Our assignment this week in class was to read an article put out by Symantec, information technology security measure, on cutting edge and growing threats to internet security. Threats and new ways to make the internet ‘unsafe’ occur every minute and it is up to information technology professionals to play defense and protect the individuals that use it. This was a lengthy article, so I chose to write about some key concepts I found interesting and would like to talk about. The first issue I
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1. Introduction SingTel is one of the main communications firms with 130 years of operating experience. They are also a key communications corporation in Asia. Drawing on the depth of networks, customer base and vast operations experience, SingTel is a long-standing strategic investor who works meticulously to expand their business. They are also the largest listed company in the Singapore stock exchange (info.singtel.com, 2014). SingTel manages many offices throughout Asia
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other security mechanisms to ensure that they are secure but it is better for companies to let their employees access the company’s resources from outside the local network. VPN stands for Virtual Private Network and is a method of simulating a private network that is operating on top of a larger network like the internet. One VPN sub category is VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) , which is what I am looking into. VPN construct ranges from Layer
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recovery plans. In today’s environment, with significant potential natural disasters, terrorist threats, and other man-made threats, it is critical that organizations develop effective business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans. Select an organization that you are familiar with, such as where you currently or previously have worked, contact a local organization, or search on the Internet for the needed detail of an organization you are interested in. Prepare a disaster recovery plan
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ASSIGNMENT ON TERM PAPPER INTERNET CHALLENGES TO SECURITY AND PRIVACY SUBMITTED BY : GIFTY KARUVELIL SAM ID NUMBER: 0160011 SUBMITTED TO : PROFESSOR . JOYCE JAMES MG. 650: MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE TABLE OF
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NT 2580 Intro to Info Security Project part 1 December 8, 2015 Headquarters Phoenix, AZ Branch 1 Branch 2 Branch 3 Atlanta, GA Chicago, IL Cincinnati, OH User Domain * Have employees sign confidential agreement * Introduce an AUP acceptable use policy * Have HR verify an employee’s identity with background checks * Conduct security awareness training * Enable content filtering and antivirus scanning * Restrict access to only info needed to perform job
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Argumentative Essay -DISCURSIVE ESSAY COMPUTER CRIME When people hear the word computer crime, they often think of some bad pictures from the Internet that show crimes involving computers. Those tapes of crime are no different from crimes without computers. The computer is only a tool that a criminal uses to commit a crime. There are no precise, reliable statistics on the amount of computer crime and the economic loss to victims, because many of these computer crimes are apparently
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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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Security in the Smart Grid introduction Present and future battlefronts of electronic terrorism includes the state of readiness and resilience of the computer equipment protecting America's energy distribution networks and industrial control systems. According to a Pike research report [1] published March 1st of this year, it is projected that investments in smart grid cyber security will total $14 billion through 2018. First, what is a power grid?
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Security Solution for a Bank Officer’s Laptop Introduction: UAE Bank provides laptops to their loans officers. The laptops contain information about all of the bank’s loans products (public information), and some other bank information (confidential information). The bank officer takes loan applications from clients (confidential information) and keeps these on the laptop. The loans officer travels to various locations to meet clients. Since computer security has become important, almost
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