Information Security and Cybersecurity
Information is crucial for every person, business, and nation. Cybersecurity-related problems are significantly impacted by information management systems. Since money can be stolen, information can be corrupted, or data can be concealed because of a system weakness, cyber security has been a source of worry in the modern world. The study of flaws that foretell potential is central to the idea of a protection system. Two cyber security problems that have been used over the years are discussed in the paper. In particular, the paper contrasts and compares the two key concepts of cyber security, namely payoffs and paradigm. They are protection system that poses a potential vulnerability for the system based on the analysis carried out and the explanations given concerning the concepts used.
Successful Hacking in Commercial Institutions
Despite the employed protection systems, successful hacking takes place in the commercial institutions as the cyber security tools are used, and the potential planning methods are employed. The concepts of payoffs as well as protection paradigms serve the purpose of enhancing the practices of protecting systems and demonstrating how security is applicable in the real world scenarios while predicting new vulnerabilities. In order to focus on the risk mitigation, the concepts of payoffs and protection paradigms in cybersecurity have been used to give an insight how functionality and protection systems are separable. In the application of code lifting, there are systems of protection that may not be defected since they are merely sidestepped. The attacks may take place in a plan of two phases. The first one is the separation of the needed parts of the asset that computes from the protection to enable a person to utilize the version which is less protected. The second item entails attacking the less protected version (Sharma, 2015).
Payoffs vs. Protection
To start with, any computing device or system is only complete if it entails the functionality part that gives an asset value which is, therefore, the payoff and the measures that the owner has for the usage of the system i.e. the protection system/protection paradigm (Singh & Kaur, 2013). The payoff feature of computing is always available to all the authorized users. While the protection system has several users, the system has attributes of ensuring trustworthiness when operating the process (Sharma, 2015). In order to ensure that the performance meets the ascertainment of the potential threats in terms of their classes and applies the desired protection defenses, appropriate product for security can be used. In some cases, attacker can try accessing the payload through the removal or alteration of the protection scheme which is made easier after "bolting on" and having the protection as well as its operation independent of the payload logic. The differences between payoffs and protection lie in the mode of operation. For the protection paradigm, the system is designed to ensure security which is easily traced on the existing software package and can be easily used for the functionality of the system used. The figure below shows the depiction of the payload verses the protection paradigm.
Table 1. Protective Put
Source: (Singh & Kaur, 2013).
The Price and Maintenance Costs
The payoffs on the other hand are centered on ensuring that the system guarantees effectiveness in operation and also ease of usage which can be attributed to a case scenario such as an attachment that separates the payload from the form the protection code then places it into a protection shell. Copying the functionality of payload to a binary file with executable element and critical data from a set of extensibility can create independent development for the system (Singh & Kaur, 2013).
On the contrary, comprehensive cyber security strategy can be addressed from the acquisition and maintenance of the system. Both the systems; pay offs and the protection require high initial cost to acquire the process. The payoffs require initial capital, all the necessary technical devices, and the software. Personnel to install the system will also be needed and account for cost in terms of labour paid. The price incurred in protection can be high depending on the size of the organization and amount of systems that need to be protected. In the current market, the cost of antiviruses and the other protection systems that are not viable to intruders is expensive. Cost is also increased in terms of the number of employees needed to install the system and activate it (Sharma, 2015).
As a result, the price growth will cover and ensure the rightful use of the systems and ability to handle potential threats and vulnerabilities that are not presented within the performance scope of the system. The difference in cost of payoffs and in protection varies in maintenance (Sharma, 2015). The maintenance cost for the protection is minimal since few adjustments need to be done to fit within the requirements of the system user, however, the maintenance cost in the payoff is high since their needs to be a continuous routine check for the system. Breakdowns are common and therefore repairs and replacements lead to an increase in the cost. Depending on the technology used the obsolescence of the systems changes and there is also a need for upgradability, frequently.
Post-Security Testing and Conclusion
Another comparison of the above-mentioned issues can be based on testing. The post security testing for the payoffs scheme merely needs to ensure that the systems functionality is not damaged. The protection mechanism on the other hand needs to do a severe integration through the system which may be difficult. The scheme needs to provide the difference between the desired performance and the attributive protection logic i.e., the programs should provide an insight to the security product signature and should also be able to facilitate for latter attest by exploiting the possible intruder methods. However, the approach is technical compared to that used by the payloads.
To conclude, the cyber security approach and strategy for ensuring that information is managed properly lies in many concepts, however, the payoffs and protection paradigm concept is vital in information management. The payoffs in cybersecurity ensure that information functions properly according to the user's needs while the protection operates the payload logic to ascertain that consumer is free of potential attackers' losses. Both the cyber security concepts are practical in terms of time and budget the constraints may be present but can be adjusted to fit into the system's operation.
References
Sharma, D. C. (2015). The outsourcer: The story of India's IT revolution. New York: Routledge.
Singh, H., & Kaur, K. (2013). Designing, engineering, and analyzing reliable and efficient software. New York: Routledge.
