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Research Wiki Entry 1
Please select from one of the topics listed below to complete your research wiki:
• Social Engineering
• Phishing attacks
• Cloud Cybersecurity Threats
• Shadow IT
• Rogue Administrator
• Cryptojacking • Ransomware
• IOT device attacks
• OT System Attacks (power factories, mining operations, SCADA)
• Cyberwarfare escalation (major attack or disruption from foreign governments with the intent of creating major disruptions, massive economic impact, and potential loss of life)
• Blockchain hacks • Fileless attack (in-memory)
Assignment
Each student will create a new wiki entry for a peer-reviewed research paper that should provide a summary or substantive commentary on the proposed topic.
Wiki Entry 1
This first entry should contain the following three paragraphs:
1. Current landscape of cybersecurity and cyber-attacks in the world today
2. Provide an overview of your approved topic (what is it, how does this attack or danger work, why is this a major problem for an organization (i.e. One of the biggest challenges facing cybersecurity today is (insert your topic)
3. Why is this still a threat in society today (why have organizations failed to address this properly, do not discuss the fix here, just discuss why this issue has lingered so long and still a problem today)
• Each paragraph should have a minimum of 4 sentences and you must use a minimum of six peer-reviewed references total (maximum two from textbooks) • APA formatting is required and written at a scholarly level
Grading
Each wiki entry will be worth 100 points