COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
TYPES OF COMPUTER SECURITY
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Internal users have direct access to the infrastructure devices.
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Internal users can access the corporate data without authentication.
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Internal users have better hacking skills.
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Internal users can access the infrastructure devices through the Internet.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is a reason that internal security threats might cause greater damage to an organization than external security threats? Internal users have direct access to the infrastructure devices.
Detailed explanation-2: -Internal threats have the potential to cause greater damage than external threats because internal users have direct access to the building and its infrastructure devices. Internal users may not have better hacking skills than external attackers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Internal attackers have more advantages than external attackers because they have the opportunity, motive, and means. In contrast, external attackers often have the only motive. External cybersecurity threats may also be limited to what they can access outside the company’s data network.
Detailed explanation-4: -Threats to internal security may be directed at either the state’s citizens, or the organs and infrastructure of the state itself, and may range from petty crime, serious organized crime, political or industrial unrest, or even domestic terrorism.
Detailed explanation-5: -Security threats can cause significant and irreparable damage to the finances and reputation of an organization. No company should take these threats lightly. It only takes one vulnerability or lapse to destroy everything a business worked hard to build from the ground up.