Order Code RL33199 Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries Updated May 7, 2007 Rita Tehan Information Research Specialist Knowledge Services Group Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries Summary Personal data security breaches are being reported with increasing regularity. Within the past few years, numerous examples of data such as Social Security, bank account, credit card, and driver’s license numbers, as well as medical and student records have been
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Professor Michelle Hansen CEO CEO CISO CISO CIO CIO IT Procurement Specialist IT Procurement Specialist IT Security Compliance Officer IT Security Compliance Officer IT Security Engineer IT Security Engineer Needs to monitor compliance with the security directives ,and overall policy to ensure IT effectiveness. Needs to monitor compliance with the security directives ,and overall policy to ensure IT effectiveness. Use results and feedback from various other sources to form
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"Each person has their own view on how personal information should be used. For some, they will give out their information wherever it is requested. Others are paranoid about their info and only use it where absolutely necessary. There is a wide variety to the way information is used on the internet compared to how a resource such as a utility company would use it. A site could be as simple as requesting your email address to keep you up to date with their newsletter. Websites for retail companies
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An ISS White Paper Security Strategy Development Building an Information Security Management Program 6303 Barfield Road • Atlanta, GA 30328 Tel: 404.236.2600 • Fax: 404.236.2626 Security Strategy Development Information Security Management A sound information security management program involves more than a few strategically placed firewalls. These safeguards, while important, are only truly effective as part of an overall information security management system. The integration
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database last week, potentially compromising the personal information of approximately 80 million former and current customers, as well as employees, according to multiple reports. The information potentially compromised includes names, dates of birth, medical IDs or Social Security numbers, street addresses, and email addresses, according to a statement from Anthem president and CEO Joseph Swedish posted on the company website. Employment information, some of which included income data, might also be
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Security testing Security testing is a process intended to reveal flaws in the security mechanisms of an information system that protect data and maintain functionality as intended. Due to the logical limitations of security testing, passing security testing is not an indication that no flaws exist or that the system adequately satisfies the security requirements. Typical security requirements may include specific elements of confidentiality, integrity, authentication, availability, authorization
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healthcare provider in question has experienced a potential security breach within their records. They are now currently investigating how this happened and what information was access by the unauthorized individual. However, the company is now interested in established a baseline framework to avoid future information breaches from occurring. This document will outline three major IT frameworks and how each could have mitigated the recent information breach. ISO Policy The ISO 27001 recommendation is a
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environments. Administrative controls that meet the standard of “due care” generally are easily achievable for an acceptable cost and reinforce the security policy of the organization. They must include controls that contribute to individual accountability, auditability, and separation of duties. Administrative controls define the human factors of security and involve all levels of personnel within an organization. They determine which users have access to what organizational resources and data. Administrative
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2.2.1 Information assurance According to Jacobson (2011), Information assurance (IA) is the practice of managing information-related risks. More specifically, IA practitioners seek to protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring confidentiality, integrity, authentication, availability, and non-repudiation. These goals are relevant whether the information is in storage, processing, or transit, and whether threatened by malice or accident. In other words, IA is the process of
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF "FUZZY LOGIC, GENETIC ALGORITHM & NEURAL NETWORK" IN WIRELESS NETWORK SECURITY (WNS) ABSTRACT The more widespread use of networks meaning increased the risk of being attacked. In this study illustration to compares three AI techniques. Using for solving wireless network security problem (WNSP) in Intrusion Detection Systems in network security field. I will show the methods used in these systems, giving brief points of the design principles and the major trends. Artificial
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