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Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance

By : Dr. Erdal Ozkaya, Milad Aslaner
Book Image

Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance

By: Dr. Erdal Ozkaya, Milad Aslaner

Overview of this book

Organizations have always been a target of cybercrime. Hands-On Cybersecurity for Finance teaches you how to successfully defend your system against common cyber threats, making sure your financial services are a step ahead in terms of security. The book begins by providing an overall description of cybersecurity, guiding you through some of the most important services and technologies currently at risk from cyber threats. Once you have familiarized yourself with the topic, you will explore specific technologies and threats based on case studies and real-life scenarios. As you progress through the chapters, you will discover vulnerabilities and bugs (including the human risk factor), gaining an expert-level view of the most recent threats. You'll then explore information on how you can achieve data and infrastructure protection. In the concluding chapters, you will cover recent and significant updates to procedures and configurations, accompanied by important details related to cybersecurity research and development in IT-based financial services. By the end of the book, you will have gained a basic understanding of the future of information security and will be able to protect financial services and their related infrastructures.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Insider threats

The following screenshot illustrates the causes of insider threats:

Perhaps one of the biggest threats to organizations is an insider threats. Insider threats are employees that go rogue and either attack or help attack the organization they work for. They are particularly dangerous due to the amount of sensitive information they have and the privileges that they are given by the organizations they work for. An insider threat can conduct a hack within the organization. They are aware of the security measures that the organization has put in place. They can, therefore, tell hackers what type of security to expect and possibly how to compromise it. If it is a firewall, they can tell the hackers the brand and model so that they can research on the vulnerabilities that can be exploited.

Insider threats also have access to many systems. They can authenticate themselves...