... System penetrators and ‘crackers’ know that people, and their desire to be helpful, or their ability to emote, are the weakest links in any program designed to protect information systems. Attackers can trick or persuade their way into systems in any number of ways via remote and physical means, and convince users to reveal information of interest that can cause harm to an organization. A typical social engineering attack can be segmented into physical and psychological stages. The physical segment of the social engineering operation could include phone calls, or returned phone calls from employees back to the attacker (an example of reverse social engineering) that volunteer information, ‘dumpster diving’ for company specific information that can be used to simulate a rapport or relationship with the company if questioned by an employee or security, emails with surreptitious links requesting unique information such as PIN’s or user names, or physical proximity and entry by impersonating an authorized person. The psychological stage of a social engineering attack takes place after the physical foot printing of the organization by using the bona fides that were learned while gathering physical intelligence to manufacture relationships with persons or the company, or by asserting false authority by impersonating persons or departments within the company. Employees are lulled into complying because they assume that the person is who they say they are, or represents whom they...
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...Competitors/Substitutes Analyzing Competitive Forces • Threat of intense segment rivalry Currently in the home security industry, there is intense competition for growth in the market, making the threat of intense rivalry high. Market growth for security is rising because of various safety factors and consumers wanting their families and assets protected. By adding an insurance feature to our existing product line, ADT Security & Insurance can significantly lower its threat of segment rivalry because it takes out our direct competition. In order to keep this threat low, we will need to stay proactive in the market with our new extension and continue to increase our customer loyalty and branding, while continuing to create innovative new ideas for enhancing our services and maintaining a high competitive advantage. • Threat of new entrants At the present time, the threat of new entrants into the home security market is high. It has been recently reported that existing companies such as Verizon and Comcast are currently attempting to enter the home security market, offering some of the same products and services as ADT Security, along with competitive price points (www.verticalresearchpartners.com). There are however a few barriers that may slow their attempt. Although these companies are well-established names in the cable/telecom industries, with the current economic standings the way they are, gaining revenue to add, advertise and market...
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...health care providers that conduct certain health care transactions electronically. The Rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of personal health information, and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without patient authorization. The Rule also gives patients rights over their health information, including rights to examine and obtain a copy of their health records, and to request corrections. (HHS, 2003) HIPAA security rule: The HIPAA Security Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ electronic personal health information that is created, received, used, or maintained by a covered entity. The Security Rule requires appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of electronic protected health information. (HHS, 2003) Typically ePHI is stored in: • Computer hard drives • Magnetic tapes, disks, memory cards • Any kind of removable/transportable digital memory media • All transmission media used to exchange information such as the Internet, leased lines, dial-up, intranets, and private networks.(wv.gov, 2012) How the Security Rule Supports the Privacy Rule: According to HIMMS, The HIPAA Security Rule and Privacy Rule should work together. The Privacy Rule defines how the information should be used, providing rules for disclosure and access. The Security Rule defines the safeguards an entity must...
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...History The early days of home automation have emerged in the mid-1980s. It all starts with the miniaturization of electronic and computer systems. Second, the development of electronic components in household products has significantly improved performance, streamlined and reduced the costs of energy consumption equipment. The appearance on the market of communication services such as high-performance digital networks is not foreign to the emergence of innovative systems-oriented communication and exchange in the building and out of it . It is in order to provide more comfort, security and ease of use in building management that automation has had its premises. The observation of various work done since 1985 shows a development of automation in three areas: • The specification of the PLC: the products are diversifying in order to be a strong fit with customer needs; • Interfaces support: a growing effort is provided to make the man / machine interface more efficient and enjoyable; • Communication tools in the home: cable, internet and telephony are factors that are changing every day interactions between people and between them and the machines. There are just over 20 years of SECURISCAN THOMSON was the first home automation system installed in a house. But current technology did not exist and the installation was not a pioneer success. Since then, considerable advances have occurred to help the man in the life of every day. A multitude of products have been created by...
