...KRISTI SCOTT SECURITY AND LOSS PREVENTION AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY ABSTRACT This paper is information on preventing acts of fraud against corporate executives and the preventive measures that can be used for that purpose. Probably the most important step in protecting against fraud is to start with the top executives to set the tone for not tolerating any type of fraud within the company. A great way to start is by educating the employees of the company in ways of detecting different types of fraud because the employees can be, by far, the best line of defense against fraud for the company as well as the top executives. Another effective but rarely used method is to have surprise audits. Surprise audits can be very successful in detecting fraud before it gets out of control. Probably the most important benefit of surprise audits is preventing fraud by creating the perception that fraud will be detected. Check and double check employee backgrounds. This means, that companies should confirm all work history and education listed in any potential employee’s or executive’s resumes as well as following up with all references listed also. Any undisclosed or misleading information should be considered a red flag. The same scrutiny should be used to screen new and existing executives, suppliers, customers, and any business partners. With the help of an outside source such as the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners for example. I believe that creating...
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...Introduction to Security Management Roles of Security April 12, 2015 Security Directors play a vital role in securing and protecting the assets of organizations. In order for them to be successful in their jobs they must have the necessary knowledge and skills to accomplish their jobs and meet the changing needs of the business. As a result of a personal interview with the Harriett Moore, Director of Loss Prevention of Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake Inc I was able to determine her areas of responsibility, the skills required for her job, the organizations she is involved with, and the activities she completes to do her job. Harriett Moore has been the Director of Loss Prevention for Goodwill Industries for the last four years, and she oversees loss prevention for the retail stores. She currently has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a minor in criminal justice. She felt that the knowledge she gained from her business and criminal justice degree has helped her to gain the necessary skills to effectively do her job. H. Moore (personal communication, April 9, 2015) stated that the skills needed for loss prevention jobs in her opinion were “ability to work independently, excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, good interpersonal skills, good communication skills, strong analytical skills and ability to conduct ethical investigations.” All of these skills she felt were critical in the completion of her job. ...
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...Interested in learning more about security? SANS Institute InfoSec Reading Room This paper is from the SANS Institute Reading Room site. Reposting is not permitted without express written permission. Data Loss Prevention AD Copyright SANS Institute Author Retains Full Rights . 08 , Au tho rr eta ins ful l rig hts Data Loss Prevention 20 Key fingerprint = AF19 FA27 2F94 998D FDB5 DE3D F8B5 Prevention Data Loss 06E4 A169 4E46 te GIAC Gold Certification Ins titu Author: Prathaben Kanagasingham Advisor: John C.A Bambenek © SA NS Accepted: August 15th 2008 Prathaben Kanagasingham © SANS Institute 2008, 1 As part of the Information Security Reading Room Author retains full rights. . ins Table of Contents ful l rig hts Data Loss Prevention Introduction....................................................................................3 2. Deeper Look at DLP Solution........................................................4 3. Identification of Sensitive Data......................................................6 tho rr eta 1. Data in Motion.....................................................................8 3.2 Data at Rest.....................................................................…9 3.3 Data at End Points.............................................................10 08 , Au 3.1 Choosing a Vendor...
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...Week 3 & 4 Research Paper Rajesh Chilivery Professor: Blake Arnold Week 3 & 4 Paper: Write a research paper/presentation on data security and leakage preventive solutions in the market. List all the regulations that apply to Financial Services, HealthCare industry. Data Security Summary: The major purposes of database security are confidentiality, accessibility, and honesty. The characteristics of these three are distinctive but they are correlated to each other. The information which is available in the database should be secured, must be spared from being assaulted, and to save the data or information which is secured to be done in a strong or effective way. Confidentiality is all about telling or giving the information with security. Secrecy of the information is all that much identified with the mystery. Secrecy in another word can be defined as privacy or confidentiality. Besides this, all the information or data which is stored need to be secured and also should be very easy to access to right persons. Accessibility is all about the accessibility of the information for the approved client at any given point where the customer or client needs it without any disturbance or discomfort to the client and at the same time security should strong enough that third person cannot access without permission. However, the approved client can get the way through to have access the available data. The troubles or problems occurred while accessing the data has its...
