An Information Security Engineer For A Video Game Development Company

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

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

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

In this paper I have just been hired as an Information Security Engineer for a video game development company. I have previously identified all of the potential Threats, Vulnerabilities and Malicious Attacks for the videogame development company. The CIO have reviewed my report and has now requested that I draft a report analyzing and assessing any potential Malicious Attacks, Vulnerabilities and Threats that may be carried out against the company’s network. I will then choose a strategy for dealing with risk, such as mitigation, assignment, risk and

- 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

ensuring control at all levels of the organization. I will have a general picture about the risk control

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

Threats. Threats or obstacles are present in any organization and should be discovered and overcome. There are four known threats that should be prepared for. Firs, tracking tools not ready and available for team members (all items were transmitted to a single contact for data entry into Excel). Second, unavailable advanced CAD tools at the beginning of project (a few delays due to tool being uninstalled and available team). Third, essential technical support contact not available for an elongated amount of time (personal leave). Fourth, unexpected power outages (University of Phoenix,

The best policy will be defending policy which detect and eliminate vulnerability at the very beginning.

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