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...Acta mater. 48 (2000) 4709–4714 www.elsevier.com/locate/actamat GADOLINIA-DOPED CERIA AND YTTRIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA INTERFACES: REGARDING THEIR APPLICATION FOR SOFC TECHNOLOGY A. TSOGA1*, A. GUPTA1, A. NAOUMIDIS1 and P. NIKOLOPOULOS2 Institut fur Werkstoffe und Verfahren der Energietechnik (IWV1), Forschungszentrum Julich, D-52425 ¨ ¨ Julich, Germany and 2Chemical Engineering Department, University of Patras, GR 265 00 Patras, Greece ¨ 1 Abstract—For solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) operating at intermediate temperatures the adjacency of the state-of-the-art yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) electrolyte with ceria-based materials to both anodic and cathodic sides is regarded as crucial for the effectiveness of the cell. Solid-state reaction, however, and interdiffusion phenomena between YSZ and ceria-based materials can cause degradation of the electrolyte. When a gadolinia-doped-ceria (GDC) layer is used to protect YSZ against interaction with Co-containing cathodes, an unfavorable solid state reaction at the YSZ–GDC interface can be efficiently suppressed when a thin ( 1 µm thick) interlayer with nominal composition of Ce0.43Zr0.43Gd0.10Y0.04O1.93 is incorporated at the interface. When ceria is to be employed at the electrolyte–anode interface to reduce polarization losses, use of a ceria–40% vol Ni cermet is recommended, since suppression of the reactivity between YSZ and ceria can also be achieved in the presence of Ni. © 2000 Acta Metallurgica Inc. Published by Elsevier...
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...climbing, individual movement techniques, litter relays, buddy carries, water can PT, obstacle and confidence courses, etc. Remember that the aforementioned examples help us manipulate the amount of training effect desired for given training events. These tools allow us to train Soldiers with low risk of injury. It also provides leaders with a broad base of techniques to improve Soldiers’ physical performance. The example below will provide you with an idea of what your schedule should look like. It shows that the unit’s physical training program is aggressive. It has a very strong battle-focus, is challenging, and offers a lot of variety, as each of yours should as well. In the example training schedule, MSE overload occurs in Week 2 during the TOC equipment circuit, sandbag circuit, and weight training session since each event achieves temporary muscle failure (TMF). Following the FITT factors, MSE training occurs three times per week, intensity is at TMF, the type of training varies, and training time is never less than 50 minutes. Again, these are ideally aspects that your physical training schedule should incorporate as well. Notice that during the four-week training period, Ability...
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...Richard Simmons or Slim Fast: Which Method Would You Choose? Dana Butler COM/155 July 21, 2013 Denise Axtell Richard Simmons or Slim Fast: Which Method Would You Choose? Many people may believe that Richard Simmons and Slim Fast are the same type of weight loss method. They do have similarities. They have differences, as well. While some people would say that they did not lose weight using these plans, Richard Simmons and Slim Fast both work well in their own way. These are two very popular weight loss methods. They can be used separately. They can also be used in conjunction with each other. Using either one of these two weight loss methods is a step in the right direction for anyone who needs to lose a large amount of weight. Using one of these weight loss methods will also work well for someone who just needs to lose those last few pounds to fit into that cute little bikini this summer. Both of these weight loss methods have been popular for many years. This would suggest that both methods have been quite successful...
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...CHILD ABUSE First of all, let me introduce the term child abuse to you. All the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment or neglect of children is called child abuse. It can occur in a child's home, schools, community, or anywhere the child interacts with. There are four major categories of child abuse: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/emotional abuse, and child sexual abuse. The factors allows child mistreated continue happening can be multiple. Parents with documented substance abuse, most commonly alcohol, cocaine, and heroin, were much more likely to mistreat their children, and were also much more likely to reject court-ordered services and treatments. Additionally, unemployment and financial difficulties are also associated with increased rates of child abuse. In 2009 CBS News reported that child abuse in the United States had increased during the economic recession. It gave the example of a father who had never been the primary care-taker of the children. Now that the father was in that role, the children began to come in with injuries. Recently, the wellbeing of children has been given close attention to by governments of different countries. Sadly, the reality is not so idealistic. According to the researches of the world health organization, there are about 80% to 93% children suffering from some form of physical abuse at their homes, more than 275 million children had witnessed family violence every year, and more than 126 million child labor working under...
