Assignment on the evaluation of the vulnerabilities

Overview of the evaluation of the vulnerabilities

            In this section, the evaluation of the vulnerabilities, threats as well as the gaps in the organizational structure are evaluated to identify the security measures is performed to minimize the impact of the risk. Furthermore, the document is telling about how the vulnerabilities can be assessed to identify risks and reduce its effects on the organizational security structure. There are several kinds of benefits of the vulnerability assessments that enable to information technology security of the organizational system as and structure ERP to apply the comprehensive, consistent as well as clear technique for the recognition of resolving the significant risk, threats and vulnerabilities. First of all, the vulnerability assessment or evaluation benefits are provided in this file which is providing very informative information about the evaluation vulnerabilities (Halpern, Selkoe, Micheli, & Kappel, 2007).

Mostly the evaluation of the vulnerabilities, threats as well as gaps in the organizational infrastructure allocates the risk level to every cyber threat. The risks which appeared in the network of the organization can have an impact on the system. Furthermore, the evaluation process provides help to focus on more cyber threats on the system which can very impactful on the system and the network of the organization. Thus, it is a very significant action for the management and prevention of vulnerabilities and threats. The data of the vulnerability assessment may provide help to the IT teams of the organization to screen those vulnerabilities and to design and make the action path to overcome from such kind of vulnerabilities.

Assessment Methodology of the evaluation of the vulnerabilities

Several types of tools and techniques are used in different companies to evaluate or assess the vulnerabilities and threats. The most effective and beneficial evaluation can also be done by using some powerful software. The very common approaches to evaluate the risk from the network of the company are the use of automated vulnerability scanning software. The vulnerabilities and threats can be scanned through such kind of software and they have the ability to scan comprehensively almost every aspect of the system implemented into the organization (Polli, Dell’Acqua, & Gamba, 2009). furthermore, scanning to check the threats and vulnerabilities is part of the assessment of other processes of vulnerability such as penetration testing. It has the ability to identify different kinds of threats.

Benefits of Vulnerability Assessment

·         The vulnerability and threats evaluation provide the benefits to identify the risk or vulnerabilities and the gaps in the organizational infrastructure early and constantly. The benefit of the early identification is that the information security team can easily identify the weaknesses and key threats in the security of the company ERP system. Furthermore, it also provides support to the security of organizational networks, whole ERP system as well as protocols used in the system.

·         Some kind of gaps may also occur in the infrastructure of the organization, that can be harmful to the organizational structure’s security. The remediation action for the identification of vulnerabilities, threats as well as gaps is performed to close such kind of gaps from the ERP system of the organization as well as the complete network of the company. The remediation actions such as system hardening or patching are also performed to protect the information of the security as well as sensitive areas of the ERP system. It is because the information or data which is saved in the ERP servers will be confidential and the company never wants this information will be accessed by hackers or attackers.

·         The evaluation of the vulnerability also addresses the cybersecurity compliance as well as regulatory needs for the areas such as PCI DSS as well as HIPAA. 

·         The main benefits of evaluation of the vulnerabilities and threats by using tools make the system secure and make the system safer from data breaches as well as another kind of unauthorized access by inserting any type of worms. 

There are some vulnerability assessment tools also exist which can be used to execute different types of scans such as;

·         Credentialed and non-credentialed scans

·         Environmental scans

·         External vulnerability scans

·         Internal vulnerability scans

Security Assessment Results of the evaluation of the vulnerabilities

There are several types of implications to protect the data as their intellectual property are provided in this document. The implications which are provided can be very beneficial to the infrastructure as well as the confidentiality of the organization. There are some important implications are provided in this document that can be very beneficial to protect the data and the intellectual property of the small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). The very significant implications are provided blow which is providing a lot of information that how the companies can protect the data.

Company has knowledge about their intellectual properties

The small or medium-sized organizations should have the knowledge and proper information about their intellectual property. If they will have knowledge about it, they can save the business of the company as well as prevent different types of threats.

Information where the data or intellectual property exist

Every organization should also have information about the location of their intellectual property. But generally, the intellectual property of the company presents in the servers of the system in digital form. Furthermore, the information or data which is the intellectual property of the company will be present into cloud applications of the company, the devices of employees the printers as well as a photocopier. The IP addresses, computers, website or other related things are also the intellectual properties of the organization (Adams, 2002).

Labeling the valuable intellectual property

The company should also have to put labels on every screen or user interface of the website or the system of the company that this information is the property of the company. Furthermore, the company should also have to make sure the access will be given to the authorized person in the company.

Securing intellectual property digitally and physically

The whole information or the data of the organization should be managed and should be located in a secure location. The company should also have to back up data. They also have to save the data or information in the secured system as well as in the shape of hard copies.

Transferring knowledge to the employee about intellectual property

Most of the employees may not have information about the intellectual property of the company. In this case, the mangers, as well as the responsible persons in the organization, should have to provide them information about the intellectual property by organizing an informative or question/answer session in the company.

Having knowledge of tools to protect intellectual property

It is a very important implication to protect intellectual property. Sometimes, the attackers can attack the system and the network of the system. For that time, the company should have to ready to handle this situation. They must have to hire their IT teams and must have to provide the tools to prevent such kind of situations.

Non-Conforming Controls of the evaluation of the vulnerabilities

There are several types of business strategies are provided in this document which can be very useful to ensure any business sustainable, reliable as well as available. Significant business strategies are provided below.

Implications for the business of the evaluation of the vulnerabilities

The implications for the business are a very effective business strategy in which every aspect of the business will be discussed including the opportunities as well as every kind of threat that can damage the business and the business will be started with an expert’s opinion.

Practical considerations of the evaluation of the vulnerabilities

            In this strategy, all of the implications will be designed and developed to run the business. Furthermore, there are several kinds of practical information that will also be considered in this strategy.

Positive signs of the change of the evaluation of the vulnerabilities

            For business sustainability, availability and reliability, it is essential to develop new strategies for the business. For this purpose, every business requires change. So, every organization should have to introduce the change into the company as well as should have to update the information and network system for the prevention of any kind of threat (Narayan, 2012).

Authorization Recommendations of the evaluation of the vulnerabilities

There are different types of security trends to plan for the future challenges which are provided in this document. Those cybersecurity trends will be very effective for both ethical and illegal hacking. such kind of cybersecurity threats can also be very dangerous for the business of the company as well as their intellectual property. The cybersecurity trends are given below which can very be challenging in the future because the attackers have started working on them.

·         Cybersecurity Automation

·         Crypto Jacking

·         More data privacy regulations

·         Security Talent Crisis

·         Mobile devices as the cyberthreat

References of the evaluation of the vulnerabilities

Adams, W. A. (2002). Intellectual property infringement in global networks: the implications of protection ahead of the curve. International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 71-131.

Halpern, B. S., Selkoe, K. A., Micheli, F., & Kappel, C. V. (2007). Evaluating and ranking the vulnerability of global marine ecosystems to anthropogenic threats. . Conservation Biology, 1301-1315.

Narayan, V. (2012). Business performance and maintenance: How are safety, quality, reliability, productivity and maintenance related? Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, 183-195.

Polli, D., Dell’Acqua, F., & Gamba, P. (2009). First steps towards a framework for earth observation (EO)-based seismic vulnerability evaluation. Environmental Semeiotics, 16-30.