Deliberate Act of Info. Extortion / Blackmail

Deliberate Act of Info.

Extortion / Blackmail

                                              

Security researchers warn: “Information security continues to be ignored by top managers, middle managers, and employees alike.

The result of this neglect is that organizational systems are far less secure than they might otherwise be and that security breaches are far more frequent and damaging than is necessary”

In order to strengthen the level of protection of information in the organization, those responsible for that information must begin with an understanding of the threats facing the information, and then must examine the vulnerabilities inherent in the systems that store,

process, and transmit the information possibly subjected to those threats. The first part of this strategy is the identification of the dominant threats facing organizational information security, and the ranking of those threats in order to allow organizations to direct priorities accordingly.

What is a deliberate act?

Deliberately it is an adverb that is used to refer to what is done deliberately. This means that these are actions developed on purpose, with intention. ... The fact that an act is deliberate or not, in short, has to do with the planning and intentionality of the subject.

• hacker or trusted insider steals information and demands compensation for its return

• example:
- theft of data files containing customer credit card information