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...Quality Web Design Submitted to: SE571 Principles of Information Security and Privacy Submitted: September 21, 2011 Executive Summary This report was commissioned to inspect and recommend solutions for Quality Web Designs (QWD) hardware equipment and software security concerns. QWD is a small local company concerned about the continual losses of hardware by employees travelling and stationary. The review of software solutions for the company revealed that they were lacking in several areas, the backup and recovery process, as well the lack of an antivirus solution. Hardware solutions were described as weak and require upgrade from the controls at the home and remote offices as well as the equipment that travels with employees to remote locations and on the road. With the commission of this report improvements would minimize the risks associated with these holes in security. Introduction Quality Web Design offers a variety of services such as web hosting, virtual addressing, and marketing just to name a few. The company was founded in 1995 and has over 50 years technical and business experience between the two partners. Based out of Connecticut, the company has made a worldwide positive impression with its site structure ease of access and clientele. The company has made an outstanding reputation for itself in the local community, by helping with local establishments businesses and churches as shown on their web site, in a small town setting. This assessment will...
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...Private Security Laws Joseph Hawley SEC/350 February 4, 2013 Ralph Martinez Private Security Laws The State of California requires that any person or company that provides private security, loss prevention, executive protection, private investigations or security officer training services must be licensed by the State. These licensing requirements are among the most stringent in the nation with significant penalties for anyone found to be in violation. Any person or company providing security, protective or loss prevention services must be licensed by the State. This license is called a Private Patrol Operator license or “PPO”. PPO licenses are issued by the California State Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. Anyone providing these services whether in uniform or plainclothes as an independent contractor (not your employee) is required to possess a valid PPO issued by the State. All employees whose job duties include a security, protective or loss prevention function, whether in uniform or plainclothes, whether they are an employee of your security vendor (PPO) or your own employee (Proprietary), must undergo a State required background check and submit fingerprints to State and Federal authorities from California Department of Justice and FBI. Additionally, employees of a PPO must also undergo State mandated training requirements. Once these conditions are satisfactorily completed the employee will receive a registration certificate...
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...Aircraft Solutions: Security Assessment and Recommendations Phase I and Phase II Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Company Overview 3 Security Vulnerabilities 4 A Software Data Loss/Data Leak 4 A Hardware Firewall 5 Recommended Solutions 7 A Software Example Solution 7 A Hardware Example Solution 8 Impact on Business Processes 9 Summary 10 Appendix 11 References 17 Executive Summary Aircraft Solutions is aircraft Design Company that allows internal and external users to access its system. As a result of this, the company has made itself vulnerability to certain threats. This paper identifies two vulnerabilities. One is the threat of data loss or data leak. The other is intrusion by way of the internet firewall. Based on the known vulnerabilities, it was recommended that the Check Point Software Blade application is used to prevent the data loss and the Check Point Power-1 appliance be used to address the firewall vulnerability. Company Overview Aircraft Solutions (AS) design and fabricate component products and services for companies in the electronics, commercial defense, and aerospace industry. The mission of AS is to provide the customer success through machined products and related services, and to meet cost, quality, and scheduled requirements. Aircraft Solution uses Business Process Management (BPM) to handle end to end processes that span multiple systems and organizations. BPM system is designed to connect...
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...Website Security Website Security is important in helping to protect both consumers and corporations from security threats. As more and more companies make their products available online, and consumers continue to find online shopping more convenient, threats to website security continue to rise. These threats can come in the form of identity theft and lead to consumers’ finances being stolen and used by the offenders. This also creates a financial burden to companies, as they could be liable for the financial damages to consumers, along with losing some of the trust that their consumers may have for them. Implications of a Security Breach Security breaches can be very damaging to an organization. Financially, it can be a nightmare, but a breach also means that the company will have to overhaul its website security practices and policies. For example, in August 2007, Monster Worldwide Inc., a company that runs Internet job boards Monster.com and USAJobs.gov, fell victim to a security breach that was very costly.(Hobson, 2014). According to NBC News, approximately 1.3 million people’s information was stolen. Normally, resumes do not contain any data that could be immediately damaging, such as Social Security Numbers, credit card numbers, and bank account numbers, but contact information can be used in phishing scams to gain more sensitive information. This security breach cost Monster $80 million in upgrades to improve the security of its site.(Bergstein, 2014)...
