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Sources of
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A person, a group of people, or even some
phenomena unrelated to human activity |
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can serve as an information security threat.
Following from this, all threat sources |
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break down into three groups: |
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The human factor. This group of threats
concerns the actions of people with |
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authorized or unauthorized access to information.
Threats in this group can be |
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divided into: |
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- External, including cyber criminals,
hackers, internet scams, unprincipled partners,
and criminal structures.
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- Internal, including actions of company staff
and users of home PCs. Actions taken by this
group could be deliberate or accidental.
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The technological factor. This threat group
is connected with technical problems - |
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equipment used becoming obsolete and poor-quality
software and hardware for |
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processing information. This all leads to
equipment failure and often to data loss. |
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The natural-disaster factor. This threat
group includes any number of events |
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brought on by nature and other events independent
of human activity. |
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