Cybersecurity Risk

Cybersecurity Risk

June 2019

Objective

Learn the trends and risks associated with cybersecurity

attacks.

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The Cybersecurity Risk

The Cyber Breach of Sony

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Compute Power and Machine Learning

The downside of the ever-decreasing

cost of computing power:

Cybercriminals can launch

automated and sophisticated
attacks at lower costs

The Evolution of the Attacker

CYBERCRIME
$1+ trillion industry*
CYBER WARFARE
100+ nations

*http://cybersecurityventures.com/cybersecurity-market-report/

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Average Breach
Multi-dimensional Attacks And Evasion Tactics Cost

THE EVOLUTION OF THE ATTACK $7.2

Million*

Mobility threat

Identity compromise

Zero-day exploits/vulnerabilities

Risk
Unknown and polymorphic malware

Evasive command and control

Known threats

*2017 Cost of Data Breach Study (Benchmark research independently conducted by Ponemon Institute LLC

Today’s Threat Landscape

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Knowledge Check
What is the relationship between attackers’ use of advanced technology and cyberattacks?

A. Advanced technology requires more time to execute, so attacks are

becoming slower.

B. Advanced technology allows attackers to reach their targets quicker.

C. Advanced technology costs more, so attackers are slow to adopt it.

D. Advanced technology is more complex to use leading to errors, so attacks are

easier to find and stop.

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