One weekend, six problems
A rack in the comms room is overloaded and falls. It hurts a worker, breaks the switches and leaks the staff list. The news hears. The regulator asks questions. The company loses money.
That is six kinds of harm from one accident. You will learn to name each one.
Key words
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Impact | The harm that a threat or a weak point does. |
| Threat | Anything that could cause harm. |
| Vulnerability | A weak point that an attacker or an accident can use. |
| Personal data | Information about a living person who can be identified. |
| UK GDPR | The UK law that sets the rules for using personal data. |
| Downtime | The time a system is not working. |
| Health and safety | Rules that protect people from injury at work. |
| Identity theft | Using another person's details to pretend to be them. |
| Reputation | What other people think of your business. |
| Fine | Money a person or company must pay as a punishment. |
| Prosecution | Being taken to court for breaking the law. |
| Network | Computers and devices joined together so they can share data. |
The cells students fill in are left blank in this preview.
By the end of this lesson
Note
I can name six types of impact and match a threat to the impacts it could cause.
Starter: what you already know
Have a go
Starter: what you already know
3 questionsYour answers are marked here and are not kept. A college account keeps every student’s marks.
Cycle 1: the six types
Danger to life. Breaking health and safety rules, so that somebody is injured or dies.
Privacy. A breach of data, such as business secrets leaking, or identity theft.
Property and resources. Damage to buildings, equipment and systems.
The other three types
Economic. Money lost, such as sales during downtime or the cost of repair.
Reputation. Damage to the brand. Customers lose trust and the business is worth less.
Legal. Fines or prosecution for breaking the law, such as the UK GDPR or health and safety law.
Six types, with server room examples
| Impact | What it means | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Danger to life | Injury or death | A blocked fire exit in the server room |
| Privacy | Personal or secret data gets out | A stolen laptop with staff records |
| Property and resources | Damage to equipment | Water ruins the switches |
| Economic | Money lost | A day of orders lost in downtime |
| Reputation | Trust lost | Customers read about the breach |
| Legal | Fines or prosecution | A fine for losing customer data |
The cells students fill in are left blank in this preview.
Check: which impact?
Have a go
Check: which impact?
4 questionsYour answers are marked here and are not kept. A college account keeps every student’s marks.