Management Business Challenges Risk Management Fundamentals 2 Managing Risk: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Exploits 29 Managing Compliance 57 Developing a Risk Management Plan 85 CHaPTeR Risk Management Fundamentals 1 R ISK MANAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT to the success of every company— a company that takes no risks doesn’t thrive. On the other hand, a company that ignores risk can fail when a single threat is exploited. Nowadays, nformation technology (IT) systems contribute to the success
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Although ping sweeps and port scans have been around for some time now, they are still considered huge security threats, especially in a business where sensitive data flocks the network. Ping sweeps and port scans are computer activities allowing the person using these activities to gain access to a network or a device; they can be very useful in the right hands but also very dangerous in the wrong hands. A ping sweep is when an intruder sends an ICMP ECHO, or a ping request, to several devices on
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Risk is the likelihood that a loss will occur. Losses occur when a threat exposes a vulnerability Threat—A threat is any activity that represents a possible danger. • Vulnerability—A vulnerability is a weakness. • Loss—A loss results in a compromise to business functions or assets. Assets can have both tangible and intangible values. The tangible value is the actual cost of the asset. The intangible value is value that cannot be measured by cost, Tangible includes • Computer systems—Servers
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In regards to Issue 16 Unit 5 in the textbook, I strongly agree that government Internet surveillance efforts threaten privacy and civil rights. It is a basic human right to allow someone to keep something secret to oneself. We owe no explanation or clarification to anyone for our private matters. With the governments increasing efforts in Internet surveillance this basic right is violated. It is as if we have become completely transparent to people we know nothing about ourselves. New technological
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log in and enter their case information. You suspect that the site may be lacking fundamental security and information safeguards. During the past few weeks, staff members have noticed that the workstations are running sluggishly, and they routinely get advertisements on their computers when they are not on the Internet. Investigators routinely download and install programs and plug-ins from the Internet. However, the computers are not kept up-to-date with operating system patches or software patches
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met today. They received a report on the expenses and lost production from the worm outbreak last month, and they directed us to improve the security of our technology. Gladys says you can help me understand what we need to do about it.” “To start with,” Charlie said, “instead of setting up a computer security solution, we need to develop an information security program. We need a thorough review of our policies and practices, and we need to establish an ongoing risk management program. There are some
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Purpose This project provides you an opportunity to analyze risks, threats, and vulnerabilities and apply countermeasures in the information systems environment. Required Source Information and Tools To complete the project, you will need the following: 1. Access to the Internet to perform research for the project * Microsoft Windows How-To, including: * Optimize Windows for Better Performance: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/optimize-windows-better-performance
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5.1 What is the cause of the threat? Microsoft is stopping support for Windows XP in April 2014, which also means that there are no more patches and a lot more cyber-attacks. According to pcworld.com, cyber thieves will use Patch Tuesday which is Microsoft’s monthly release of its security fix-ups as an opportunity to find flaws in Windows XP. Many of flaws in Windows XP are usually true for all types of Windows. As Microsoft pointed out its security weakness in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows
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Malicious Attacks, Threats and Vulnerabilities Networking Security Fundamentals – CIS 333 April 29, 2012 Identifying Potential Malicious Attacks, Threats and Vulnerabilities There are a myriad of potential threats and vulnerabilities that leave a system open to malicious attack, anytime you have a computer network that connects to the internet there is a potential for malicious attack so it is important that you know the vulnerabilities of a system to protect it from potential threats and malicious
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Guidelines for Secure Use of Social Media by Federal Departments and Agencies Information Security and Identity Management Committee (ISIMC) Network and Infrastructure Security Subcommittee (NISSC) Web 2.0 Security Working Group (W20SWG) Version 1.0 September 2009 This document is publicly releasable Intended Audience This document is intended as guidance for any federal agency that uses social media services to collaborate and communicate among employees, partners, other federal
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