...A security risk management approach for e-commerce M. Warren School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia W. Hutchinson School of Computer and Information Science, Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley, Australia Keywords Electronic commerce, Risk analysis, Information systems Introduction Information systems are now heavily utilized by all organizations and relied upon to the extent that it would be impossible to manage without them. This has been encapsulated by the recent development of e-commerce in a consumer and business environment. The situation now arises that information systems are at threat from a number of security risks and what is needed is a security method to allow for these risks to be evaluated and ensure that appropriate security countermeasures are applied. Abstract E-commerce security is a complex issue; it is concerned with a number of security risks that can appear at either a technical level or organisational level. This paper uses a systemic framework, the viable system model (VSM) to determine the high level security risks and then uses baseline security methods to determine the lower level security risks. Security methods The aim of the research was too combine a information systems modeling method with a baseline security method to form a hybrid security method. This method could be used to evaluate high and low level security risks associated with e-commerce. The methods used in this model are the viable...
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...The Geneva initiative is one of the significant documents in the Arab/Israeli peace process since it was a document based on the framework of various peace initiatives between the Arabs/Israelis throughout the century to permanently establish the status of Israel and Palestine. The Geneva Initiative was also a significant document in that it was to a final proposal to reconcile the various conflicts that prevented Israel and Palestine from finalizing their peace talks. The Initiative focused on various issues that have risen past and present such as the relations between parties, implantation and verification group, the ever conflicting issue of territory, security in both Israel and Palestine, the interest of Jerusalem, the situation...
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...forming the UN, their goal was to fix those problems. The first solution to fixing the problem was to encourage more nations to join the UN. Since the US was involved in the discussion of creating the UN, they decided to become a part of it. This strengthened the UN as a whole because the US is a powerful country. The other main flaw in the League of Nations that the UN founders wanted to fix was the set-up. The League of Nations was generally very disorganized which prevented it from taking action when necessary. The UN founders solved this issue by breaking the UN up into two branches, the Security Council and the General Assembly. The Security Council was the side of the UN that had the power to take action if necessary (International Peace and Security). The General Assembly had the role of helping the Security Council plan for any peacekeeping missions (International Peace and Security). This method of organization was more effective for the UN since it allowed for members to sort out disputes in a more easy and efficient...
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...The United States and Israel Many people think that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict dates back to several centuries ago, but in truth, the conflict began with the creation of Israel in 1948. Tensions first arose between Jewish people and Palestinians after World War II, after many Jewish people immigrated to Palestine. The Palestinian people consisted of more than one faith, including a majority of Muslims and some Christians as well. Palestinians wanted the Jews to live in Palestine as a minority, however Zionist organizations wanted at least a partition to be approved by the U.N. General Assembly. The idea of a Jewish state became relevant to the United States in the 1940s, specifically when President Truman was preparing for re-elections. The United States has taken several different stances on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict dating back to the early 1900s – during the Zionist movement and preparation of creating a Jewish state - until today, and its stance has always been changing and inconsistent throughout history. Some U.S. Presidents have supported Israel from its creation while some have opposed Israeli settlements and put effort into achieving peace and giving Palestinians back their rights. The Zionist movement in the United States was pushing to create a Jewish state in Palestine around 1916. President Woodrow Wilson, a Presbyterian Christian, was inclined to the idea of a Jewish state, but his meetings with Zionist leaders were never documented by the State...
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...The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been one of the most important issues that the United Nations has focused on since its founding in 1945. It has been the central topic for many resolutions, special committees, and peacekeeping efforts over the last sixty years. The United Nations has served as a platform for discussion about this conflict and has been used as a mediator between the opposing groups as a peaceful resolution to the issues is sought. Its main interest is in creating a peaceful end to this conflict and ensuring that both sides are just in their actions. At the time that the United Nations was founded, Great Britain administered the area of Palestine as a result of a mandate that had been assigned to them by the League of Nations. The British supported the establishment of a Jewish state in the area and Jewish immigration was greatly increasing especially following the Holocaust during World War II. This was met by opposition from the Arab population in Palestine and, as violence between the groups increased, the British were forced to turn the region over to the United Nations. On 28 April 1947 a special session of the UN General Assembly established the Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP), which had the task of investigating all of the questions surrounding the problems in Palestine and to recommend solutions to be considered by the General Assembly later that year. UNSCOP recommended two solutions. The first was that the area be divided...
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...NAME: SHEILA PETIT-PHAR SUBJECT: BUS 288 FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS PLANNING. DATE: NOVEMBER 14TH 2013 TOPIC: STRATEGIC PLANNING TEACHER: MRS. SAMANTHA V. EVANS Overview History This statement provides a common understanding of history of “La France Boutique” where its governing board rotates trustees on and off board every France Osias started “La France Boutique” in 1980 as a clothing retailer in Sand Bank, Treasure Cay, Abaco, Bahamas. “La France Boutique” has since grown and has started retailing clothing, cosmetics, cooking items, shoes and perfumes. La France Boutique was the final destination for purchasing any item. In the year 2011 during the down falls of the recession “La France boutique” a decrease in client. Introduction In the year 2011 during the down falls of the recession “La France boutique” a decrease in client. And survey said that customer service and technology Is the problem. What curses this problem I believe it is the lack of training of employee and also not updating our technology and keeping up with the latest trends in the industry. Planning to plan Members of Strategic Plan Sheila Petit-Phar Claudette Kelly France Osias Mark James Joe Peterson Jessica Davis Katie Nolan Why they are choose those persons France Osias………….Owner/CEO Joe Peterson …………...
