Threats to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data

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While threats to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data may originate from many types of attackers, the information security threats from trusted insiders—such as employees, vendors, and contractors—can be particularly insidious because the attackers have legitimate credentials on enterprise systems and networks. Insider threats may be difficult to detect because it can be challenging to differentiate between potentially harmful actions and an employee’s authorized work.

 

Share a relevant story ideally based on your personal or professional experiences about how a security incident originated with an attack vector that was opened, either maliciously or accidentally, by a trusted insider. Focus your discussion on the features that make this particular insider attack unique by describing the salient features of the attack, when and how the breach incident was discovered, the data that was illegally accessed, and the short- and long-term consequences of the attack to the organization.

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Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.


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God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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I recently worked with a bank that had experienced an insider attack in which confidential financial information and customer data was stolen. The attacker was an employee who had been granted access to sensitive information as part of his role at the bank. He used this access to illegally download sensitive account details, including passwords, account numbers, and other information such as customers’ addresses and phone numbers.

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I recently worked with a bank that had experienced an insider attack in which confidential financial information and customer data was stolen. The attacker was an employee who had been granted access to sensitive information as part of his role at the bank. He used this access to illegally download sensitive account details, including passwords, account numbers, and other information such as customers’ addresses and phone numbers.

The breach incident was discovered when the security team detected unusual activity on the employee’s login account. Upon further investigation they found the employee had been accessing more accounts than what is normally allowed under their job description and downloading large amounts of data without authorization. This behavior triggered multiple alerts in their system which helped them identify that something malicious was occurring in real-time and take immediate action before any further damage could be done.

This particular insider attack stands out due to several factors: firstly , it involved a trusted user exploiting privileged access granted by their employer for personal gain . Secondly , it targeted highly sensitive financial data stored within company systems making customers particularly vulnerable if exposed . Finally , it occurred over an extended period before being identified by security personnel . As a result of these factors the long-term consequences of this attack were devastating for the organization; its reputation suffered significantly from negative media coverage along with legal ramifications such as fines or even jail time for those responsible (Kumar & Kaur 2020) . Additionally affected customers lost trust in this banking institution which resulted in decreased revenue through decreased sales/accounts held with them as well significant losses associated with revoking stolen credentials replacing them etc (Minhas 2018 ).

References :
Kumar, A., & Kaur B -2020 – \\\”Insider Threat Detection And Mitigation In Banking Industry\\\” https://wwwijsrnet/archive/v10i2/IJSRRSI03068pdf
Minhas E -2018- \\\”Data Breaches And Insider Threats In Financial Institutions: An Overview Of Risk Management Strategies \\\” https://scholarsminemstedu/cgi/viewcontentcgi?article=5972&context=masters_theses

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