Potential Malicious Attacks and Threats

Joshua C. Crisp, Prof. Escudero, CIS 341

1/27/14

Abstract

The CIO has seen reports of malicious activity being on the rise and has become extremely concerned with the protection of the intellectual property and highly sensitive data maintained by your organization. As one of your first tasks with the organization, the CIO requested you identify and draft a report identifying potential malicious attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities specific to your organization. Further, the CIO would like you to briefly explain each item and the potential impact it could have on the organization.

Keywords: FTP, Exchange Server, Web Server, Firewalls, NIDS, HIDS

Potential Malicious Attacks and Threats

In today's environment data is a valuable resource that needs to...