...Testing and Monitoring Security Controls In the grand scheme of things security controls, in a nutshell, are in place to prevent security breaches. Security controls are safeguards or countermeasures to avoid, counteract or minimize security risks relating to personal property, or computer software. So anything that has to do with accessing sensitive information with the intent of using it maliciously is considered a security risk. Things that might be overlooked or investigated may be cause for concern as there are never any true false positives in the world of cyber security. A couple of things that usually go unnoticed are failed login attempts and increased network traffic. This is what can be done to prevent this issue. You are coming back from a much needed vacation and you attempt to log on to your computer. Using the same password that you have established for all of your accounts for this company yet you have a message stating that your password is incorrect. You then notice your caps lock is on, try the password again and all is right with the world. The IT department calls and asks did you have an issue logging in and they ask for details, you mention the caps lock key and they chalk it up as user error. The logon attempts log that was in place at your place of employment allows the security team to pickup when something is wrong. Now take that same situation but instead of caps lock being the reason, you cannot access it at all. You learn from the IT security...
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...look to check for suspicious activity in the event of a crime. They can help you understand where something went wrong. Creating a timeline, of before and after the performance problem or incident. The way traffic moves through a network, especially when the computers are only used for certain things, creates baseline behavior. When something is out of place, such anomalies seem suspicious; but legitimate traffic could be used in illegitimate ways and legitimate traffic can at times seem illegitimate. By consistently monitoring the network, and observing all the possibilities, the anomalies of legitimate traffic wont seem that abnormal and one can focus on the real problems. Predictable passwords that meet minimum length requirements but remain easily guessable is a hazard that could affect a network with a weak password. If that is a problem, one should probably change the password every so often. It would be in everyone’s best interest if the password security level was increased, and that they would expire after a certain amount of time. Removable storage devices that might contain malware, filtered only when passing through the network could be a problem. but by limiting the privileges of users, adapted to the duties assigned to the individual. Making it clear that no removable storage devices are to be brought into the network under no circumstance unless necessary and properly screened first. If an unencrypted laptop with sensitive information was to fall in the wrong...
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...Testing and Monitoring Security Controls & Security Audits and Assessments Identify at least two types of security events and baseline anomalies that might indicate suspicious activity. * Authentication failures are one type of security event. A baseline anomalie that may indicate suspicious activity are unauthorized access attempts that can be found within log files. The log files contain records of all types of security events such as logon events, changes in system configuration and attempted violations of policy as well as system events like service startups and closures, errors and system warnings. * A second security event could be a sudden increase in overall traffic. It could simply mean that your website has been mentioned by a popular source, or it could mean that someone is trying to cause harm to your site. Given a list of policy violations and security breaches, select three breaches, and consider the best options for controlling and monitoring each incident. Identify the methods to mitigate risk and minimize exposure to threats or vulnerabilities. * Problem: Removable storage drives introduce malware filtered only when crossing the network. Solution: Limit user privileges that only include those that are required by the duties that are assigned to that individual. This will hopefully make it clear that no removable storage devices are to be connected to the network, no matter the circumstances unless they are screened first. * Problem: Predictable...
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...NT2580 Unit 5 Assignment 1 Testing and Monitoring Security Controls Jose J Delgado Testing and Monitoring Security Controls A few different types of security events and baseline anomalies that might indicate suspicious activity. Different traffic patterns or influx in bandwidth usage can be considered suspicious activity. Also, services changing port usage, in turn creating variations in normal patterns. All sudden increase in overall traffic. This may just mean that your web site has been mentioned on a popular news site, or it may mean that someone is up to no good. A sudden jump in the number of bad or malformed packets. Some routers collect packet-level statistics; you can also use a software network scanner to track them. Some routers collect packet-level statistics; you can also use a software network scanner to track them. Also large numbers of packets caught by your router or firewall's egress filters. Egress filters prevent spoofed packets from leaving your network, so if your filter is catching them you need to identify their source, because it is a clear sign that devices on your network have been compromised. Unscheduled reboots of server machines may sometimes signify that they are compromised as well. You should already be watching the event logs of your servers for failed logons and other security-related events. Log Files encompass complete records of all security events (logon events, resource access, attempted violations of policy, and changes...
