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Hackers launch cyberattacks that affect several parts of the nation's financial infrastructure over the course of several weeks. Specifically, sensitive credit card processing facilities are hacked and numbers are released to the Internet, causing 120 million cards to be cancelled; automated teller machines (ATMs) fail nearly simultaneously across the nation; major companies report payroll checks are not being received by workers; and several large pension and mutual fund companies have computer malfunctions so severe that they are unable to operate for more than a week. Identify the countermeasures that need to be implemented to prevent these cyberattacks from occurring in the future.

Start a discussion thread and discuss what type(s) of countermeasures need to be implemented to prevent the cyberattack described above from occurring in the future. Be specific in recommending countermeasures for this scenario.

Requirements:

You must also use a scholarly source

Please make sure,

250 Words, API Format, No Plagiarism, You must also use a scholarly source.

As a reminder, you must list every reference that you used to build your response then cite every reference within every sentence that you used it with a properly APA formatted citation (ABC, 2019). Citation is author last name and year.