Chapter 8. Attacks and Risks

Regardless of whether computer and network data are transmitted on a wired or wireless medium, the basic security concepts remain much the same. Some of the content presented here has been excerpted from the Cybersecurity Operations Handbook [1] with the permission of Digital Press, an imprint of Elsevier Science.

For those among us who are tasked with managing business, and for that ever-shrinking number of Information Technology (IT) professionals who are not directly involved in the daily struggles coping with cybersecurity issues, one might be tempted to ask,

“What is the big deal about cybersecurity, really?”

“How does it affect our company infrastructure?”

“How does it affect users in our organization?” ...

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