This document outlines several potential threats to ICT systems and organizations, including counterfeit goods, hacking, damage or destruction of systems, and threats related to e-commerce. It discusses how counterfeit goods like software and music can be distributed through means like boot sales and peer-to-peer networks. Organizational impacts of threats include loss of service, loss of business/income, and poor image. Security of information can be threatened by risks to confidentiality, integrity, availability, and completeness of data. Hacking can originate internally or externally and result in viruses or unauthorized access. E-commerce risks include website defacement and loss of control over third party data access. Damage may be caused by natural disasters,

1. Potential threats to ICT systems
and organisations
Unit 07: Organisational Systems Security

2. Potential threats to ICT systems and
organisations
• Counterfeit goods:
• Organisational impact:
• Security of Information:
• Hacking (Unauthorised access):
• e-commerce related threats:
• Damage/Destruction of systems or information:

3. Know potential threats to ICT systems
and organisations
• Counterfeit goods:
▫ products at risk e.g.
 software,
 DVDs,
 games,
 music;
▫ distribution mechanisms e.g.
 boot sales,
 peer-to-peer networks

4. Organisational impact
• loss of service
▫ Complete loss
▫ Increased downtime
• loss of business or income e.g.
▫ through loss of customer records
▫ increased costs;
▫ poor image

5. Security of Information
• confidentiality
• data integrity
• data completeness
• availability of data as needed

6. Hacking (Unauthorised access)
• Hacking
▫ internal by own staff
▫ external;
• access causing damage to data e.g.
▫ viruses;
• accessing systems or data without damage e.g.
▫ phishing,
▫ identity theft,
▫ piggybacking,
▫ hacking

7. e-commerce related threats
• website defacement;
• control of access to data via third party suppliers;
• other eg
▫ denial of service attacks

8. Damage/Destruction of systems or
information
• Natural disasters;
▫ Fire
▫ Flood
▫ Earthquake/Volcanic eruptions
▫ Hurricanes
• Man-made
▫ Deliberate
 Malicious damage (internal and external causes);
 Theft
 War/Acts of Terrorism
▫ Accidental
 technical failures; Mechanical failures e.g. HDD (mtbf)
 human errors; e.g. restoring from wrong backup
 Fire