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...IT255 Introduction to Information Systems Security Unit 5 Importance of Testing, Auditing, and Monitoring © ITT Educational Services, Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Objective Explain the importance of security audits, testing, and monitoring to effective security policy. IT255 Introduction to Information Systems Security © ITT Educational Services, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 2 Key Concepts Role of an audit in effective security baselining and gap analysis Importance of monitoring systems throughout the IT infrastructure Penetration testing and ethical hacking to help mitigate gaps Security logs for normal and abnormal traffic patterns and digital signatures Security countermeasures through auditing, testing, and monitoring test results IT255 Introduction to Information Systems Security © ITT Educational Services, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 3 EXPLORE: CONCEPTS IT255 Introduction to Information Systems Security © ITT Educational Services, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 4 Purpose of an IT Security Assessment Check effectiveness of security measures. Verify access controls. Validate established mechanisms. IT255 Introduction to Information Systems Security © ITT Educational Services, Inc. All rights reserved. Page 5 IT Security Audit Terminology Verification Validation Testing Evaluation IT255 Introduction to Information Systems Security © ITT Educational Services, Inc. All rights reserved...
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...Malcolm Testing Solution’s Penetration Test Plan Customer: The Fitness Club Introduction: The Fitness Club has already been victim to hacking that took place on their web server. They are unsure if this occurred due to a former administrator who quit or if by an external party. Malcolm Testing Solutions has been tasked with creating a penetration test plan to prevent further acts of attack on the Fitness Club’s network. The objective of the assessment is to provide feedback to The Fitness Club with respect to its ability to preserve the confidentiality, Integrity, and availability of the information maintained by and used by its origination. Malcolm Testing Solutions will test the use of security controls used to secure sensitive data. Services Overview: This project shall include 1 consultant for a time period of 2 days onsite at a single customer location to provide internal penetration test services. Malcolm Testing Solutions will provide tools, knowledge and expertise to execute an internal penetration test on customer designated devices. Malcolm Testing Solutions will attempt to compromise the access controls on designated systems by employing the following methodology: 1. Enumeration – Once Malcolm Testing Solutions has arrived for The Fitness Club’s assessment they will connect to the network via the data port provided by the customer. Once connected, Malcolm Testing Solutions will run a variety of information gathering tools in order to enumerate computers and devices...
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... NIST Risk Management Framework for FISMA ..................................................................... 4 III. Application Security and FISMA .......................................................................................... 5 IV. NIST SP 800‐37 and FISMA .................................................................................................. 6 V. How Veracode Can Help ...................................................................................................... 7 VI. NIST SP 800‐37 Tasks & Veracode Solutions ....................................................................... 8 VII. Summary and Conclusions ............................................................................................... 10 About Veracode .................................................................................................................... 11 © 2008 Veracode, Inc. 2 Overview The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 ("FISMA", 44 U.S.C. § 3541, et seq.) is a United States federal law enacted in 2002 as Title III of the E‐ Government Act of 2002 (Pub.L. 107‐347, 116 Stat. 2899). The Act is meant to bolster computer and network security within the Federal Government and affiliated parties (such as government contractors) by mandating information security controls and periodic audits. I. The Role of NIST in FISMA Compliance The National Institute of Standards and...
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...It255 Unit5 Assignment TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT:Unit 5 Assignment 1: Testing and Monitoring Security Controls REFERENCE: Testing and Monitoring Security Controls (IT255.U5.TS1) How Grade: One hundred points total. See each section for specific points. Assignment Requirements Part 1:Identify at least two types of security events and baseline anomalies that might indicate suspicious activity. Explain why they might indicate suspicious activity.(Forty points. Twenty points for each event.) # | Security Event & Baseline Anomaly That Might Indicate Suspicious Activity | Reason Why It May Indicate Suspicious Activity | 1. | Authentication Failures | Unauthorized access attempts | 2. | Network Abuses | Employees are downloading unauthorized material. | 3. | | | 4. | | | 5. | | | 6. | | | Part 2: Given a list of end-user policy violations and security breaches, select three breaches and consider best options for monitoring and controlling each incident. Identify the methods to mitigate risk and minimize exposure to threats and vulnerabilities. (Sixty points. Twenty points for each breach.) # | Policy Violations & Security Breaches | Best Option to Monitor Incident | Security Method (i.e., Control) to Mitigate Risk | 1. | A user made unauthorized use of network resources by attacking network entities. | Monitor the logs | Fire the user | 2. | Open network drive shares allow storage privileges to outside users. |...
