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Assets, Threats, Vulnerabilities

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Assume you've been assigned to a risk assessment project team that is responsible for

identifying critical organizational assets that would have a significant negative impact on

the organization’s mission.

Technology has significantly helped in enhancing performance and productivity in

organizations. Although technology has numerous benefits for both individuals and

organizations it also has its drawbacks. One of the drawbacks is cyberattacks on the critical

infrastructure of organizations leading to disruption of work.

The critical asset I have selected for our organization is the customers’ Personal

Identifiable Information. Our company holds a huge amount of customers’ data it is our

responsibility to protect against unauthorized parties from accessing it. If at any point this

information is lost to cyber criminals it will lead to more damage to the company’s image and

finances. The government requires all companies holding customers’ critical information to

adopt rigid cybersecurity measures to protect the data from outsiders (Calder, 2007).

A threat is anything that could damage or steal the data or create any kind of business

disruption. Our company is faced with various threats which could lead to the loss of the critical

assets that we hold. Some of the threats include; malware, ransomware, phishing attacks, or

employees (Haber & Hibbert, 2018). A vulnerability is any weakness that can be exploited by an

attacker to gain access to restricted data. This can be employees, publicly placed infrastructure,

or processes and procedures (Haber & Hibbert, 2018).

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1 Assets, Threats, Vulnerabilities Student’s Name Professor’s name Institution Course code Date 2 Assume you've been assigned to a risk assessment project team that is responsible for identifying critical organizational assets that would have a significant negative impact on the organization’s mission. Technology has significantly helped in enhancing performance and productivity in organizations. Although technology has numerous benefits for both individuals and organizations it also has its drawbacks. One of the drawbacks is cyberattacks on the critical infrastructure of organizations leading to disruption of work. The critical asset I have selected for our organization is the customers’ Personal Identifiable Information. Our company holds a huge amount of customers’ data it is our responsibility to protect against unauthorized parties from accessing it. If at any point this information is lost to cyber criminals it will lead to more damage to the company’s image and finances. The government requires all companies holding customers’ critical information to adopt rigid cybersecurity measures to protect the data from outsiders (Calder, 2007). A threat is anything ...
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