Study the scenario and complete the question(s) that follow: Characteristics of Information You are the newly appointed Information Security Manager of XYZ Bank in South Africa and you receive a memo from the company’s Chief Information Officer (CIO): “In response to data compromise that has been affecting lot of organisations in South Africa, we must keep our company from such attacks in order to increase the level of trust from our stakeholders.” Source: Adeliyi, T. (2020)

Question 4

4.1 At the board meeting, the CIO asked how we use information security systems to secure our data. Identify and explain five critical characteristics of information. 

4.2 A threat is an entity (people, programs, etc.) that poses a potential risk to or loss of an asset. Identify ten categories of threats with examples that could affect XYZ Bank. 

4.3 When organisational management determines that risks from information security threats are creating a competitive disadvantage, they empower the information technology and information security communities of interest to control the risks. Briefly explain five risk control strategies. 

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