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...Business/technical approach ……………………………………………………………. 7 Business process changes ………………………………………………………………. 8 Technology or business practices used to augment the solution ……………………….. 8 Conclusions and overall recommendations …………………………………………….. 10 High-level implementation plan ……………………………………………………….. 11 Summary of project ……………………………………………………………………. 12 Abstract The arrival of information technology some decades ago has contributed to the various developments on how information is being diffused and fluctuated among people, nations and around the world. The controversy of information “theft” and data loss has unfolded all around the world and interests on how to solve this issue are capturing the scrutiny of experts of Information Security. In the present day, with the ongoing reproduction of new invented techniques in cryptanalysis, we can acknowledge that information security is the remedy. In this paper, I propose a panacea that can be used to solve multiple issues that clinics such as New Direction can face when using online storages like Drop Box. This paper will also discuss why New Direction should begin taking action to use back up tools such as DLP on their Cloud Storage. Just like any other user using Cloud Computing, New Direction Mental Health Clinic can be at risk of losing important data, and information theft. Keeping Files Secured when using Cloud Computing at New Direction...
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... [pic] Data Loss and Misuse [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] Question: The service provider shall provide Client Based Data Leakage Services necessary to provide services and support for Data Loss Protection (DLP) with the following activities: a) Deploy the Clinet endpoint agent (XEA) to all new client machines. b) Deploy the XEA to at least 95% of existing in-scope client machines within 90 days of its initial release. c) Deploy any patches or updates to the XEA out to 95% of existing XEA-equipped machines (both clients and servers) within 45 days of those patches or updates being released from testing with approval to deploy. d) Monitor, investigate and remediate instances where the XEA ceases to function on any machine (client or server) that is still connecting to the XGI. e) Monitor, initiate investigation, and escalate alerts generated by the DLP system indicating mishandling of Clinet classified data. f) Distribute reports and data extracts as required. g) Support Tier I and II help-desk end-users’ and server application support questions arising from the XEA. Can you meet this requirement? Please explain below. ORGANIZATION understanding of Requirements: Clinet is looking for Client Based Data Leakage Services necessary to provide services and support for Data Loss Protection (DLP). Clinet...
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...The Threat of Fraud Tracey Brewer American InterContinental University Security and Loss Prevention CRJS270-1301B-01 Jade Pumphrey March 28, 2013 Abstract Identity theft, whether on a personal or business level is a criminal act. So, for many years individuals have plotted and schemed to come up with scams to obtain personal information from other individuals or organization to either sabotage one’s reputation or obtain financial gain. Either way, this wave of criminal activity is wreaking havoc to innocent people and successful organizations everywhere. The Threat of Fraud Introduction Corporate fraud and executive identity theft are crimes that are on the rise. I don’t think corporations understand the impact this crime can have on their business. It only takes a few measures to ensure that the company is protecting against someone being able to access information that could bring the entire corporation to the ground. It can takes years to establish credit, build clientele and provide a service to the country or a community, however, it can only take the click of a mouse, that one email attachment or that one dishonest employee and your entire businesses financial data has been obtained, used or sold for the sole purpose of financial gain. Therefore, to protection your organization’s personal information. Well, it’s time to get the facts, take the necessary precautions, and start the process for what could be the first steps in protecting your organization...