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...have internet access and 45,000 servers. All employees communicate using smartphones and e-mail. Many employees work from home and travel extensively. Administrative, Logical/technical, Hardware and Software are recommended for this company. With the size of the company, they need many rules set to maintain security. With communication through email and extensive travel, they also need to be secured. Traveling is a risk because they might leave sensitive things behind, security ensures nothing is revealed. 4. Backordered Parts is a defense contractor that builds communications parts for the military. All employees communicate using smartphones and e-mail. Software and physical are recommended for this company. Since they communicate through e-mail, they need secure access in order to communicate. Physical control is needed since they are handling parts for the military. 5. Confidential Services Inc. is a military-support branch consisting of 14,000,000 computers with internet access and 250,000 servers. All employees must have security clearances, and they communicate mainly using BlackBerry devices and...
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...Best Practices for Network Security DaMarcus Forney American Military University June 19, 2013 Best Practices for Network Security It's no secret that there are millions of networks around the world. Today, networks are relatively easy to create. A network can be something as simple as two computers or hosts being connected together. They can also be very complex and consists of thousands of different network objects such as routers, servers, printers, and workstations. The Internet has revolutionized the way networks can be used. It has created endless possibilities for network technology as a whole and it's users. The first networks were intranet networks. All of the objects running on a intranet, including the infrastructure itself were locally owned and managed. As more and more information was being stored on intranets the need to secure them became more important. The good thing about intranets is that majority of the threats associated with them are internal, making them easy to secure. This can not be said about external networks such as the Internet. The Internet introduced threats that can reside from anywhere in the world. This put greater focus on network security. Securing networks that have access to the Internet is a never ending job. The sad part about securing a network is that a network will never be 100 percent secure. There will always be risks associated with every type of network. One can reduce those risks...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix E Physical Security Policy Student Name: xxxxxxxxxxx University of Phoenix IT/244 Intro to IT Security Instructor’s Name: xxxxxxxxx Date: 4.14.13 Physical Security Policy 1 Security of the building facilities 1 Physical entry controls Like we have in our company, everyone must have an ID Swipe card (smart Card), they must swipe the card coming into and going out of the building. These Smart card readers are at every door externally and internally. This is a big help in also identifying who is in the building and at what times. If there is any issue. This is for employees, for non-employees you need to write your name down and only then will you get a visitor’s pass to enter the building. You return you pass when you leave the building. We also have an alarm system at every external door way this includes the windows too. We do not have a fence but do have a security car that travels around the building all thru the night, as well as sensor lights and camera inside and out. 2 Security offices, rooms and facilities We have a few places that are locked down with keypad entrée’s one is the accounting room and the other is the network room. In the network...
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...As we look at the field of Information Technology and its security, we have to consider the need and necessity to keep the information that should be secure safe. In keeping this information safe, we have to look at many of the characteristics that it will take to keep that information safe. The characteristics that this personal data must have to be considered safe from those who are not privy to the information are called the Expanded CIA Triangle. When using computers, especially over the internet, keeping information safe and confidential will always be one of the toughest obstacles. Ensuring that you are using the Expanded CIA Triangle characteristics will increase that security but not prevent it from being compromised. As we all know, the CIA Triangle or Triad is based upon three principles. Those security principles are Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability. Despite these principles, it was necessary for an expansion of the triad because of the ever changing and developing minds of those who make attempts at information that should be kept confidential. Therefore the need for the Expanded CIA Triangle was necessary. Those principles being: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Accuracy, Authenticity, Utility and Possession. I am the supervisor of training and development at a lodge and resort in the city of Frankenmuth, Michigan. I have access to company data that an hourly employee does not. I have a right to access this information while other staff members...