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...Name: Peter Michelsen____________________________ CSI 242 01 Chapter 3 Homework 1. What is a type of law that represents all of the laws that apply to a citizen (or subject) of a jurisdiction? Civil Law 2. What is a type of law that addresses violations harmful to society and that is enforced by prosecution by the state? Criminal Law 3. Private Law is a type of law that regulates the relationship between an individual and an organization. 4. Public Law is a type of law that regulates the structure and administration of government agencies. 5. Ethics define socially acceptable behaviors. 6. Laws define rules that mandate or prohibit certain behavior. 7. True or False: ___True_____ The cornerstone of many current federal computer-related criminal laws is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. 8. __B___ is created by combining pieces of nonprivate data—often collected during software updates, and via cookies—that when combined may violate privacy. a. Contextual information b. Aggregate information c. Profile data d. Privacy data 9. The law that regulates the overall role of the government in protecting the privacy of individuals is the Federal Privacy Act of 1974. 10. The law that regulates the role of the health-care industry in protecting the privacy of individuals is the __C___. e. GLB f. FOIA g. HIPAA h. CFAA 11. True or False: __False_____ The law...
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...The Elijah Heart Center (EHC) is facing financial challenges that are very common in the health care industry. Despite the fact that patient volumes and revenues are growing at a fast rate, the profitability is dropping and the EHC is experiencing a shortfall. In order make well thought out financial decisions that will improve the EHC financial situation, a consultant has been brought in to evaluate and identify the best alternatives by using simulation scenarios. In this example, I will be the consultant and use the simulation address three challenges, a capital shortage, the acquisition of medical equipment, and a capital expansion. The capital shortage is $900,000.00 and the goal is the find cut cost without significantly impacting staff and the quality of service that EHC provides to its patients to remedy it within one year. The cost cutting choices presented were: Reducing employee benefits, downsizing staff, cutting down on agency staff, changing the skill mix, or reducing length of stay. I chose to reduce the agency staff and change the skill mix. Both choices slightly impact quality of patient care and staff morale while reducing cost. Reducing employee benefits and downsizing staff would have saved more money, but it would have impacted the patients due to the reduction in personnel and negatively impacted staff morale. Reducing the length of stay would not have helped much since most of the costs are incurred during the first days, not the last ones. There were...
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...Essentials of MIS, 10e (Laudon/Laudon) Chapter 7 Securing Information Systems 1) Smartphones have the same security flaws as other Internet-connected devices. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 224 AACSB: Use of IT CASE: Comprehension 2) Computers using cable modems to connect to the Internet are more open to penetration than those connecting via dial-up. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 224 AACSB: Use of IT CASE: Comprehension 3) Viruses can be spread through e-mail. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 224 AACSB: Reflective Thinking CASE: Comprehension 4) The term cracker is used to identify a hacker whose specialty is breaking open security systems. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 228 AACSB: Use of IT CASE: Comprehension 5) To secure mobile devices, a company will need to implement special mobile device management software. Answer: TRUE Diff: 3 Page Ref: 248 AACSB: Use of IT CASE: Comprehension 6) Wireless networks are vulnerable to penetration because radio frequency bands are easy to scan. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 225 AACSB: Use of IT CASE: Comprehension 7) Computer worms spread much more rapidly than computer viruses. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page Ref: 226 AACSB: Reflective Thinking CASE: Comprehension 8) One form of spoofing involves forging the return address on an e-mail so that the e-mail message appears to come from someone other than the sender. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Page...
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...* * * * * * * Term Project * Global Business Analysis Report of the Dominican Republic * Janay Johnson * Monroe College * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Dominican Republic is a beautiful tourist spot with tropical maritime and little seasonal temperature variation. It is hot with tropical temperatures all year round, with coastal areas being warmer than central regions. There are two rainy seasons: May to August (the heaviest) and the other is from November to December. Hurricanes may sometimes occur during these periods. * As of 2015, the Dominican Republic has an estimated population of 10.6 million, which ranks 65th in the world. Santo Domingo is it's largest city and has a population of 970,000, with a metropolitan population of almost three million. "Other major cities include Santiago de los Caballeros (750,000), La Romana (215,000) and San Pedro de Macoris (190,0000)." In the next two decades the population of the Dominican Republic is expected to increase largely. In 15 years the population will reach 12.1 million, with Santo Domingo alone reaching 4 million. * The country has a racially mixed population: 16% white, 11% black and 73% mixed. "The most common ethnic immigrant groups are West Indians. Many immigrants have moved to the Dominican Republic in search of better opportunities. There are tens of thousands of Jamaicans in the country and more than...
