CYBER

SECURITY
CASE STUDY
Chiong, Iza Faith M.
BS Accounting Information Systems - 4
DISCUSSION
QUESTIONS:
• Knowing how the firm responded, what would you
have done differently?

• What are some steps you think the firm could have
taken to prevent this incident?

• Is your business susceptible to this kind of attack?

How are you going to reduce your risk?

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 CLEAR YOUR WEB BROWSER’S
DISCONNECT FROM THE C AC HE , C OOKI E S , AND HIS TORY
INTERNET

To prevent further attacks To make sure the cyber criminal do

W H AT W O U L D Y O U not get anything else

H AV E D O N E
D I F F E R E N T LY ?

PERFORM A FULL ANTIVIRUS

SCAN
S TAY C A L M !
To remove what the attacker placed You cannot think of any solutions
on your system when you are in a panic mode

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 W H AT A R E S O M E S T E P S Y O U T H I N K T H E F I R M C O U L D H AV E TA K E N
TO PREVENT THIS INCIDENT?
D O N ’ T C L I C K O N T H AT
LINK
It’s generally not advisable
to click on a link in an email
or message, even if you
know the sender.
DON’T IGNORE THOSE
U P D AT E S
Security patches and updates
are released for a reason, most
commonly to keep up to date
with modern cyber-attack
methods by patching holes in
security.
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GET FREE ANTI-PHISHING
ADD-ONS
Most browsers nowadays
will enable you to download
add-ons that spot signs of a
malicious website or alert
you about known phishing
sites
I N S TA L L F I R E WA L L S
Firewalls are an effective
way to prevent external
attacks, acting as a shield
between your computer and
an attacker.
D O N ’ T G I V E Y O U R I N F O R M AT I O N
TO AN UNSECURED SITE
If the URL of the website
doesn’t start with “https”, or
you cannot see a closed
padlock icon next to the URL,
do not enter any sensitive
information or download files
from that site.
M U LT I - FA C T O R
A U T H E N T I C AT I O N
This offers a user additional
protection against phishing
tactics by only granting access to
a website or app once the user
has fulfilled the requirements of
the authentication mechanism.
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 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO REDUCE YOUR RISK?

KNOWLEDGE SECURITY BE CAREFUL D O N ’ T T R U S T E A S I LY

Know what a phishing scam Rotate passwords regularly Don’t be tempted by those Don’t give out important
looks like pop-ups information unless you must

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