[Manny Varela]

Staying ahead of attacks is crucial for a security officer.  Discuss the “more advanced attacks” presented in this chapter.  Rationalize how a SO could try to prevent these advanced attacks.

[Ashly Jackson]

Advanced attacks in cybersecurity are increasingly sophisticated, posing significant challenges for security officers (SOs). These attacks often leverage evolving techniques like polymorphic malware, zero-day exploits, advanced persistent threats (APTs), and social engineering combined with AI-driven tactics. Polymorphic malware can change its code to evade detection, while zero-day exploits take advantage of unknown vulnerabilities, making prevention difficult. APTs involve prolonged, targeted infiltration to steal sensitive data or sabotage systems discreetly. Social engineering uses manipulation to trick individuals into revealing confidential information, often amplified by AI to create highly convincing scams.

To stay ahead, a security officer must adopt a proactive, layered defense approach. This includes continuous monitoring and threat intelligence gathering to detect anomalies early. Implementing real-time behavioral analytics helps identify unusual activities indicative of advanced threats. SOs should ensure regular software updates and patch management to close vulnerabilities promptly. Employee training is vital to counter social engineering by raising awareness and promoting vigilance. Additionally, employing advanced security technologies like next-generation firewalls, endpoint detection and response systems, and AI-powered security tools can enhance detection and mitigation.

In essence, preventing advanced attacks demands a comprehensive, adaptive strategy combining technology, education, and continuous vigilance to protect organizational assets effectively.

[Amy Hastings]

There are a few more advanced attacks in cybersecurity and they each have their own problems towards the security officers or the SO’s. The ones that are “more advanced” are the advanced persistent threats, the AI cyberattacks, and the Zero-Day exploits along with a few others. The advanced persistent threats are made basically to steal any important data from the company this is also considered one of the advanced ones because it usually is not detectable for the SO’s for a longer time. The AI cyberattacks are the use of attackers using AI or (Artificial Intelligence) to make their attacks look more realistic to whoever they are aiming to attack, this makes it more believable because the use of AI in general is to make things look real that are actually very fake. This also makes the company think it is trustworthy because the use of the AI. Lastly, the Zero-day exploits are attacks that are used to also steam important information from company’s and this is named “Zero-Day” because they have no time to go back and correct the harm caused from these attacks, so this means that the damage is already done before anyone even knows its damaged so this is a very important one to watch for.

The SO’s or Security Officers can help prevent these attacks by doing a few things including having extra security over the important information. They can also make sure that all the trainees or new people have the correct training and are not given full access until fully trained to be able to help prevent the attacks. Security officers also need to make sure that they encrypt their information by making it unreadable to those without permissions to read it.

[Ashly Jackson]

Advanced cyber threats, such as advanced persistent threats (APTs), AI-based attacks, and zero-day exploits pose significant challenges for security officers (SOs). APTs stealthily aim to steal sensitive data over prolonged periods, often eluding detection. AI cyberattacks utilize realistic simulations, enhancing their believability and tricking organizations into unwitting trust. Meanwhile, zero-day exploits capitalize on vulnerabilities before patches are available, leading to immediate, sometimes irreversible damage. To combat these, SOs should prioritize strong data encryption, rigorous training for new employees, and enhanced security measures.

[Amy Hastings]

Your discussion is greatly worded, and I think you put a lot of good information into this discussion. Great job on explaining the attacks and the ways to prevent each of them.

[Joseph Doss]

One attack mentioned in this weeks video was a “side channel attack” there is one known as the TEMPEST attack, in this type of attack special equipment is used to capture the RF signals emitted from an electric device, such as a computer monitor. Attackers are then able to reconstruct the output of the monitor. Such methods can be used to capture data before it is encrypted. an SO could implement RF blocking material to prevent stray RF signals from being captured or read

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