CYBER SECURITY
Research Paper
You are the cybersecurity expert for a firm and recently heard on the news that your local city is being attacked just like what happened to Baltimore MD. Hackers are planning an attack during Hurricane season to execute a Kali Linux Metasploit when the power comes back to take advantage of the small window when computers are rebooting – which is a vulnerability due to – that protection measures are not fully functioning. Your company has a Windows-based server, which Windows is prone to attacks. You assume that your company will be next in a Ransomware attack as other companies in your immediate area are becoming victims.
What steps will you take to ensure that you do not become a victim of ransomware?
Requirements:
Must be original and proper APA format.
References
Minimum of 3 pages (title page not included)
Question 2:
1) Where do you see technology leading us in terms of the future?
2) Identify a device (anything that has a CPU) that we use every day that is not protected and subject to being hacked?
Answer preview
- What steps will you take to ensure that you do not become a victim of ransomware?
Cybersecurity is threatened by the existence of malware, which has been used by hackers to breach the privacy of internet users. The use of ransomware to breach the cybersecurity of firms and organizations is not a new concept, as is depicted by the attack on Sony, which delayed the release of the film, the interview (Kharaz et al., 2016)…
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