Discuss Briefly Two (2) Types Of Active Threats Creatively And Innovatively

There are two types of Active Threats :-

1) Data Theft

Data theft define that a serious problem in business today. In many highly competitive industries, both quantitative and qualitative information about one's competitors is constantly being sought.

Data theft is a term used to describe when information is illegally copied or taken from a business or other individual. Commonly, this information is user information such as passwords, social security numbers, credit card information, other personal information, or other confidential corporate information. Because this information is illegally obtained, when the individual who stole this information is apprehended, he or she will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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2) Sabotage 

Computer sabotage poses a very serious danger to any information system. The destruction of a computer or software can result in the bankruptcy of a firm. Disgruntled employees, especially fired ones, are common perpetrators of sabotage.

In some cases a defrauder may use sabotage to create confusion to cover up fraud. For example, an individual might after the accounting databases and later try to cover up by sabotaging computer disks or other media.

Sabotage has become a major issue for Web commerce. Despite annual expenditures for electronic security that exceed $6 billion, successful hacker attacks on Web sites have increased steadily. Even the largest and most sophisticated organizations have suffered, and almost every day the financial press continues to report cases of hackers completely taking over corporate Web sites.

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