An Information Security Engineer for a video game development company has many things to be concerned about. A few items of concern are compromised game servers, DDoS, and Threat Group-3279 (TG-3279). For each of these malicious attacks and threats there is a strategy for addressing the risk. In addition there are also potential controls that the company could use to mitigate each risk. Risk management, control identification, and selection processes are important. The best strategy for malicious attacks and threats is determined by the risk. For a compromised game server, risk mitigation is the best strategy. This is because there are things that can be done to reduce the risk impact severity and/or probability of …show more content…
Attacks from a threat group like TG-3279 can be devastating for a company, small companies would not be able to recover. Due to the negative potential outcome of this threat, risk avoidance would be the best strategy. Keeping everything updated will only get you so far. It would be wise to have an inside hacker who can help find any weaknesses in your security so you can make patches or reinforce the weakness. This can help the company stay one step ahead of any threat groups. Along with understanding the best strategy for a risk, it is also good to understand the potential controls needed to mitigate each risk. Preventative controls are needed for a compromised game server. This is mitigation control would work for this threat because it is a preventable problem. To reduce the risk of a DDoS attack, administrative controls would be a good approach. The chances of this attack happening would be lessened if permissions to data and servers were controlled (State University of New York, 2015). It is best to ensure no one person has access to everything. For a threat such as TG-3279, it is best to use a detective control. A company would want to detect a potential problem in the early stages before any damage can be done. Risk management, control identification, and selection processes are important, specifically in this organization. It is naïve of a
Windows Hardening Defense, starts with the basics, Log in with least amount of privileges. Always use Firewall and AV. Monitor channels for security advisories and alerts. Know your system(s). Patch early and patch often, Unpatched Systems are the lowest of low hanging fruit. Have a patch policy documented and stick with it. Review patches as they are released and determine criticality based on the exploit, threat footprint for your system(s), and whether or not there is a POC or fully weapon exploit in the wild. When possible, test patches before rolling out in production on servers. Most clients should have automatic updates enabled for the OS and any application listening
As we have seen throughout the county, if the proper “tone from the top” is not emphasized or proper policies/procedures implemented and adhered to throughout, the company’s reputation, assets, stock values could be harmed tremendously. Some smaller enterprises might not be able to sustain a cyberattack and
Was Sara’s and Brian’s choice to conceive Anna to be a genetic match for Kate morally justified?
With cyber war, nations are able to skip the battlefield. Gone are the days where troops line up across from each other hoping to do damage to the other. Clarke explains that people, industries, governments, companies and organizations can be possible targets and are vulnerable to these attacks. Keeping that in mind should help these targets become defensive minded and shield off attacks before they happen. As we all know, the prevention is better than the
However, companies generally adopt a methodology for overall risk assessment. Sometimes these methodologies involve the assignation of risk oversight to leaders in each area. The approach is based upon the assumption that each area knows itself best. However, this often overlooks potential issues in favor of confronting them after they develop. As the need for
The company can prevent, remediate, or mitigate the attacks. During the establishment of prevention and
Incident response begins with prevention and security awareness (figure 1). In the case of malware attacks such as viruses, worms or Trojan horses, defense-in-depth plays a large role in the defense and early detection of potential threats to information systems connected to the internet. Personnel utilizing these assets also play a large role in defending and protecting these assets. Authorized users should be aware of all policies and procedures pertaining to the proper use of all networks, applications, and systems within the organization. The
By defining key controls based on cyber threats (translated into business risks), an organization can more easily right-size the its control set and adapt it to their needs. Risk assessment processes that are near real-time, gated by the change control process, provide continuous feedback on the sufficiency of controls within an
- Analyze the vulnerabilities - how is the critical information relayed daily and how is it protected?
In the final quarter of 2013 TGT executives were made aware of malware detected on the company’s database, calling decision makers to the table. This section distinguishes an issue from a crisis. By ignoring
There is a myriad of perpetrators from cybercriminals and hacktivists to nation states, who would have a motive to gain access to her system. Since motive cannot be denied the focus shifts to denying method and opportunity. As method is concerned with skills, knowledge and tools, ongoing monitoring of methods of attack remains a constant challenge for security personnel. Mapping effective controls on vulnerabilities can attempt to deny the opportunity of attack.
Before my team assessed the efficacy of an insider threat program, we lacked several essential aspects crucial for mitigating, detecting, and preventing insider threats. Our former insider threat program lacked a lot of essential things and thus, made Goliath National Bank vulnerable to insider threats that could have potentially harmed its assets and intellectual property like trade secrets, strategic plans, and other confidential information. In order to protect the organization, Avatar should have placed more emphasis upon behavioral indicators instead of directing most of their effort and attention on technical indicators. If Goliath National Bank had noticed the red flags and realized that the insider threat was a disgruntled employee, he wouldn’t have been able to create and inflict so much damage through espionage. Thus, it is crucial for organizations to monitor their employee’s network on their personal or work device. In addition, our insider threat program lacked two of the five NIST framework core functions (i.e. identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover), which are important for risk management. Our insider threat program failed to address the respond and recover function. Since all the functions are interdependent upon one another and are necessary for proper, prompt, and efficient risk management, without any one of them, a lot of damage can result. The response function is essential because it has to do with the actions needed to be taken after a cyber security threat is detected. An organization has to know prior what specific action they want to take, whether it plans to gather data for law enforcement or take legal action to prevent the situation from escalating. The decision is crucial because it impacts the direction the organization takes. The recover function is crucial because it serves to decrease the impact and restore
In the movie, the Babadook, the characters express their grief that never leaves. It grows as “monster” that one learns how to deal with because losing someone is never gets easier. These scenes are compared and contrasted through mise-en-scè, cinematography, and editing. This scene analysis is going relate two scenes that helps understand what one goes through after a lost. The movie has characters that help express the misery of one that doesn’t learn how to grieve in a proper manner. How one overcomes the pain and changes for the better and slowly has better days. A brighter day might not come tomorrow, but learning how to control your days come within time.
The best policy will be defending policy which detect and eliminate vulnerability at the very beginning.
While I mentioned revising the emergency procedure in the previous question, there are other ways to prepare as well. iPremier could implement a method to escalate unsatisfactory service from Qdata to higher level management; if they switch to a data center with open lines of communication, the next crisis would be easier to handle, or it might even be completely averted. 4. In the aftermath of the attack, what would you be worried about? What actions would you recommend?