Capella University Data Confidentiality & Achieving Optimum Security Research Paper

Write 1500 words.

You will research a recent threat (discovered within the last 12 months) to the security of an e-commerce operation. You will define and describe the threat including its discovery, history, impact on e-commerce operations, technical features, and risk.

Required Elements

• Cover page
• Table of contents
• Presentation of the threat including how the threat was identified, the technical features that characterize the threat, how it works, vulnerabilities it exploits, and so forth
• Diagram depicting the mechanism of attack and exploitation
• Potential or actual consequences including damage to hardware, software, data, personnel, financial losses, and so forth: You should identify the nature of the security compromise (i.e., data confidentiality, integrity, availability).