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The impacts and consequences of a cyber-security attack - Coggle Diagram
The impacts and consequences of a cyber-security attack
DOS
A denial of service attacks can have and impact on authorized users as they may not be able to access the website
It and attack that basically means nobody can access the website
Identify
If personal details are stolen during the attack then the attackers can make a copy of the individuals details. For example, identify theft could resort in if debts being run up or in passports being issued in individuals names and possibly used for criminal activity
Data Manupulation
is when datat is amended to meet the needs of the cyber security attacker. This typ of atack is normally found quet easily. For exmple the attacker may chnage the news in a newspapaper to something false
Data modification
Same thing as data manipulation but different aims. For example the attacker could change the amount of money in a bank then making it possible for them to withdraw the amount of money
Loss
Financial
Records of who owns the business may be lost
Invoices may be lost
The business may have to pay compensation to the data subjects
The business would have to pay to have the system made more secure
Data subjects may also suffer loss as their could be identity theft
Reputation
The business may not be seen as trustworthy no more and their reputation could be affected. This could lead to money ass the clients stop sharing data with them or stop using the business and find another one
Data
Data may be lost as it could have not been backed up recently
Their might be a time delay for the data to be reinstalled which may have affect on how business interacts with its customers, costing them money and effeciany
Customers orders may be lost (depends on situation)
If data subjects data is lost this could result in data theft
Disruption
Operational
The operational running of the business may be affected by the time it takes to reinstalled the latest backed up data
Business cannot function properly
This may occur when the attack is taking place, or the after affects of the attack
Finacial
Compensation may have to be paid for the data lost for data subjects
Until back ups are restored the business would have to run on limited financial data
Commercial
a cyber security attack can mean the business cannot function normally
How the attack affe ts the business depends on the type of business
Safety
INdividuals
the use of the internet and big data stores means that most businesses, government s and armed forces are inter connected