assignment 10

Discussion 1

The Emergence of new threat over the last few years is the biggest problem. There are more malicious individual hackers and even group of hacktivists are there to steal the intellectual property via cyber attacks (Rubens, 2012).

Possible and Potential vulnerabilities can be decreased by following some of the below guidelines.

1.Introducing a dynamic and online firewall with client characterized strategies to protect the system

from external threats (Tran, 2018).

2.Sifting open ports and making the secure.

3.Concealing delicate registries and make them unavailable for external users.

4.Altering default logins for different hubs and adding other layer of securities.

5.Scanning for Vulnerabilities and being amenable to everything new (Rubens, 2012).

To build and run the secure and stable application one must identify what are the new security threat and how are they emerging (Tran, 2018). Training the people in the organization to not to prune to online attacks and being prepared for testing if there is something new (Rubens, 2012).

Discussion 2

There are several ways the federal government applies to reduce potential vulnerabilities and reduce cyber risks associated with critical networks and information systems. They regularly run vulnerability checks where they fix severe, medium, and high vulnerabilities which are being discovered daily (Hindocha, & Chien, 2019). Also, they regularly patch software, especially when dealing with third-party applications. They are reducing local administrator privileges so that they cannot introduce malware to the systems as well as securely configuring the systems (Holm, 2018). They also, practice secure networking and engineering, which regularly updates the software with the current stable systems. Also, it is essential to advocate for a two-factor authentication process and reinforcing the importance of the use of firm password policy. Besides, there should be an automatic change in default passwords change to all appliances as well as ensuring that all organization devices have a unique administrator password (Holm, 2018). They should ensure that there are security practices in software development and a tested back-up and working systems/data that ensures that system vulnerability is kept at bay.

Most organizations are reactionary when dealing with cyber-security attacks and tend to act after they have already experienced a loss (Li, Berger, & Giakouminakis, 2019). However, it is possible to be proactive by laying a robust system that attackers are not able to penetrate because of additional security that the organization has put in place to protect its systems from external attacks. The organization can be assured of strong security if the organization data integrity and system confidentiality is guaranteed at all times, which should be the primary focus of the administration (Shameli-Sendi et al., 2019). When an organization anticipates the threat which is likely going to affect it due to cyber-attack they ensure that they have put measures to combat the danger like employing experts to monitor any intrusion to the organization systems and thwart any attempt of attack before it occurs.

1.Evaluate one pro and con above proposed above discussions

Response Requirements:

1. Be 1 paragraphs in length for each Discussion

2. Your responses to above discussions must be more than a simple "Good job" or "I agree with your post". They must also not just be "Let me add to your post..." Instead, your responses to each other should do three things:

1. Acknowledge the above discussions with some form of recognition.

2. Relate the discussions to something you have learned or are familiar with

3. Add to the conversation by asking additional questions about the discussion, or discussing the topic further.