Week 7: When your defences fail

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CORY DOCTOROW

Over the past few weeks, we've looked at the threats to your digital information and the technologies available to protect it. Now you know how cryptography can help you keep your secrets and how to protect your network from an attack. But what if you are attacked? This week, we're going to look at what can go wrong when an attack on the security of your information is successful. Using case studies, we'll look at individuals and organisations that have been hit and see what impact it had on them.

This will help you learn to recognise the signs of an attack, arm you with the information on how to recover from a security breach, and how to stop it happening again. Just as importantly, we'll be looking at backing up your data, and the pros and cons of various approaches. 'Til next week.

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Over the past few weeks, you’ve learned about technologies that can help improve the security of your digital information. You now have an understanding of how cryptography helps keep information private and prevents information from being modified and how to protect networks from attack.

But, as Cory explains, information cannot be protected by technology alone and it is important to have a good awareness of what kind of things can go wrong when an attack on your information has been successful.

This week will help you to recognise the signs of an attack, to know how and where to report the problem, and to consider what you can do to recover from the security breach and stop it happening again.