Benefits of Using Cyber-attack Simulator Systems
There is evidence that demonstrates that using simulations is far much better than the education that is provided by real-world experiences. Simulations have been used in numerous industries to teach and test people, and their usage in cybersecurity could be beneficial. Simulating a cyber-attack is easier than having to test the attack in the real world. Having a simulation of the potential cyber-attacks, one can easily test the system to establish how effective the security strategies implemented are and if there are any vulnerabilities in the system. Also, attacking your own system in order to test it for vulnerabilities is foolish and might result in prison time as has been the case for some individuals. Therefore, the easiest and safe way for testing the system is by using a simulation. Simulation allows for the demonstration of what might happen if an organization does not take cybersecurity seriously (Kuhl, Kistner, Costantini, & Sudit, 2007). By using simulation, one can be able to simulate an attack on the organization's systems to the top management and this would demonstrate to them how ineffective the security systems used within the organization are. Attacking the systems in a simulation and not telling the top management that it is a simulation would ensure that they would experience the defects of not having proper cybersecurity in place. This way the IT department can get the buy-in and support from the top management in regards to cybersecurity. The third benefit is that there is ease of scalability when using a simulator system. This means that the person running the simulator can expand and contract the resource pool in order to accommodate heavier or lighter loads as per user requirements without having to incur huge costs. Since this would be a simulation, it is easier to incorporate events that had not been earlier foreseen into the simulation as it is running and it would not have any adverse effects. This would also allow for the testing of the system as the simulation is going on and new inputs can be provided.
Greater Insight on The Potential of Cyber-attacks
The public sector has greater insight on the potential of cyber-attacks. This is based on the fact that the public sector has been pushing for the implementation of various security measures by the public sector especially the military. The private...
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