FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES
There is a necessity for innovative security processes and policies to decrease the threats and challenges inherited from new technologies, software applications, and network devices. Information, network equipment’s, transmission media, computer systems, and servers are subject to threats. “Yet the use of information and communication technologies has increased the incidents of computer abuse.” (Backhouse and Dhillon).
Security measures and countermeasures are fixed to guard organization against different security assaults. To assure the safekeeping requirements of a given company, it is vital to be able to assess the current security demands of an organization as well as the measures taken to attain such requirements. Security weaknesses cause an adverse impact on organizations such as financial loss, reputations, and loss of customer confidence (Kumar, Park, and Subramaniam, 2008). The purpose of applying security measures, controls, and strategies is to protect information security objectives and information assets. Integrity, confidentiality, and availability are the primary concerns in categorizing information level of safety for Information Security purposes (Chen, Shaw and Yang, 2006, Johnson, 2008 and. Nyanchama, 2005).
RED FLAGS
The stealing of payment card information from over 40 million Target customer was not have prevented by Target. Target could have acted on the information they received from the cyber-security firm it hired to monitor its systems. Target security team should have responded when the theft immersed in Target. Vulnerability is the downfall of information and information systems that can lead to attacks, harm, modification, destruction, disclosure, interruption, and the interception. Damage happens when information, hardware, and software are damaged due to spiteful intention. Exposure occurs when