LO4- 4.3.1-2 Impacts and consequences of a cyber-security attack

Question 1

What are the main impacts of a cyber-security attack?

Answer 1

Denial of services (DoS)
Identify theft 
Data destruction 
Data manipulation
Data modification
Data theft

Question 2

Denial of service (DoS)

Answer 2

A DoS on a website has a impact on authorized users.

They may be unable to access the website while it’s under attack and when the attack has finished

Question 3

Identify Theft

Answer 3

There are two types:
Identify theft is when personal details are stolen

Identity fraud is when details are used to commit fraud

Question 4

What happens to data that is being stored during an attack?

Answer 4

During an attack it could be: 
destroyed 
manipulated 
modified 
stolen

Question 5

Data destruction

Answer 5

This is when the stored data is destroyed, the data no longer exists

Question 6

Data manipulation

Answer 6

Data can be edited or manipulated, maybe to meet the needs of the cyber-security attacker

Question 7

Data modification

Answer 7

This very similar to data manipulation

Question 8

Data theft

Answer 8

When cyber-security attackers steal computer-based data

For example passwords and personal details

Question 9

The main consequences of a cyber-security attack are…

Answer 9

Loss
Disruption
Safety

Question 10

Name the three consequences from loss

Answer 10

Financial
Data
Reputation

Question 11

Loss- Financial

Answer 11

Financial records may be lost or corrupted during an attack

Question 12

Loss- Data

Answer 12

A range of data could be lost concerning suppliers, financial and customer

Question 13

Loss- Reputation

Answer 13

When data is lost, the reputation of a business may suffer. This can be losing customer’s confidence

Question 14

Name the three main consequences which cause disruption

Answer 14

Operational
Financial
Commercial

Question 15

Disruption- Commercial

Answer 15

This means that a business may not be able to operate after an attack

Question 16

Disruption- Operational

Answer 16

A business will have backups of data, such as financial records, however it can take time to restore these from the backup

Question 17

Disruption- Financial

Answer 17

Loss of customers, leading to loss of revenue

Possible payment of compensation if attack effected customers

Question 18

Name the three main consequences of safety

Answer 18

Individual
Equipment
Finance

Question 19

Safety- Individuals

Answer 19

A attack can lead to individuals being unsafe, maybe because of personal details being stolen

Question 20

Safety- Equipment

Answer 20

People rely on internet equipment to carry out tasks, examples of these are banking and online shopping

Question 21

Safety- Finance

Answer 21

This can occur during and after an attack 
During: 
Access may be denied to a website 
After: 
Identity theft may occur

Question 22

Data subject definition

Answer 22

The person the data is being stored about