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...VLAN Student Name IT 242 January 30, 2011 VLAN Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is one of the latest network technologies that has been created in the past several years. The technology for VLAN is growing rapidly as well as the costs of the equipment used to implement the secure network that is often considered expensive. Virtual Local Area Networks were born out of the need for a cost effective network that did not compromise the need for high security and performance so the VLAN met all the requirements for the special network (Regan, 2004). The VLAN offers a great deal of functionality for any network as it was created to separated the network into separate broadcast while still allowing each network to still function in the different locations. An example of this process is if a business has different departments such as Operations, Sales, and Human Resources. The VLANs are implements specifically for each department making it an individual network within the business. When implementing a VLAN, it is important to know that to create the VLAN there is a need for layer 2 switch. One common misconception regarding VLANs is that there is a need to install separate software in order to implement the VLAN within the network. The fact is VLANs need special hardware that is built into the switch, which implements a separate network of the main network. Depending on what the network’s security policies and infrastructure, VLANs assignment can be implemented using one...
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...Week 2 Checkpoint Alonzo Burger IT/242 Adam Moneypenny 4/4/2014 Week 2 Checkpoint The business world is constantly evolving and part of that evolution is the way it uses wide area networks. Business’s often employ several different types of data in order to stay current but also to maximize their profits. On a typical wide area network, three types of medium that often are used are voice, traditional data, and video. Because of the reliance on telephone calls, businesses have many options. A private branch exchange is used by many larger businesses that need more than one employee to have access to a phone call. This is simply a phone switch that is either bought or leased in which a company can control. This gives their employees an easy way to access a certain call from many levels of a facility, but also gives them the option of calling within the network. Voice over internet protocol is using the internet to send telephone calls. A traditional private branch exchange makes use of existing telephone systems while voice over internet protocol instead relies on internet service provider’s network. A private branch exchange can also have voice over internet protocol functionality. Traditional data and video are also things a company may need to use in order to conduct business. Video data is as it implies data that gets processed in the form of a video. Video files can be traditional data files for sending, but streaming services can also be used. A video stream is...
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...Checkpoint: Firewalls IT/242 Your Name A firewall is one of the main software features that are in a computer system or a network. The job of a firewall is to prevent unauthorized access from the outside while authorizing access that is permitted. Firewalls are mainly used to keep outside intruders from accessing the private networks. There are several types of firewalls that are available for security. Firewall can be used for a home network, work network, and large business networks. The first level for a firewall is the packet filters. The packet filters can offer access and refuse access to any machines that are located within the network system and outside the network. It is also able to manage the direction of access the machine has. A firewall can control and allow incoming traffic as well as outgoing traffic. The second level is the application level gateway. The application level gateways are kept between the user that is on the Internet network and the service on the Internet. The next level of firewall is the circuit level gateway. The circuit level gateway functions on the transport level of the OSI model. The UDP and TCP are checked by the Circuit level gateways before attempting to make the connection. A proxy server is the last level of a firewall. This is used to intercept all of the messages that enter and leave the network system. The proxy server is able to conceal the true network addresses. When it comes down to choosing which firewall will best serve...
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...The Boeing Company Brennan Stevenson Dr. Bernard Bugg ACC 242 Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. Boeing is a top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in more than 90 countries. Boeing products and services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training. Boeing was founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing entered the age of the jet transport on July 15, 1954, when the company announced the 707 prototype. The Boeing 707 eventually made its maiden flight from Renton Field, south of Seattle. Productions go ahead for the 707 was announced by Boeing on Aug. 30, 1952, as a company financed a $16 million investment. The airplane rolled from the factory less than two years later, on May 14, 1954. Its first flight that July marked the 38th anniversary of The Boeing Company. The Boeing 707 quickly changed the face of airline travel making it now possible for trans-Atlantic flights, with Pan American Airlines being the first airlines to inaugurate the new plane with a flight from New York to Paris on October 26, 1958. Following the success of the 707, Boeing has developed...
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...Operating System Security Flaws Donique Tulloch POS/355 Introduction to Operational Systems - Yevgeniy Tovshteyn Operating System Security Flaws Vulnerable, as defined by the dictionary is being capable of or susceptible to being hurt or wounded by a weapon. In computer science, to be vulnerable means to be open to attack. Vulnerability in a computer’s system is a weakness and this weakness can be preyed on by attackers to take advantage of the system’s private data. In using a system, we are assured that the data we input is stored securely and processed for the intended purpose only. So the susceptibility of the system, the attacker’s access to this flaw and the capability to exploit this flaw compose the elements of computer vulnerability. For this flaw to be exploited, the attacker must have an attack surface, meaning the attacker must have some technique or tool to exploit the system. One classification of a vulnerability is security bug or defect, where a firewall may be out of date or in this case, Windows Defender is significantly out of date leaving the system with a window of vulnerability to attacks. This window would be from when the bug was discovered, access was removed, a fix was available and if or when an attack was disabled. Windows Defender was designed as a free software to defend against unwanted attacks as a combination of Microsoft Security essentials. With proper security patch updating, Windows should have minimal security bug and any other vulnerabilities...
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