Assignment: Cyber Security Case Study
Case Study Deliverable
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Conduct in-depth research on the topic using, at least, two primary sources, outside of the course textbook, as references. Compose your Case Study assignment deliverable as a scholarly paper.
Use Microsoft Word® to compose your data. Please remember to include a Title Page with a "Running head," an Abstract, in-text citations, a Conclusion, and a Reference List. The body of the paper should be two-three pages of double-spaced text in length.
Use APA Style to cite and reference any data "borrowed" from sources. Your composition needs to be grammatically sound and free of spelling errors. Use terminology from the reference sources and your textbook.
Unless you are a subject matter expert on the topic, based on your degrees, certifications or "on the job training," do not submit data obtained only from personal experience.
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Case Study
In Chapter 5, the interesting and controversial topic of cyber security is presented. As stated in the course textbook, battling cyber threats is one of the costs of doing business in today's globally-connected corporate environment.
Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks (DDoS), malware infections, and other black-hat hacker generated security breaches have increased in frequency and pose even greater threats to government agencies, military organizations, and corporate enterprises.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Sony, Target, JP Morgan and eBay are just some of the entities that experienced major data breaches in 2015.
The greatest theft of medical records ever occurred in 2015 at the health insurers Anthem and Primera. Of great concern and receiving much media attention is that regarding the potential for power-grid cyber attacks, something that would clearly undermine the safety and security of the world's nations.
Written Assignment: Conduct research on a recent threat or attack on a government agency, military organization, or corporate enterprise.
Present data that describes the type of threat, the degree of harm caused by the threat, and describe who or what entity the perpetrator(s) might have been that could benefit from such an action.
Give details on solutions that might have prevented the exploit and could be utilized to assist in mitigating or eliminating cyber threats in the future.