CIS101-012 Computer Fundamentals Professor Robotham Wallace, Brein Assignment#1 Date Assignment Given: 9/17/14 Due Date: 9/29/14 Brein Wallace Check Point Assignment #1 True/False True - Electronic components in computers process data using instructions, which are the steps that tell a computer how to perform a particular task. False - Screens for desktops cannot yet support touch. False - Smaller applications, such as at home, typically use a powerful, expensive server
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Abstract Now that personal computers are pretty much a must have in every household, school, or business cyber-criminals have moved from just being a hacker for fun into an estimated multi-million dollar world of computer crimes. New revenue streams have been realized and viruses in choice Computer crimes encompass unauthorized or illegal activities perpetrated via computer as well as the theft of computers and other technological hardware. As firms of all sizes, industrial orientation, and geographic
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operations. Securing the data from people not authorized to see or change it ensures that the correct information about the company is being generated without interference or manipulations of data. Other important assets that requires protection are the computer terminals, networking infrastructure, which need to be protected from misuse from internal and external threats whether intentional or not. 3. Which management groups are responsible for implementing information security to protect the organization’s
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Computer Viruses While technology advances have brought many benefits to society there have also been technological abuses (1). In today’s generation, with the help of the Internet and the rapid growth of the personal computer in the average household, we are able to talk to and share information with people from all sides of the globe (2). Unfortunately this transformation of data has opened the doors for a new era of high tech crime – the computer virus. The Internet is now a complex gateway
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Cyber Crime Computer crime encompasses a broad range of activities. Generally, however, it may be divided into two categories: (1) crimes that target computers directly; (2) crimes facilitated by computer networks or devices, the primary target of which is independent of the computer network or device.[citation needed] Crimes that primarily target computer networks or devices include: Computer viruses Denial-of-service attacks Malware (malicious code) Crimes that use computer networks or
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Evaluating the Security of Computer Networks Security in Systems Architecture and Applications SE579 2 Table of Contents Evaluating the Security of Computer Networks I. Vulnerabilities A. Design Flaws B. Poor Security Management C. Incorrect Implementation II. Firewalls A. Packet Filtering B. Circuit Level
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a project cancer and dna oncology information system with numerous illustrations oη by okeke chika tochukwu Department of computer science madonna unversity, elele campus ©august, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS declaration ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� i dedication ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ii acKnoWledgement ����������������������������������������������������������������������������
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Unit 2 assignment 1 Task 1 - Explain the function of computer hardware components (P1) Central processing unit CPU stands for central processing unit and is a piece of hardware in the computer, the role of a CPU is to carry out tasks in the computer. The CPU produces a fair bit of heat therefore it tends to be found under a heat sink and a fan. The heat sink and fan helps the processor to stay cool while it is running, this is to ensure that the processor doesn’t over heat. AGP AGP stands for
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world. Not even when your computer is running Linux. You should always use your common sense. And even then it can go wrong. A certain amount of risk, however small, is unavoidable. A Frenchman would say: c'est la vie. About viruses, firewalls and exploits I can be brief: Antivirus software 1.1. You don't need antivirus software in Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Debian. Because a virus can't do anything in Linux. Mainly because of this: in order to install on your computer, a virus needs your password
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as well as intellectual properties and software. 3. Both general management and IT management are responsible for an organization's protection. 4. More risk. Before networking technology viruses and worms could only be passed through diskettes so a person would have to physically insert the viruses machine by machine. Networks opened many doors for intrusion. A virus or malware could be attached to your a message and sent out through your email infecting the receiving user's machine as well
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