James A Bas
IS 3230
Week 4 Discussion 1
Security Breach Evaluation

Companies that have critical information assets such as customer data, birth dates, ethnicities, learning disabilities, as well as test performance data, the risk of a data breach is very likely than ever before. To monitor and protect information from hackers, malicious and well-meaning insiders, EducationS will need to select solutions based on an operational model for security that is risk-based and content-aware.

Stop incursion by targeted attacks- To prevent incursions, it is necessary to shut down each of these avenues into the organization’s information assets. Core systems protection, IT compliance controls assessment automation, and endpoint management, in addition to endpoint, Web, and messaging security solutions, should be combined to stop targeted attacks. (Why) Because the top four means of hacker incursion into a company’s network are through exploiting system vulnerabilities, default password violations, SQL injections, and targeted malware attacks
Identify threats by correlating real-time alerts with global intelligence- To help identify and respond to the threat of a targeted attack, security information and event management systems can flag suspicious network activity for investigation. (Why) The value of such real-time alerts is much greater when the information they provide can be correlated in real time with current research and analysis of the worldwide threat environment.

Proactively protect information- You must accurately identify and proactively protect your most sensitive information wherever it is stored, sent, or used. By enforcing unified data protection policies across servers, networks, and endpoints throughout the enterprise, you can progressively.
Automate security through it compliance controls- To prevent a data breaches organizations must start by