Transformation of Cybersecurity Posture in IT Telecommunication: A Case Study of a Telecom Operator

Ahmed Mohamed; Dilshad Sarwar; Amin Hosseinian Far

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68534-8_28

Transformation of Cybersecurity Posture in IT Telecommunication: A Case Study of a Telecom Operator

Ahmed Mohamed, Dilshad Sarwar, Amin Hosseinian Far

Hertfordshire Business School

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Abstract

Organisations are facing sophisticated and advanced persistent threats (APT) that are targeting sensitive information assets. Any form of cyber-presence can be typically attacked by adversaries, and the motives of such attacks are context dependent. Besides, users and organisations are prone to software vulnerabilities, misconfigura-tions, outdated systems and several other systemic deficiencies which can be leveraged to compromise enterprise assets and gain an initial foothold within an organisation network. The aim of the pa-per is to develop a flexible and generally comprehensive organisa-tional strategy to defend against the massive increase in cyberat-tacks, in order to protect the strategic business objectives of an or-ganisation and keep an alignment between business objectives and security. Moreover, this paper reflects on the work undertaken by multiple teams within the chosen case study organisation to enhance the cybersecurity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cybersecurity, Privacy and Freedom Protection in the Connected World
Editors	Hamid Jahankhani, Arshad Jamal, Shaun Lawson
Publisher	Springer Nature Link
Pages	441-457
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-68533-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68534-8_28
Publication status	Published - 21 May 2021

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Transformation of Cybersecurity Posture in IT Telecommunication: A Case Study of a Telecom Operator. / Mohamed, Ahmed; Sarwar, Dilshad; Hosseinian Far, Amin.
Cybersecurity, Privacy and Freedom Protection in the Connected World. ed. / Hamid Jahankhani; Arshad Jamal; Shaun Lawson. Springer Nature Link, 2021. p. 441-457.

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