Introduction With the rapid growth in the wireless mobile communication technology, small devices like PDAs, laptops are able to communicate with the fixed wired network while in motion. Because of its flexibility and provision of providing ubiquitous infrastructure, the need to provide security increases to a great degree. As wireless communication takes place mainly through the radio signals rather than wires, it is easier to intercept or eavesdrop on the communication channels. Therefore, it is important
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Harnessing Information Management, the Data, and Infrastructure Writing Assignment #2 Antwaun Taylor Strayer University CIS 500 Prof. Richard Brown Friday, May 1, 2015 The importance of information management is to gain the maximum benefits from your company's information system, which you would have to exploit all its capacities. Information systems gain their importance by processing the data from company inputs to generate information that is useful for managing your operations. Other
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CNT 4403 – HW-1 NAME Mario Noguera , ID: 2058067 Q1: Characterize and analyze the following actual security breaches which occurred in 2011. Indicate if they involved physical or digital attacks. If physical, were they destructive or non-destructive breaches? Using the C-I-A and A-A-A principles, what type(s) of attack was each breach? | Date | Organization | Description | Physical (destructive or non-destructive) or Digital? | Attack on which C-I-A and/or A-A-A principles? | A. | Nov.
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HTTPS HTTPS takes the HTTP protocol, and simply layers a SSL/TLS referred to simply as “SSL”. It also has an encryption layer on top of it. Servers and clients still speak the same HTTP to each other, but over a secure SSL connection that scrambles and decrypts their demands and replies. The SSL layer has 2 main purposes are verifying that you are speaking straight to the server that you think you are speaking to. Ensuring is so the server can read what you send it and only you can read what it
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John Holbrook Step by Step Installation of a Secure Linux Web, DNS and Mail Server Feb 10, 2004 GIAC GSEC Practical – Version 1.4b, Option 1 Key fingerprint = AF19 FA27 2F94 998D FDB5 DE3D F8B5 06E4 A169 4E46. 1 Table of Contents Abstract................................. Introduction.........................................................................................................................4 Current Setup..............................................................
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Interested in learning more about security? SANS Institute InfoSec Reading Room This paper is from the SANS Institute Reading Room site. Reposting is not permitted without express written permission. SSL Man-in-the-Middle Attacks TCP/IP protocols have long been subject to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, but the advent of SSL/TLS was supposed to mitigate that risk for web transactions by providing endpoint authentication and encryption. The advent of Dug Song's 'webmitm' in late 2000 demonstrated
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SECTION A (Total 40 marks) Answer ALL the questions in this section. Question 1 (a) Briefly explain the key differences between HTML and XML. (8 marks) (b) Describe how an RFID system works. Name three disadvantages in adopting its use. (10 marks) (c) What is meant by the term grid computing ? Why has this form of computing become more popular only in the present decade ? (8 marks) (d) Distinguish between online analytical processing and data mining. (8 marks) (e) Identify
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Dear Manager, I have received your email regarding your new branch office, and I may be of some help to you. There are many ways to secure the workstations in your branch, the three best ways to secure your workstations I will suggest are: passwords, smart cards, and biometrics, I will describe each individually and let you decide which is best for your branch, also I will explain the firewall software that comes with Windows 7. The first type of security I will discuss is the most common but
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Week 7 Homework July 16, 2012 1. Explain the four goals associated with computer threats. • Data Confidential- is keeping secret data secret. • Data Integrity- unauthorized users not allowed to modify data without owner’s permission. • System Availability- no one can disturb system making it unusable. • Privacy - protecting individual from misuse information about them. 2. Explain the main difference between Secret-Key Cryptography and Public-Key Cryptography
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Terry Addison IAAS483 DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY ONLINE August 9, 2011 Dan Parrell, PhD Certificate of Authorship: By submitting this assignment I hereby certify that I am the author of this assignment. I understand that all coursework is governed by the University Academic Integrity Statement outlined in the DU catalog. I have not consulted or collaborated with anyone else outside of the Davenport University Online classroom environment. I understand that I may use reference material
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