4. ANALYSIS
Human Factors.
Security is often talked about in terms
of new technologies.
The real challenges are from non-
technical forces, i.e., human issues.
Insiders have the most knowledge
about structure, processes,
vulnerabilities and the value of its
information.
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5. ANALYSIS
According to information security breaches
survey 2015 (UK), “People are the main
vulnerabilities to a secure enterprise.
Respondents believe that inadvertent
human error (48%), lack of staff awareness
(33%) and weaknesses in vetting
individuals (17%), were all contributing
factors in causing the single worst breach
that organisations suffered.”
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7. IMPACT
The greatest impacts of successful
security breach attacks involving
human factor to our bank will be:
Business Operations,
Reputational Damage,
Revenue loss,
Exposure of Cooperate Sensitive Data,
Personal Customer Data and
Introduction of Malware in the Network.
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8. IMPACT
Technology
Introduction to malware or viruses.
Privacy
Access to personal customer information along
with credit cards details, and
Cooperate Confidential Data.
People (Users)
Change in transactions or entries with their
accounts.
Receiving Phishing Emails.
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9. RECOMMENDATION
Policies and processes must be
acknowledged and enforced.
Apply the principle of least privilege.
Closely monitor, control and manage
privileged credentials to prevent
exploitation.
Improve awareness campaign and more
resources to the employee – to training,
education, testing and to the culture of our
organization.
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