domestic consumer privacy. High profile organizations are exposed to many breaches of personal information and puts these particular organizations are at risk of reputational damage and understanding the scope of an organization’s responsibilities for information security professionals is an absolutely essential. IT security professionals play an important roles managing liability for privacy and security risks for an organization in today’s world where hefty reparations can be bestowed to plaintiffs
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Benefits and Pitfalls of Information Security in an Office Environment Daniel Miller Troy State University Benefits and Pitfalls of Information Security in an Office Environment Introduction Information security is a critical concern in most, if not all modern office environments. Moreover, the more an organization depends on information technology to execute its core functions, the more important information security proportionally becomes (Tiwari & Karlapalem, 2005). Although
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15 May 2016 NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NITS) set guidelines for managing security and privacy issues in cloud computing. It came up with privacy and security challenges which may face the whole system, and came up with recommendations which the organizations should take before they embark on cloud computing. The guidelines include technology risks, threats and measures to take in relation to cloud environment. Additionally, they give the organization an opportunity
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reduce costs related to meeting regulatory requirements. Automated Vulnerability Assessment / Vulnerability Management (VA/VM) solutions are supplementing and in some cases replacing manual penetration testing with an overall improvement in network security without increasing costs. New advances have eliminated the high management overhead and false positive rate issues that plagued open source and early market VA/VM entries. This whitepaper discusses: Speed of change in networks, equipment and
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improper system configuration, etc. 2. Longley and Shain define a vulnerability using several different methods. "1) In computer security, a weakness in automated systems security procedures, administrative controls, Internet controls, etc., that could be exploited by a threat to gain unauthorized access to information of to disrupt critical processing. 2) In computer security, a weakness in the physical layout, organization, procedures, personnel, management, administration, hardware or
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Department of Defence Information System Audit Guide VERSION 11.1 January 2012 Table of Contents 1. Introduction to Accreditation 4 2. The Information System Audit – Checklist 7 2.1. What is an Information System Audit? 7 2.2. Why is an Information System Certification needed? 7 2.3. Assessing an Information System’s Security Risks 7 2.4. Selecting an Information System’s Security Controls 7 3. Purpose of the Checklist 8
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Information Risk Management Plan Project Name | Network Vulnerability Colt Manufacturing R&D Server | Document Purpose The Project Information Risk Management Plan formalizes a system's information security and privacy upgrade. During the Project Planning Phase the project team: * works with Colt Manufacturing IT Department to register the data involved in the project and determine the data's classification. * useable resources in this document are reviewed to identify potential
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McBride Financial Website Security Plan Reggi CMGT/441 April 7, 2014 University of Phoenix McBride Financial Website Security Plan Introduction McBride financial services is upgrading their website to be more interactive with clients. The goal is to create self-serve options for clients though the website and through kiosks located in the offices. McBride wants to reduce the number of employees needed to handle client accounts using this new business plan. The new plan will increase
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realizes he or she has a passion for information security, moving in the field can seem a daunting task. The education market is oversaturated with degrees, certifications, and training programs. Meanwhile, many prominent hackers mock those programs publicly. Although I’ve touched on security education and training quite a bit, I’m continually asked to provide a resource for people who are trying to transition from school or other fields into Information Security roles. Ours is a healthy job market
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trade-off for simplicity. In addition to this, the attacks are getting more complex in nature and are also increasing the risk of losing Information Assurance (IA). Protection against the attacks can be done using many security services in cumulative way for IA. These include Availability, integrity, confidentiality and non-repudiation. Thus to provide a robust Information Assurance (IA), one has to focus on four primary key elements: people, technology, application and operations. ‘Defense in depth’
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