Commission Act, prohibits deceptive and unfair trade practices. Under the FTC Act, businesses must handle consumer information in a way that is consistent with their promises to their customers such as what they say in their online privacy policy, and avoid data security practices that create an unreasonable risk of harm to consumer data. Other federal laws may affect a company’s data security requirements, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which applied to health
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ABSTRACT This paper develops a security policy document for my mid-sized organization “Canar Networkung Organization”. The paper will include measures to protect against breaches and act as a proactive defense. It defines the segments of policy that are purpose, audience, document information and scope for the success of organization. This paper also develops the policy criteria that protect the organization from proactive defense and organizational
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Email Security Policies Introduction: Email is the feature where we can send or receive messages with a valid email address anywhere in the world.Electronic plays a vital role in todays communication. In the corporate world, security for information and for the whole organization is very necessary.Data security is of primary concern of an enterprise nowadays. Protecting data from unauthorized access by users and software applications is known as privacy.Thus it is important for users to gain knowledge
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Information Security TRUE/FALSE 1. An indirect attack involves a hacker using a personal computer to break into a system. ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 3 2. The value of information comes from the characteristics it possesses. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: 6 3. By balancing information security and access, a completely secure information system can be created. ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: 8 4. The security blueprint is a detailed version of the security framework. ANS: T PTS:
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can access your company’s information. (Kim and Solomon 2012) The User Domain will enforce an acceptable use policy (AUP) to define what each user can and cannot do with any company data shall he or she have access to it. The AUP is similar to a code of conduct that employees must follow. Any violation will be subject to punitive action. The second layer is the workstation domain where most users connect to the IT infrastructure. It is essential to have tight security and access controls for this
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When Hackers turn to Blackmail How to deal with that attack? Abstract Information technology has become an integral part of any organization in the modern era of globalization. The organizations who have failed to use IT properly for their benefit either have declined or is in a very unproductive stage. Implementation of IT also brings in some dangers which are required to be dealt efficiently with responsibility. This efficiency comes with adequate knowledge of the nuances of the IT industry
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The dream was to eliminate the need to have to stand in line at the DMV for half a day just to pay annual vehicle registration fees (Barker, 2011). Security was certainly a concern, but it was not at the forefront of the move as government agencies would go through massive changes in equipment, manning, and practices in order to move information and programs online. Now, over a decade later we still see moves and changes taking place, such as the department of Veterans Affairs recently moving
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Testing and Monitoring Security Controls Two types of security events and baseline anomalies that are easy to identify are users that install software that is dangerous and when packets are sent to your router that are not permitted to be routed throughout your network. Using a security service or protocol that either comes with your operating system, or IOS in a routers case, is easy to manage so that administrators can be alerted when unauthorized activity takes place throughout your domain
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Strategic component answers the question "why do security enterprise problems exist?" This question of security leads to developing security policies that deal with people issues, and evaluates internal/external risks. Organizations are urging top executives to make information security a priority. Therefore, quality and trustworthiness of information are becoming key business issues (Ezingeard et al, 2005). To better accomplish information security in an organization, a management level infrastructure
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Probing The primary attach would be pretending to be friendly to a user by simply starting with a story or a joke to a co-worker, to get some type of information, then a search through different means (google, social sites, etc.) Method of access 1. The primary target is to use some type of phishing, spear or pharming type of trick to get information (use a birthday, anniversary, etc.). I could pose as an outside contractor that just happen to have lost its private key accidentally and need to
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