About Cyber Threats

The worldwide network’s vulnerability is currently making it difficult to cover the expenditures associated with keeping internet service. The executive team of Cisco anticipates connecting close to 50 billion Internet Protocol devices in the future. It is predicted that such connectivity will result in ten times as much data as is currently created (Oltsik, 2014). Therefore, several cyber security threats could arise during the procedure.

Military data is currently the information that is most safeguarded in the world, claim Adams and Makramalla (2015). The data cannot be left to the cyber-attackers since such a move can easily put the military force or even to a large extent, the nation at big and unimaginable risk. Corporate data, on the other hand, is paramount on an equal measure, for instance, the data contains the major components of products as used by companies. The military and corporate information faces some risks and vulnerabilities as discussed.

The first risk is script kidding. Such a risk usually associates to the amateur attackers who seek attention and try to exploit the programs and data scripts in the military and corporate world without necessarily fathoming how the tools operate. The second risk and vulnerability affecting the military and corporate data is the cyber-punk. Its activity becomes exposed by those attackers who are motivated by fame and, hence write viruses and exploit programs just to mayhem in the data of the military and corporate. Unlike the script kidders, these hackers are more literate and cause actual damage to the data in a bid to have fame.

The third and most dangerous peril and vulnerability facing the military and corporate is insider hacking. The hackers do insider hacking within the organization, and this affects the general operation of the organizations’ systems. As much as they have direct access to the company or any other team system, these hackers barely have technical skills. It is for such a primary reason that the insiders become targeted, on a regular basis, by the criminal hackers who make them do things that leave the systems exposed to serious hacking.

Finally, activism is the significant threat to military data since ideology drives terrorist groups that usually try to infiltrate the data to learn more about their enemy.

Vulnerabilities Which Exist within the Army and Corporate Data

The threats that exist within the military and corporate data majorly deal with issues that make cyber deterrence difficult or even impossible. Cyber-deterrence is the strategy of making adversaries believe that the costs of attacking the data of an organization outweigh the benefits if any (Matei & Julan, 2015).

The first difficulty or vulnerability is miscommunication on the acceptable data breach and the red lines which will necessitate actions by the authorities. The authorities are obliged to monitor the information both in the military and the corporate enterprises then go ahead to mitigate any threat. However, it becomes impossible when the internal classification of data is incorrect, for instance, the cyber security term used by the USA does not apply for institution security employed by China.

The second vulnerability is the inability of the military and corporate enterprise data to use the signaling game theory. The military data should be able to signal the aggressors in such a manner that they can interpret and fathom correctly that the costs outweigh the benefits of cyber hacking. It should be important to note, however, that the signaling effectiveness depends on the cyber retaliation ability of the nation or the organization sending the signals to the aggressor.

The inability of data to determine attribution in cyberspace is yet another vulnerability facing the military and corporate enterprise data. The main reason why the determination of attribution is involved in the cyberspace is the presence of multitude obfuscation techniques which thwart defenders from being able to recognize their true origin. The internal data, therefore, finds it increasingly cumbersome to prevent attacks when the cyberspace favors individuals who want to carry out malicious activities, whether or not the study of Cyber Threat Intelligence has been timely staged to mitigate the data.

The Risk to Both Corporate Enterprises and the Military

The research subject of cyber threats is on time to reduce and prevent the risks associated with both the military and corporate businesses’ data. The study has helped in some ways.

First, the study has enabled possible cyber-attack victims to deter assaults by means such as the deterrence by punishment and deterrence by denial. The deterrence by punishment informs an attacker of a possible punishment in retaliation for an attack. The deterrence on denial, on the other hand, only persuades the potential attackers that they will fail in their quest and will not get whichever benefits they yearn for (Claus et al., 2015).

Apart from the two deterrence strategies, the study of cyber threats has enabled people to come up with the critical infrastructure cyber defense model. This model has two main components which are the relationships and shared equity. Relationships talk about the existence of ties in the organizations which go ahead to create trust between the members of an entity. Such form of belief goes ahead to prevent an assault from within known as the insider attack.

Shared Equities is another component of the analytical model. Since the information exchange is subject to being inhibited when the transaction costs rise, the shared equities component tries to address the perceptions of risk which are critical to success when information exchange is required (Iasiello, 2014).

The other part of the model is the competency of the organization. The study reveals that a qualified group is less likely to suffer cyber-attacks as compared to their counterparts.

Conclusion

With the advent of several businesses and the army being subject to the global networking regarding security matters, different specific vulnerabilities have always crept in. Several world nations such as India and Mexico have significantly exposed traumatizing statistics since there are a high number of cyber threats when the surveillance of various computer IP addresses occurs.

References

Adams, M., & Makramalla, M. (2015). Cyber security skills training: An attacker- centric gamified approach. Technology Innovation Management Review, 5(1), 5-14.

Claus, B., Gandhi, R. A., Rawnsley, J., & Crowe, J. (2015). Using the Oldest Military Force for the Newest National Defense. Journal of Strategic Security, 8(4), 1-22.

Iasiello, E. (2014). Is cyber deterrence an illusory course of action?. Journal of Strategic Security, 7(1), 54.

Matei, E., & Julan, I. C. (2015). CYBER RISKS AND VULNERABILITIES, A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. The International Annual Scientific Session Strategies XXI, 2, 234.

Oltsik, J. (2014). The internet of things: A Cisco and network security perspective. Cisco Systems, Tech. Rep.