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During this course there have been a number of key learning points that would help every organization protect itself from a cyber-event. These include password management, patch management, security policies, encryption, and user training. In each of the cyber security breaches one or more of these standard security protocols were not used.

In the Data breach Investigation report of 2012, the compromised records 174 million security incidents from all over the world were analyzed also the investigation confirmed 855 data breaches. The attacks were carried out from 19 different nations and affected all kinds of organizations small and large.

“In reaction to these challenges, they’re being more proactive about preventing security incidents and breaches by learning about new threats, regularly educating employees about risks, and investing in more advanced security solutions,” says Sanjay Castelino, vice president at Spiceworks, a professional network for the IT industry.

H.R. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement (NCPA) Act, is bipartisan bill passed unanimously by the Committee on Homeland Security. This pro-privacy, pro-security bill ensures the sharing of cyber threats is transparent and timely. It strengthens the NCCIC’s role as the lead civilian interface for cyber threat information sharing by: Providing liability protections for the voluntary sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures with the NCCIC or private-to-private. Granting liability protections for private companies to conduct network awareness of their own information systems. Allowing companies to operate defensive measures and conduct network awareness on information systems they own or operate. The NCPA Act also ensures personal information

The investigation after an incident allows the organization to identify the attacker, tools used in the attack, the vulnerability that was exploited, and the damage caused by the attack. This post-mortem

The issue of strong cybersecurity efforts in the United States has been especially topical in 2017, and on the rise over the last few years. The Equifax breach and the breaching of the Democratic Party during the 2016 Presidential Election are recent examples that are bringing up the conversation of cybersecurity and make citizens curious of whether or not the United States government has plans in place to deter these events from happening. People are already worried about the damages these attacks can cause with consequences such as stolen information or monetary loss of close to five billion dollars in 2017 alone (cybersecurityventures.com). Although there are already solid plans in place to raise cybersecurity efforts in the United

The author of this response is asked to answer to a few questions relating to cyber-attacks at several different mission-critical or otherwise very sensitive agencies or companies in the area. The ramifications of each incident and who will be affected by the same will be discussed. The outcomes of each will also be mentioned. The author is also asked to identify the steps and recovery path for one of the incidents in particular

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Regardless of how vigilant an organization is, security incidents are inevitable. To minimize the impact of a disaster, an incident-response policy is needed to outline the recovery processes to be implemented after an attack has occurred (Conklin, 516). The incident-response policy aids in establishing an incident-response team, defining when operations should be resumed, and ensuring that operations will resume.

Incident response and planning is very critical to a business. It’s important Greiblock Credit Union (GCU) financial firm maintain control of these incidents in a timely manner which could reduce cost, and risks. When responding to incidents one should always minimize the severity of all security incidents. The analyst should have a clear plan to resolving incidents, while containing the damage and reducing risks (Cichonski et al., 2012). According to Cichonski et all, (2012) most departments have a Computer Security Incident Response team, or designated personnel to handle the variety of incident responses related to Cyber Security. Based on the below, the information can be used in a technique to help an organization to determine the threat against the organization and identify if it’s truly a security breach or serious

As of November 2015, 77% of businesses reported a data breach. Estimated worldwide total data lost to cyber crimes range from high hundreds of $B to over $1T.7

The information security incident management policy of Blyth’s Books was created in 2010 and has been reviewed four times in five years. Those covered by its scope are clearly stated. It stresses the importance of incident management to the organisation and has the support of upper level management.

No matter what an organization’s cybersecurity posture, it needs data on which to base its security decisions. However, lack of data and uncertainty about the data frequently inhibit sound corporate decisionmaking. One significant problem is the lack of standards in defining, tracking, and reporting security incidents and attacks.

For the possibility of an uptick in cyber incidents, the federal government has developed a number of tools to help

Former director of the National Security Agency, Mike McConnell, wrote “We need to develop an early-warning system to monitor cyberspace, identify intrusions and locate the source of attacks with a trail of evidence that can support diplomatic, military and legal options - and we must be able to do this in milliseconds. More specifically, we need to reengineer the Internet to make attribution, geolocation, intelligence analysis and impact assessment - who did it, from where, why and what was the result - more manageable” (McConnell 2010, 2).