COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
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“Outside” the company
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“Inside” the company
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Both “Outside” and “Inside”
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cyber threats can originate from various actors, including corporate spies, hacktivists, terrorist groups, hostile nation-states, criminal organizations, lone hackers and disgruntled employees. In recent years, numerous high-profile cyber attacks have resulted in sensitive data being exposed.
Detailed explanation-2: -External Cybersecurity Risk Malware, malvertizing, phishing, DDoS attacks, ransomware; these are just some of the viruses and methods that hackers use externally to gain access to your site, software, or network.
Detailed explanation-3: -Internal cyber security threats are threats posed by individuals that originate within an organisation itself. They can be current employees, former employees, external contractors or vendors. Essentially anyone who has access to company devices or data.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.