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...Global Security Policy CMGT-400 Monday, May 11, 2015 Vijay Bhaskar Jonnalagadda Global Security Policy Organizations with offices in multiple countries have to strategically implement personnel, logistics, network configurations, and inventory; but they also have to create a security plan to secure these assets to keep their customer, brand integrity, and profits. Some of the issues faced while maintaining security for a company in multiple countries across the globe are personnel, cyber threats, and cloud computing. Managing Human Resources Employees of global organizations and mobile businesses have great challenges while trying to protect sensitive information. Cisco commissioned a third-party market research firm, InsightExpress to conduct a study of IT professionals around the world generating 2000 respondents of end users and IT professionals. They found that employees can put personal and corporate data at risk because of the following (Cisco, 2008): 1. Unauthorized application usage possibly caused company data loss 2. Misuse of corporate computers by sharing with other employees without supervision 3. Unauthorized physical and network access 4. Employees transferring files from work and personal computers when working from home. 5. Employees sharing passwords with co-workers. The organizational structure involves balanced leadership and board diversity. Even though the offices are in multiple locations, the company's structure must allow...
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...there is now more than ever a need for security services in our communities. Subsequently my plan is to implement a security firm based as well as operated in Miami, Florida. Our mission will be to provide superior guard and patrol services throughout commercial and residential areas within the community. Our vision is to ensure the safety of our clients as well as their homes, businesses, and property. * Company Name: Armor Bearer Security * Industry: Security and Loss Prevention * Description of your business type My plan is to start a new security firm one in which I own as well as operate with the aid of my family members that share my commitment and experience within the field of security. * New Business (Partnership) Description of Management Team * Natasha Johnson (Owner/Operations Manager) * Eunice Johnson (Human Resources) * Glenn Johnson Jr. (Accounting) * Investors: Glenn Johnson Sr., Priscilla Johnson, Henry Johnson * Supervisors: Clifford Johnson, Francina Johnson, Denise Johnson * Description of core competencies that will make you successful * Providing professional as well as reliable unarmed security investigations, guard/patrol, loss prevention, IT, and alarm response/monitoring services for both residential and commercial properties in Dade and Broward counties. Services will include but will not be limited to implementing as well as crafting and maintaining effective security programs and or plans. Potential...
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...susceptible to these attacks. The following paragraphs will provide an argument based on why businesses are liable for loss when attackers attack their AIS. AIS The assembly of firmware, hardware, and software makes up the automated information system or AIS. It is here where computers store information, such as computations and communications. Businesses and governmental agencies benefit from the use of an AIS. The benefits are time and cost efficient; however, the greater the benefit the greater the risk of attacks. Businesses are losing billions of dollars annually because of these attacks especially when there is no preventive measures in place (Balga, Iftode, & Chen, 2008). Without preventive measures, attackers forge Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses, which causes the victims of the attack to attack other victims. The source of the attack remains unidentifiable. Another type of attack is through user accounts. Networks use authentication information, such as user ID and passwords as a security measure; however, if an attacker learns the authentication material of his or her victim, the attacker can enter a network under false pretenses or as an innocent person to perpetuate a crime. This can happen to gain access to administrative rights on a network (Balga, Iftode, & Chen, 2008). 90% of organizations discover these breaches in security including...
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...he designed his security system to have two cameras outside his apartment and one camera that are pointed out towards his front driveway where he would capture cars passing in front of his residence and people walking by his apartment. He went on to say the third camera was in the southwestern corner of his bedroom and pointed in a direction of his bed. He claimed that he secretly hid the camera near the corner of his bedroom to take still photos of him having sex with female friends without them knowing that they were being photographed. He said the security camera was set up to take photo screen shots when the system detected any sensor movements or motion in his bedroom which would relay the still photos onto his smartphone. When questioned if he was able to abstract any videos from the security system, he claimed the video cameras outside do not transfer any video or still shots to his smart phone as the camera in his bedroom. He says he has attempted to see whether the recorder system saves any video taken with the two cameras and has not been able to do so. Criminal History: On May 4, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., Whieldon stated he was arrested by the Santa Ana Police Department for outstanding warrants for a previous DUI which resulted in the loss and suspension of his...
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