Network Security Darren Jackson NTC/411 April 18, 2013 Dennis Williams Network Security White Lodging Security Breach In February 2015, KrebsOnSecurity reported that for the second time in a year, multiple financial institutions were complaining of fraud on customer credit and debit cards that were all recently used at a string of hotel properties run by hotel franchise firm White Lodging Services Corporation. The company said at the time that it had no evidence of a new breach, but last
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1. Management is responsible for implementing information security to protect the ability of the organization to function. They must set policy and operate the organization in a manner that complies with the laws that govern the use of technology. Technology alone cannot solve information security issues. Management must make policy choices and enforce those policies to protect the value of the organization’s data. 2. Data is important to an organization because without it an organization will
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Information Security Challenge February 17, 2010 Information Security Challenges As the world becomes more saturated and dependent upon Information Access, increased opportunities await the criminal element to exploit. This creates new and more costly problem sets that must be mitigated in order to navigate in today’s business world. One of the larger challenges is, entering the criminal information market does not take an excessive capital investment. It simply requires a
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viruses and worms are growing more pervasive and damaging, and ABC Heathcare’s stakeholders are demanding more flexible access to their systems. The healthcare industry is experiencing significant regulatory pressures that mandate prudent information security and systems management practices. Furthermore, the continued pressure to reduce cost requires that management focus on streamlining operations, reducing management overhead and minimizing human intervention. The regulatory focus at ABC Healthcare
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WEEK 10 TERM PAPER “The Rookie Chief Information Security Officer” Terri Cooks Professor Parker SEC 402 June 15, 2014 Part 1: Organization Chart When looking at the many different roles within the management of any organization’s security program there are some titles that stand out. One would be the CISO. The CISO is the executive whose responsibility is to maintain entire security backbone, both physical and digital. In an article written for the Sans Institute by Matthew Cho, “CISO
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local news Source: The Nielsen Company (April 2011) Copyright © 2013 CyberSecurity Malaysia 3 HIGH LEVEL USAGE = HIGH RISK Copyright © 2013 CyberSecurity Malaysia 4 HIGH LEVEL USAGE = HIGH RISK Cyber Security Incidents (1997-2013) Reported to Cyber999 Help Centre 16,000 15,218 Type of incidents: 14,000 • • • • • • • • 12,000 10,000 8,000 As at 31st August 2013 Fraud and scams Intrusion and web defacement Destruction
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Gregory Swinehart IS 3110 Risk Management in Information Technology Security Week 1 Assignment 1 Risk one: Application Server Host Threat: Denial of service or distributed denial of service attack Vulnerability: The organization doesn’t use intrusion detection system Impact: Depending on the attack, the credibility of the company could be affected Harmful Event or Loss: Lost of productivity due to unable to access applications and services Likelihood of Occurrence: 24/7 Risk Management
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Security regulation compliance is intended to help institutions comply with the interagency guidelines that establish information security standards. By compliance, an organization summarizes its obligations to protect customer information and illustrate how certain provisions of the security guidelines apply to its particular situations. Some organizations still receive little management support or funding for a sound information security policy program. Over the last few years several Federal,
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is an imperative needing for enhance the security of credit card transactions over the internet as more and more people make their purchase online. The sensitive credit card details must be stored and processed securely by merchants. On this case, we will have the opportunity to learn about information security, implications and reactions when there is a security breach and how, what and where the companies need to inform their customers about the security breach and how they are improving their
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Federal Information Security Management Act, 2002 (FISMA) and Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 1986 (ECPA) had advances in information technology that resulted in new ethical issues necessitating the creation of the acts. FISMA was created to protect government information, and assets against natural or man-made threats, while the EPCA was created to revise federal wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping. FISMA is responsible for making sure different agencies are working to ensure
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