Types of Computer Security Risk

What is computer risk??

Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware, software, data, information or processing capability.

Perpetrators of cybercrime and other intrusions fall into seven basic categories:

Cracker

    

Hacker

Corporate Spies






Script Kiddie
 
Unethical employees

Cyber Extortionist

Cyber Terrorist

There six of computer security risk:

Malicious Code

Unauthorized Access & Use

Software Theft

Hardware Theft

Information Theft

System Failure

MALICIOUS CODE

    •is code causing damage to a computer or system. It is code not easily or solely controlled through the use of anti-virus tools.

      

     TROJAN HORSE

            •Similar to virus and worm but it does not spread or reproduce.

            •It looks similar to a software but will actually damage once installed or run it.

            •Can cause severe damage such as deleting file

                                                                            WORM

            •Worm is similar to virus but spreads without human action.

            •It gets multiplied or copied itself into hundred or thousands in number

            •Spread itself into other computers through mail or address box

          

     COMPUTER VIRUS

•Attached itself to a program or file which cannot spread without human action.

•When we run or open a file in which virus is present then it starts effecting and starts spreading.

UNAUTHORISED ACCESS & USE

•Unauthorized access 

•The use of a computer or network without permission.

                              •Unauthorized use 
•The use of a computer or its data for unapproved or possibly illegal
activities.

                   SOFWARE THEFT

       •Software theft occurs when someone:
Steals software media
Intentionally erases programs
Illegally copies a program
Illegally registers and/or activates a program.

HARDWARE THEFT

•Hardware theft is the act of stealing computer equipment.

•Hardware vandalism is the act of defacing or destroying

computer equipment.

•Companies, schools, and other organizations that house many computers, however, are at risk of hardware theft.

INFORMATION THEFT

•Information theft occurs when

someone steals personal or

 confidential information.

•If stolen, the loss of information

 can cause as much damage as

 (if not more than) hardware or

 software theft.

•An unethical company executive 

may steal or buy stolen 

information to learn about a 

competitor.

•A corrupt individual may steal 

credit card numbers to make 

fraudulent purchases.

SYSTEM FAILURE

•A system failure is the

 prolonged malfunction of a

 computer

•Can cause loss of 

hardware, software, data, 

or information.

•These include aging 

hardware; naturaldisasters 

such as fires, floods, or

 hurricanes; random events 

such as electrical

 power  problems; and

 even errors in computer 

programs.