It's clear that government is fighting a constant war
in cyberspace, and it's occasionally losing.
in cyberspace, and it's occasionally losing.
But is that the whole story?
This guide explores 8 of the critical cyberthreats that government agencies are facing everyday. My challenge as a designer was to figure out a way to visually represent each type of attack without resorting to the usual cheesy stock photos of men in hoodies or binary code on a screen.
I decided to create my own photo series that would represent each threat in a simple and easy to understand way. I started with some sketches exploring what those may look like, put in a (very strange) order on amazon, and set up a makeshift studio in one of our office conference rooms for an afternoon. It was a really fun challenge to take these abstract concepts and try to show them in a physical and tactile way.
I kept the rest of the guide black and white with red as a highlight color to portray the danger and seriousness of these threats. In addition to the photo series, each attack is also illustrated by a few recent stats and a step-by-step breakdown of how exactly they happen.
top row: insider threat, phishing, defacement, password attack
bottom row: distributed denial of service, zero-day attack, malware, advanced persistent threat
At GovLoop, our mission is to serve as a knowledge network by connecting government to improve government. By interviewing agency experts and sharing their knowledge in an interesting and easy-to-read way, we can help other government employees effectively recognize and combat cyberthreats. If this protects even one attack from happening, we've done our job.
