U.S. Bank of Cyber

The technical report looked at past cyber attacks on the United States financial industry for analysis on attack patterns by individuals, groups, and nation states to determine if the industry really is under attack. An analysis explored attack origination from individuals, groups, and/or nation states as well as type of attacks and any patterns seen. After gathering attacks and creation of a timeline, a taxonomy of attacks is then created from the analysis of attack data. A Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats (S.W.O.T.) analysis is then applied to the case study Heartland Payment Systems.