Final paper

Advanced Persistent Threat Impacts

Suresh Sevarthi

Lam Than

Wilmington University

3/21/2017

1.Define what an Advanced Persistent Threat(APT) is.

Advanced - far on or ahead in development or progress

Persistent - continuing firmly in course of action despite difficulty or opposition

Threat - a thing likely to cause damage or danger.

• It is a computer hacking processes

• Done by humans

• For business or political motives

Now let us put all the above meanings and the process together.

APT is a continuous computer hacking processes despite difficulty or opposition, done by humans for business or political motives which is ahead in development and progress to cause damage or danger.

2.How might an APT be used in a Cyber War to inflict damage on Industrial Control Systems?

Background

Industrial Control Systems - Control systems used in industrial production

Cyber War - The use of computer technology to disrupt the activities of communication systems

APT can be started with a simple USB stick getting inserted into a machine which is connected to LAN of the systems which is targeted to damage. With continuous hacking, can get into the control systems and get the control over them to destroy.

3.Provide an example of an APT being used to cause damage to an Industrial Control System

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