For the following Threat Categories, describe which type of Control should be put in place in an organisation. Classify the controls as Administrative, Product or Physical, as well as whether the controls will Prevent, Detect, Correct or Compensate.

Threat Categories

  • Accidental corruption of information
  • Loss of intellectual property
  • Software piracy
  • Theft of information (hacker)
  • Theft of information (employee)
  • Web site defacement
  • Theft of equipment
  • Viruses, worms, Trojan horses
  • Elevation of privilege
  • Fire/Flood

 

For example:

 

 Threat

Category

 

 Control
 

 Description
 

 Classification
 

 Type
 

 DDOS
 

Antivirus  
 

 To ensure that no malware programs have been installed that attackers can use to launch a DDoS attack.
 

 product
 

 prevent
 

 Firewall
 

 Filtering based on source IP addresses will prevent SYN flood DDoS attacks
 

 product
 

 prevent
 

 Web application firewall
 

 A WAF tool can identify and mitigate application layer attacks
 

 product
 

 prevent

detect

 

 Intrusion detection and prevention systems
 

 IDS/IPS use a signature database to identify any threats which can block the attacker or to alert a system administrator.
 

 product
 

detect

 

 Incident response planning:
 

 To be prepared to respond quickly and efficiently to an attack
 

 

 

administrative
 

 compensate

 

 

 

 Antivirus update policy
 

 To ensure that procedures and process are in place to have current updated software installed
 

 administrative
 

 prevent

 

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