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...TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT:Unit 5 Assignment 1: Testing and Monitoring Security Controls REFERENCE: Testing and Monitoring Security Controls (IT255.U5.TS1) How Grade: One hundred points total. See each section for specific points. Assignment Requirements Part 1:Identify at least two types of security events and baseline anomalies that might indicate suspicious activity. Explain why they might indicate suspicious activity.(Forty points. Twenty points for each event.) # | Security Event & Baseline Anomaly That Might Indicate Suspicious Activity | Reason Why It May Indicate Suspicious Activity | 1. | Authentication Failures | Unauthorized access attempts | 2. | Network Abuses | Employees are downloading unauthorized material. | 3. | | | 4. | | | 5. | | | 6. | | | Part 2: Given a list of end-user policy violations and security breaches, select three breaches and consider best options for monitoring and controlling each incident. Identify the methods to mitigate risk and minimize exposure to threats and vulnerabilities. (Sixty points. Twenty points for each breach.) # | Policy Violations & Security Breaches | Best Option to Monitor Incident | Security Method (i.e., Control) to Mitigate Risk | 1. | A user made unauthorized use of network resources by attacking network entities. | Monitor the logs | Fire the user | 2. | Open network drive shares allow storage privileges...
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...United States Government Accountability Office GAO February 2009 GAO-09-232G FEDERAL INFORMATION SYSTEM CONTROLS AUDIT MANUAL (FISCAM) This is a work of the U.S. government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. The published product may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without further permission from GAO. However, because this work may contain copyrighted images or other material, permission from the copyright holder may be necessary if you wish to reproduce this material separately. United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 February 2009 TO AUDIT OFFICIALS, CIOS, AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN FEDERAL AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM CONTROLS AUDITING AND REPORTING This letter transmits the revised Government Accountability Office (GAO) Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM). The FISCAM presents a methodology for performing information system (IS) control 1 audits of federal and other governmental entities in accordance with professional standards, and was originally issued in January 1999. We have updated the FISCAM for significant changes affecting IS audits. This revised FISCAM reflects consideration of public comments received from professional accounting and auditing organizations, independent public accounting firms, state and local audit organizations, and interested individuals on the FISCAM Exposure Draft issued on July 31, 2008 (GAO-08-1029G)...
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...transaction processing. Assuming the auditor did indeed perform a PCI DSS security compliance assessment, what is your assessment of the auditor’s findings? That he either did not do a full audit of the company just showed him part of what he needed to see to pass them so they could operate without prying eyes 3. Can CardSystems Solutions sue the auditor for not performing his or her tasks and deliverables with accuracy? Do you recommend that CardSystems Solutions pursue this avenue? No they did not and if they had credibility then yes they should sue but if they are at fault then they will be brought to trial in civil court 4. Who do you think is negligent in this case study and why? The company and the auditor because neither one did their job to the fullest extent and it cost the company 5. Do the actions of CardSystems Solutions warrant an “unfair trade practice” designation as stated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)? Yes it does because they did not comply with the standards that were put before them 6. What security policies do you recommend to help with monitoring, enforcing, and ensuring PCI DSS compliance? They should have had the firewalls in place that had monitoring built in to it, their website should have watched much more closely, and antivirus that would have protected their servers. Also they should have blocked all ftp ports 7. What security controls and security countermeasures do you recommend for CardSystems Solutions to be in compliance...
