Safeguarding Against Security Threats

1. Safeguarding Against Security Threats

A reflection is meant to illustrate your understanding of the material and how it affects your ideas and possible practice in the future.

Individuals and organizations today face a variety of security threats. To protect themselves from these threats, they usually take certain protective measures—commonly known as safeguards.

• Select and research three common security threats      (e.g., ransomware, phishing) and identify at least two safeguards that can      mitigate the risks of each threat. Explain when the safeguards are      effective and when they are not. Lastly, describe any disadvantages of the      safeguards from the perspectives of the IT manager, as well as from      employees at the organization.