Abstract
Imagine this scenario: you are a small business owner, and you’ve just been informed of a network security breach. In your Zoom meeting with the IT Department, you learned the details: network activity logs revealed aberrant behavior after hours. Threat actors accessed systems containing sensitive information and downloaded copies of key files containing company trade secrets, market strategies, and customer data – all within a matter of minutes. Immediately, you review the consequences of the breach in your mind: reputational harm, monetary loss, and potential lawsuits. You ask the IT professional about the root cause of the breach. Was it a single individual or a syndicate that pulled off the hack? How did the threat actors manage to bypass the company’s firewall and network intrusion detection system?
Document Type
Paper
Disciplines
Information Security
DOI
10.25776/dy6d-j685
Publication Date
2021
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Imagine this scenario: you are a small business owner, and you’ve just been informed of a network security breach. In your Zoom meeting with the IT Department, you learned the details: network activity logs revealed aberrant behavior after hours. Threat actors accessed systems containing sensitive information and downloaded copies of key files containing company trade secrets, market strategies, and customer data – all within a matter of minutes. Immediately, you review the consequences of the breach in your mind: reputational harm, monetary loss, and potential lawsuits. You ask the IT professional about the root cause of the breach. Was it a single individual or a syndicate that pulled off the hack? How did the threat actors manage to bypass the company’s firewall and network intrusion detection system?