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C/M/2305. A security risk assessment for a UK organization

WORDS:: 3150
DATE:: 2011
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This paper performs a security risk assessment for a fictional organization, (organization X). The paper begins by presenting background information on the company, and follows with an assessment of the internal threats to the organization. Network access and employee scanning are both evaluated, and the paper also examines access controls and data protection. Data protection is examined in reference to data integrity attacks, and the way in which suspicious activities in the cyber world can be monitored is examined. The paper discusses the way in which network employees and third parties can be monitored, and aspects of the UK’s framework of cyber security and terrorism is discussed. Before conclusions are made, the paper outlines the way in which cyber terrorists outside the UK jurisdiction can be tracked down.

KEYWORDS: Security risk, network access, employee scanning, access controls, data protection, data integrity attacks, cyber terrorism, network employees, cyber security, terrorism,