Emerging threats and countermeasures

Emerging threats and countermeasures

In this scenario, hackers launch cyber attacks that affect several parts of the nation’s financial infrastructure over the course of several weeks. Specifically, sensitive credit card processing facilities are hacked and numbers are released to the Internet, causing 120 million cards to be cancelled; automated teller machines (ATMs) fail nearly simultaneously across the nation; major companies report payroll checks are not being received by workers; and several large pension and mutual fund companies have computer malfunctions so severe that they are unable to operate for more than a week. Identify the countermeasures that need to be implemented to prevent these cyber attacks from occurring in the future.

Requirements

1) Discuss what type(s) of countermeasures need to be implemented to prevent the cyber attack described above from occurring in the future. Be specific in recommending countermeasures for this scenario.

2) Proper APA formatting, strictly no plagiarism

3) Please refer to attached book besides other references.

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The issue of cyber-attack across the world has affected the normal functioning of many financial organizations. The challenge of hacking credit cards number and releasing to the internet initiate some loss to the target financial institution. The following are some countermeasures strategies for implementing an organization. There is a need to train employees on different principles of cybersecurity.

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