Cyber Essentials - A guide to the Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications

CHAPTER 2: TYPES OF ATTACK

The controls set out in the Cyber Essentials requirements document⁵ will provide security to organisations of all sizes but have been chosen because they are relatively easy to implement for smaller organisations, and they protect against a wide variety of common cyber threats. But what are the attacks that your organisation faces?

The image of the hacker in popular media is usually of a lone individual in a basement, tapping away at a keyboard, trying to break into a specific computer system. This is no longer how most hackers work. Hacking is a business and cyber criminals are interested in getting efficient returns. A targeted attack methodology is not often efficient, which is lucky because it is difficult to keep ...