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...GUI Based Real Time Monitoring and Controlling Approach on Networking A Technical Project report Submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirement For the award of the degree of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Submitted By K.BHARGAVI CH.KOMALI (Regd. no: 11981A0528) (Regd. no: 11981A0537) K.L.V.S.SANKAR ANDE BINDU YATHISHA (Regd. no: 11981A0541) (Regd. no: 11981A0543) Under the esteemed guidance of Mr. B. SATHISH KUMAR Assistant Professor DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING [pic] RAGHU ENGINEERING COLLEGE (Affiliated to JNTU-KAKINADA) Dakamari, Bheemunipatnam Mandal,Visakhapatnam-531162 2014-2015 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RAGHU ENGINEERING COLLEGE (AFFILIATED TO JNTUK) BHEEMUNIPATNAM MANDAL VISAKHAPATNAM [pic] CERTIFICATE This is to certify that this Project Report Entitled “ GUI Based Real Time Monitoring and Controlling Approach on Networking” is the bonafide work carried out by K.Bhargavi(11981A0528),CH.Komli(11981A0537),K.L.V.S.Sankar(11981A0541),Ande Bindu Yathisha(11981A0543)of final year B.Tech, Computer Science Engineering, submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of Degree of Bachelor of Technology during the...
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...Introduction: Information security continuous monitoring (ISCM) is defined as maintaining ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, and threats to support organizational risk management decisions. This publication specifically addresses assessment and analysis of security control effectiveness and of organizational security status in accordance with organizational risk tolerance. Security control effectiveness is measured by correctness of implementation and by how adequately the implemented controls meet organizational needs in accordance with current risk tolerance. Organizational security status is determined using metrics established by the organization to best convey the security posture of an organization’s information and information systems, along with organizational resilience given known threat information. This necessitates: • Maintaining situation awareness of all systems across the organization; • Maintaining an understanding of threats and threat activities; • Assessing all security controls; • Collecting, correlating, and analyzing security-related information; • Providing actionable communication of security status across all tiers of the organization; and • Active management of risk by organizational officials. Purpose: The purpose of this guideline is to assist organizations in the development of an ISCM strategy and the implementation of an ISCM program that provides awareness of threats and vulnerabilities, visibility...
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...SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN Prepared by Jeremy Davis Version control Project title | Security Risk Management Plan Draft | Author | Jeremy Davis | VC | 1.0 | Date | 25/10/10 | Contents Executive summary 4 Project purpose 5 Scope of Risk management 5 Context and background 5 Assumptions 5 Constraints 5 Legislation/Standards/Policies 6 Risk management 6 Identification of risk 7 Analysis of risk 8 Risk Category 9 Review of Matrix 9 Action plan 9 Testing Procedures 11 Maintenance 11 Scheduling 11 Implementation 12 Training 12 Milestones 12 Monitoring and review 13 Definition 13 Authorisation 14 Reference 15 Executive summary A Security Risk Management Plan (SRMP) helps CBS by providing specific guidelines and rules to ensure risk management is considered and included. It provides guidelines for its implementation that can minimise the threats by planning, policies, processes and procedures that can help your business get everything back to normal as soon as possible. This SRMP was designed for the guidelines for its implementation of risk management in CBS and in its operations in order to ensure its security and safety of its staff and assets. Throughout this SRMP it identifies threats, procedures, policies, responsible person and etc which will provide you and your staff information to prepare you with the worst disaster event. Every business these days has a SRMP in case of any events which may occur,...
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...TASK 4: APPLICATION SECURITY SUPPORT The Supplier will provide oversight and verification of the design of NERC CIP V6 compliant security controls, and the specification of those controls for individual Vendor review and installation. A Concept System Protection Profile (SPP) will be generated for classes of BES Cyber Assets based on a logical grouping of the BES cyber assets. These Concept SPPs will be used to focus vendor security configuration efforts, and provide a method of ensuring proper configuration of security controls during each Vendor Security FAT, the IFAT, and Installation. It is anticipated that major SPP groups will be: MS Windows Servers, MS Windows Workstations, Network Devices, and oOther Capable Devices....
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