1. Day 1 Quiz Study Slides

2.  Cyber Security is the body of technologies,
processes, and practices designed to
protect networks, computers, programs,
and data from attack, damage, or
unauthorized access

3.  National Cyber Security Awareness campaign
(stop.think.connect)
 Stop
• Before using the internet consider the risks and learn to
spot potential problems
 Think
• Take a moment to be certain the path ahead is clear.
Consider how your actions online could impact your safety,
or your family’s
 Connect
• Enjoy the Internet with greater confidence, knowing you’ve
taken the right steps to safeguard yourself and your
computer.

4.  Anybody can be a threat to TVA’s
computer security. Typically, these threats
lie in three categories:
 Cyber Terrorism
 Hacktivism
 Scam Artists

5.  Cyber Terrorism: The use of internet based
attacks in terrorist activities
 Recent news of Chinese Terrorists
suspected of hacking US government and
business facilities

6.  Hacktivism: The use of computers and computer
networks to promote political ends, chiefly free
speech, human rights, and information ethics.
 Anonymous
• Freedom fighters of the internet (digital robin
hood)
• Known for hacking many government websites
• Janurary 25, 2013 Anonymous hacked the
United States Commision website

7.  Scam Artists can be anyone from a loosely
organized group to one of your fellow
employees.
 Scams typically intend to steal valuable
information related to identification such as:
social security numbers, credit card numbers,
and passwords.

8.  So why does TVA need to be worried?
 TVA controls many valuable resources and
the power to the majority of the Tennessee
Valley. Reasons to target TVA include:
• Making a political statement
• Terrorist attacks on nuclear facilities
• Steal employee information