Question

Discuss what malware is and find examples (at least 2) of how a business was adversely affected by malware. Discuss what other options the company could have taken.

Answer 1

Malware is design to bypass the security system and avoid detection , making it extremly difficult for security system teams to ensure that users and the wider business are not adversly impacted. Common types of malware are trojan horses, spyware, bots and rootkits.

Business are adversly affected by the malware due to the use of social networking sites , as this can increase the possibility of cyber attack that can affect the company equipments where important information and password where saved and some times it also slow down the system during working hour and that can effect the productivity.

The company could train and educate their employee about how to control their system . company should also hire the qualified personnel and also maintain the technology and software needed to prevent attack and minimize the future risk.