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...FERRODYNAMIC TYPE FREQUENCY METER construction Ferrodynamic type frequency meter consist of a fixed coil which is connected across the supply whose frequency is to be measured. This coil is called magnetising coil. The magnetising coil is mounted on a laminated iron core. The iron core has a cross-section which varies gradually over the length, being maximum near the end where the magnetising coil is mounted and minimum at the other end. A moving coil is pivoted over the iron core. A pointer is attached to the moving coil. The terminals of the moving coil are connected to a suitable capacitor C.There is no provision for the controlling force. WORKING: The operation of the instrument can be understood from the three phasor diagram. The magnetising coil carries a current I and this current produces a flux Φ. If we neglect the resistance of the coil and the iron losses in the core, flux Φ is in phase with current I. Flux Φ, being alternating in nature, induces an emf E in the moving coil. This emf lags behind the flux by 90°. The emf induced circulates a current Im in the moving coil. The phase of this current Im depends upon the inductance L of the moving coil and the capacitance C. In fig. (a), the circuit of the moving coil is assumed to be inductive and therefore current Im lags behind the emf E by an angle α. The torque acting on the moving coil is thus: Td α Im cos(90°+α) In fig (b), the moving coil circuit is...
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...Fast Track to a Flat Belly Thanks to 5 decades of research and nearly 90 studies, scientists have zeroed in on the best moves to flatten your belly. The secret is to really fatigue your abs -- not an easy task, because they’re used to working all day to keep you standing tall. But we created a routine that, when combined with regular cardio, does it in just four moves. How do we know for sure? We had nearly a dozen women test the program as part of our Prevention Fitness Lab. All our testers lost serious inches from their stomachs in weeks -- and you can too! Start now for an all-around leaner belly. 10Minute Workout! Lose up to 4 pounds and 3 inches in 7 days with this incredibly effective, easy-to-follow routine PROGRAM AT A GLANCE 3 DAYS A WEEK: Do the Slim Belly Workout moves on 3 nonconsecutive days to tone your midsection. 5 DAYS A WEEK: Do 30 to 40 minutes of cardio, such as brisk walking, swimming, jogging, or bike riding, to burn off belly fat. You should be breathing hard but still able to talk in short sentences. EVERY DAY: Watch portions and fill up on whole grains, vegetables, fruits, lean pro- tein, and healthy fats to maximize results. Aim for 1,600 to 1,800 calories spread evenly throughout the day. To keep tabs on your eating, go to prevention. com/healthtracker. THE EXPERT: Tony Caterisano, PhD, exercise scientist and professor in the department of health sciences at Furman University, designed this workout. Written by Marianne McGinnis...
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...Based on the Active Directory implementation plan that I provided in the week two discussions, I wanted to create a plan that created strategies that would separate or let you know who users in which groups using Windows material are. I want to show that nesting a plan like this will be easier on the user, administrator, and company. Groups these days are used to keep users, connected parts, and everyone that is part of the domain. The administrator or Point of Contact can make things a lot easier when they use groups or grouping. Everything that is stored in the computer’s system from employee start date to age to termination, etc. is stored in the groups. (Microsoft TechNet, 2007) All the groups and users will have the same setting for security and permissions. There are a few groups that can be used. The types of groups we will use here are distribution groups and Security groups. The distribution groups will be used with all email applications for emails to be sent/received to all other users in that email list. Each group will be allowed to access the network. They can also give rights to users in the Active Directory and set different security issues on the network. Distribution and groups are made by the scope with a domain. The groups for Riordan will be local. It gives access to domains and security. (Cooper, 2011) An example of this would be any user or member using the domain. Usually members of this group do not change. The other groups usually only...
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