Cyber Attacks Trends To Watchout Training Ppt

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This slide gives the definition of a cyber attack. Cyberattacks are attempts to gain unauthorized access to computer systems to steal, expose, change, disable, or destroy information. 

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This slide lists reasons behind cyber attacks. Cyber attackers may have criminal, personal, or political motives. 

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This slide discusses who is behind cyber attacks. Cyber threats or attacks can be classified into two categories: Outsider and Insider threats. 

Instructor’s Notes: 

• External or outsider cyber risks can include: Criminal organizations or gangs, professional hackers (actors who receive state funding), amateur hackers or hacktivists
• Internal or insider cyber risks: Users with valid access to a company's resources who intentionally or unintentionally misuse them are known as insider threats. They consist of the following: Workers that disregard security policies and procedures, current or past employees who are not happy, business associates, customers, vendors, or suppliers with access to the system 

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This slide tells us about who is behind cyber attacks or data breaches. As per a Data Breach Investigations Report By Verizon, most cyber attacks are caused because of employee negligence, followed by organized criminal groups, insiders, business partners, and affiliated groups. 

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This slide lists things that cyber attackers are aiming for. Some of these include: Information on business finances, lists of clients, client financial information, databases of customers that contain Personally Identifiable Information (PII), etc.