

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1. Pick a company (of your choice) that had a recent data breach (cyber attack) and describe the extent of the incident in this organization. Be sure to describe the source(s) of cyberthreats that are putting organizations in jeopardy and the one that hit your chosen company if known.

2. Describe the targets of cyberattacks and the impact these attacks have on both public and private sector organizations. Explain why you think your chosen company was targeted.

3. Explain why cyber risk management must be a top business priority and outline an organizational model for cybersecurity.

4. Describe the internal audits and controls that are used to defend against occupational fraud at all levels of an organization.

5. Explain how risk management frameworks, standards, and models help ensure compliance with industry and federal regulations. Assess the risk associated with a network crash, debilitating hacker attack, or other IT disruption. Explain how compliance and security can diverge such that being compliant is not necessarily equivalent to being secure. (Home Depot, Target, and a myriad of others were all PCI compliant.)

 

 

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The targets of cyberattacks and the impact these attacks have on both public and private sector

In today`s data-driven world, data breaches can affect hundreds of millions or even billions of people at a time. T-Mobile, like other major corporations, has struggled to stave off hackers and prevent data breaches. In 2018, T-Mobile suffered a security breach that compromised personal information of as many as two million customers, including phone numbers, email addresses and account numbers. In 2019, the company`s email vendor was hacked, revealing some customer and employee personal information. The breach was just one of many cracks in cybersecurity across multiple industries exposed in recent years. Companies and institutions do not have the necessary security protocols in place to protect sensitive information.

ee has demonstrated that he has a positive expectation of how he expects others to help him when things go wrong, in this case the nursery staff. This has been built from the start by his relationship with his primary care giver (Bowlby, 1979: 8). It is this internal working model (1969: 81) that’s hardwired into our brains from birth and thus learnt and then acted out in an unconscious way throughout life. A toddler without a secure attachment might not have been able to recover as quickly as Lee. They might have appeared angry or remained quiet or moody, or perhaps acted out by breaking something or hurting someone.

The internal working model (Bowlby, 1969: 80 – 81) is an important concept because it acts like a blue print of how we see ourselves and relate to others. A good internal working model (ibid.) grows out of a consistent and loving relationship with our primary caregiver, where we deem ourselves worthy of love and this impacts on future relationships. The insecurely attached child has a very different type of internal working model (ibid.); they may be wary of others or think they are not good enough or unworthy of love.

Out of the secure attachment (Bowlby, 1979: 23) comes a “secure base” (1979: 132), a form of exploratory behaviour. A secure child will happily explore their environment if their attachment figures whereabouts are known. This assists in strengthening the attachment and as the child matures they are able to play independently without constant reassurance from the attachment figure (1979: 132).

“Human beings of all ages are happiest and able to deploy their talents to best advantage when they are confident that, standing behind them, there are one or more trusted persons who will come to their aid should difficulties arise” (Bowlby, 1979: 103).

The idea of the “secure base” (Bowlby, 1979: 132) can be seen in the following example observing Lee compared with another toddler, who showed signs of insecure attachment behaviour,

Lee runs back to the Lego table and sits down playing with the car he built earlier. He is sat on his own and I’m struck with how content he is and how comfortable he appears doing his own thing. I contras

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