EXIN Information Security Essentials case studies
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EXIN Information Security Essentials (often shortened to EXIN ISE) is an entry-level certification for people who need a working grasp of information security rather than a specialist engineering depth. Typical candidates are new IT staff, helpdesk and operations personnel, project members, HR and facilities staff, and managers who handle information day to day and must understand why controls exist. The EXIN Information Security Essentials case studies are 5 cases and about 3,673 words.
1Misdirected Pricing File and a Stale Exchange Rate
Northwind Components is a 180-person manufacturer that quotes machined parts to industrial customers. On a Tuesday, a sales analyst emails a file named Q3-price-list-final.xlsx to what she believes is a customer's procurement address; the domain is one character off and the mailbox belongs to a competitor's reseller.
727 words, about 4 min2Ransomware at a 38-Person Bookkeeping Firm
Halcyon Bookkeeping is a 38-person firm that keeps the ledgers and payroll for about 600 small businesses. A partner opens an invoice attachment that appears to come from a long-standing client; three days later, files on the shared drive are renamed with an unfamiliar extension.
720 words, about 4 min3Freelancer Access at a Design Agency
Loomis Creative is a 120-person design agency; about 40% of the people working in any month are freelancers on three- to six-month contracts. Client files arrive in a shared mailbox, studio@loomiscreative, whose password is known to the ten studio staff and was pasted into a team chat last month.
742 words, about 4 min4The Basement Server Room Under a Bathroom
Rivermark is a six-GP medical practice with 12,000 patient records. Its server and network cabinet sit in a converted basement storeroom directly below a staff bathroom.
733 words, about 4 min5Peak-Season Ransomware and an Untested Continuity Plan
Bluefin Outfitters sells outdoor clothing online, with €18 million in annual revenue and more than half of it in November and December. Its business continuity plan, written three years ago by an employee who has since left, states a recovery time objective of four hours for the order platform and an RPO of 15 minutes.
751 words, about 4 min