COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
TYPES OF THREATS AND ATTACKS
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Internal
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External
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Physical
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Physical Threats may result in accidental or deliberate damage to the computer system hardware and infrastructure.
Detailed explanation-2: -Intentional threats include viruses, denial of service attacks, theft of data, sabotage, and destruction of computer resources. Most intentional threats are viewed as computer crimes when executed.
Detailed explanation-3: -An intentional one may occur due to an insider threat, which has motivations behind it. While an unintentional one has no motivation or pre-planning, which may be due to a number of reasons, such as not knowing how a particular technology works, or lack of awareness.
Detailed explanation-4: -Physical security controls examples include CCTV cameras, motion sensors, intruder alarms and smart alerting technology like AI analytics. If an intruder is spotted quickly, it makes it much easier for security staff to delay them getting any further, and to contact law enforcement if needed.
Detailed explanation-5: -The four classes of physical threats are: hardware, environmental, electrical, and maintenance. Malware is short for malicious software. It is code or software specifically designed to damage, disrupt, steal, or inflict “bad” or illegitimate action on data, hosts, or networks.