May 2011 the group “Anonymous” attacked the Sony network where they gained access to more than 80 million users’ accounts compromising their personal data, which cost Sony over $170 million (Lewis). General Keith B. Alexander, head of the National Security Agency recently stated, “there has been a 17-fold increase in computer attacks on American infrastructure between 2009 and 2011, initiated by criminal gangs, hackers and other nations (Sanger).” These attacks are being carried out just for the hell
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GIAC Enterprises Security Controls Implementation Plan Group Discussion and Written Project John Hally, Erik Couture 08/07/2011 GIAC Enterprises – Security Controls Implementation Plan Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Security Controls Implementation Plan Incident Response Weekend Plan Conclusions References 3 3 4 6 9 9 2 GIAC Enterprises – Security Controls Implementation Plan Executive Summary The cyber-threat landscape has evolved significantly in recent
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UVT2-RTFT Task 1 Competency 427.2.4: Advanced Social Engineering William J. Lawson MS Information Security & Assurance - 5/1/13 Student ID:000311942 My Mentor: Mary Gordon c: 317-448-3045 Indianapolis, IN - Eastern Time wlawson@my.wgu.edu[->0] A. Create a memo discussing how you believe the intruder gained access to the company's network using social engineering. Incident Memo to Management Recently The Company was a victim of a Social Engineering (SE) attack
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1 Introduction to the Management of Information Security Chapter Overview The opening chapter establishes the foundation for understanding the field of Information Security. This is accomplished by explaining the importance of information technology and defining who is responsible for protecting an organization’s information assets. In this chapter the student will come to know and understand the definition and key characteristics of information security as well as the come to recognize the
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Card Industry Data Security Standard ( PCI DSS ) provides a set of requirements that every business have to follow to be certified to work with electronic monetary transactions every mayor credit card mandates it and is intent to protect the cardholder data failing to comply can mean revocation of processing privileges and or $500 000 in fines per incident A small Business can follow these steps to help them to get certified: firewall: this provide a layer of security between my network environment
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how vulnerable Target’s information system was. It is important to secure information on any system, regardless if it is your personal system or a corporation’s system. The big issue with Target’s breach and other companies’ breaches is the fact that the people responsible for the cyber-attack received information on the company. However, even more importantly they received personal information on their customers including names, debit/credit card information, etc. “Security refers to the policies
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Research Documents The Research Paper Factory Join Search Browse Saved Papers Home Page » Computers and Technology Gathering Information Pertaining to a Glba Compliance In: Computers and Technology Gathering Information Pertaining to a Glba Compliance Lab#5 Define a process for Gathering Information pertaining to a GLBA Compliance 1. GLBA repealed parts of an act. Name the act and explain why it was significant for financial institutions and insurance companies
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Security Awareness Training Jay Phillips GMGT/431 September 14, 2015 Shivie Bhagan Security Awareness Training With the ever increasing use of technology to be more productive and save on materials costs, more and more companies are converting their data electronically. Some data contains customer’s information while other data may contain confidential information about a company and how it operates. Just because data is sitting on a server somewhere in a locked data center or perhaps a company
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Information security, sometimes shortened to InfoSec, is the practice of defending information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction. It is a general term that can be used regardless of the form the data may take (electronic, physical, etc...)[1] Two major aspects of information security are: • IT security: Sometimes referred to as computer security, Information Technology Security is information security applied to
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made use of technological innovation and automation of their systems. However, as GFI experienced a steady growth in its financial operation, a significant security risk lack within its network. GFI relies on its application servers; the Oracle database and the email system that are the backbone of the GFI financial operations. The financial and cash flow system of the company solely depends on the network, any network breakdown, and system failure would be catastrophic for the business and its clients
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