Cyber Security Student: Maurice Jones Class ISSC461: IT Security: Countermeasures Instructor: Professor Christopher Weppler Date: 2 August 2013 Introduction “In a future conflict, an adversary unable to match our military supremacy on the battlefield might seek to exploit our computer vulnerabilities here at home (President Barack Obama, 2012).” Technology has changed the total lifestyle of people around the world. Here in the United Stated, society’s daily lives revolve around social
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On The Development of Comprehensive Information Security Policies for Organizations The article selected for review is titled, “On the Development of Comprehensive Information Security Policies for Organizations.” The article is from the International Journal of Academic Research; the authors are Fahad T. Bin Muhaya, Fazl-e-Hadi, and Abid Ali Minhas. The article offers guidelines on the development of information security policies for organizations based on a proposed framework. The introduction
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difference between a threat agent and a threat? Threat agent is the specific instance or a component of a threat. For example, the threat of “trespass or espionage” is a category of potential danger to information assets, while “external professional hacker” (like Kevin Mitnick, who was convicted of hacking into phone systems) is a specific threat agent. A lightning strike, hailstorm, or tornado is a threat agent that is part of the threat known as “acts of God/acts of nature. A threat is a category
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HIPAA Security Standards: Guidance on Risk Analysis Introduction The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is responsible for issuing annual guidance on the provisions in the HIPAA Security Rule.1 (45 C.F.R. §§ 164.302 – 318.) This series of guidances will assist organizations2 in identifying and implementing the most effective and appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to secure electronic protected health information (e-PHI). The guidance materials will be developed with
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vendors and customers and in the kinds of information that it sends over the Internet. Practicing strong computer security is a nonnegotiable requirement for organizations doing business today. However, building security into an existing corporate culture is a complex undertaking. Every organization has a security culture, and each is as unique as the organization itself. Security culture can be collaborative or argumentative, structured or unstructured. Security can be an integral part of a process beginning
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Threats to Information Security and it’s Measures Abstract Security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of online security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or threats attack, while allowing the information and property to remain accessible and productive to its intended users. The term online system security means the collective processes and mechanisms by which sensitive and
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A Risk Analysis for Information Security and Infrastructure Protection Special Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice Columbia Southern University January 03, 2012 A Risk Analysis for Information Security and Infrastructure Protection OBJECTIVE The sole purpose for performing a risk analysis for IT systems is to ensure businesses and or organizations, whether small or large to accomplish its missions by better securing the IT systems that store, process
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Lab – Researching Network Security Threats Objectives Part 1: Explore the SANS Website Navigate to the SANS website and identify resources. Part 2: Identify Recent Network Security Threats Identify several recent network security threats using the SANS site. Identify sites beyond SANS that provide network security threat information. Part 3: Detail a Specific Network Security Threat Select and detail a specific recent network threat. Present information to the class. Background / Scenario
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Information Security August 10, 2012 One of the biggest issues in the Information Technology field these days is information security. Today almost anything can be found on the internet. Even like how to videos on how to put in a window, break-into a house, or even hack computers. The digital age has many perks but it also has many down falls to it as well. The perks that we enjoy so much from the internet also leaves us open to identity theft and company information theft. This
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purposes of their control and prevention. Information technology, as a technology with the fastest rate of development and application in all branches of business, requires adequate protection to provide high security. The focus of the safety analysis applied on an information system is to recognize and evaluate threats, vulnerabilities and safety characteristics. IT assets are uncovered to risk of harm or losses. IT security includes protecting information stored electronically. That protection implies
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