Cybersecurity risks

In this lesson

1. 0:00 Cyber security risks and PESTEL analysis
2. 0:34 Political and economic cyber threats
3. 1:27 Social, technological and legal factors
4. 3:02 Internal versus external security threats
5. 3:57 Network vulnerabilities and remote access risks
6. 5:01 Third-party failures and natural disasters
7. 6:05 Malware types: definitions and examples
8. 8:10 Bots and distributed denial of service attacks
9. 9:29 Perimeter defences and network segmentation
10. 10:50 Software updates and gatekeeping controls

About this lesson

(like aggrieved employees or unauthorised USB use) and external ones. The video covers specific exposures created by remote access, always-on systems, and third-party dependencies, then explains the main types of malware you need to know: viruses, worms, Trojans, and botnets. Finally, you'll see practical defences in action: firewalls, network segmentation, regular updates, and gatekeeping controls that organisations use to protect their systems. Understanding cybersecurity risks is essential for papers like E1 (Managing Finance in a Digital World) and SBL (Strategic Business Leader), where you're expected to evaluate how technology threats affect business strategy and operations. This lesson gives you the language and logic to spot cyber exposures in case studies and explain them clearly in your answers. You'll be able to apply PESTEL thinking to any organisation's IT environment and recommend proportionate controls—a skill that examiners reward because it shows you understand risk in context, not just in theory.

Duration: 12m