A Risk Assessment of Piql Services by FFI

Security mechanisms

As the piqlFilms are not damaged during the incident, the data, though stolen, is not lost in the sense that it is altered. The integrity of the piqlFilms remains intact.

Integrity

The availability of the piqlFilms is compromised, as the information stored on them is no longer accessible to the data owner.

Availability

Most importantly for the data owner, the confidentiality of the information stored on the PiqlFilms was irrevocably compromised, as another actor who absolutely should not have had access to its contents did gain access. The loss of confidentiality comes at a cost to a great many people whose identities are now at the risk of being misused.

Confidentiality

Immunity (against attacks on the above mentioned)

The Piql Preservation Services is not immune to attacks on availability and confidentiality.

Recommendations

It is difficult to give a general recommendation which can be applied to all situations involving theft during transportation. There is the general need to assess ones surroundings and implement the security strategy accordingly. In the scenario here, the transportation takes place in an area where there is a lot of gang activity. Here, it would perhaps be prudent to raise the level of security. Another more general recommendation can be changing the routes of the transportation from day to day so as to take away the assailants ability to plan precisely where to stage the attack.

Recommended protective measures

References

[84] Security Incorporated Corp. (n.d.), Armored Transport Service

Relevant literature

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