Cyber Security Student: Maurice Jones Class ISSC461: IT Security: Countermeasures Instructor: Professor Christopher Weppler Date: 2 August 2013 Introduction “In a future conflict, an adversary unable to match our military supremacy on the battlefield might seek to exploit our computer vulnerabilities here at home (President Barack Obama, 2012).” Technology has changed the total lifestyle of people around the world. Here in the United Stated, society’s daily lives revolve around social
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THE iPREMIER COMPANY (A): Denial of Service Attack By Robert Austin November 19, 2003 DPDN Brian Dyrud Jennifer Paterson Paul Davidson Lindsay Neal BACKGROUND: iPremier, a Seattle based company, was founded in 1994 by two students from Swathmore College. iPremier had become one of the only success stories of web-based commerce, selling luxury, rare, and vintage goods over the Internet. Most of iPremier’s goods sell for under $200 and the customer buys the products online with
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White Paper IT Security Risk Management By Mark Gerschefske Risk Analysis How do you predict the total cost of a threat? Is it only the cost to restore the comprised system and lost productivity? Or does it include lost revenue, customer confidence, and trust of investors? This paper provides an overview of the risk management process and its benefits. Risk management is a much talked about, but little understood area of the IT Security industry. While risk management has been practiced by
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“The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is a not-for-profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides educational forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill, and professional growth of its members. The primary goal of the Information Systems Security Association is to promote management practices that will guarantee the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information resources”
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Running header: IPAD’S SECURITY BREACH iPad’s Security Breach The Business Enterprise- BUS 508 May 28, 2011 IPAD’S SECURITY BREACH Abstract Across the globe AT&T is known as the world’s leading integrated companies-applying innovative technologies to discover, develop and complete construction of the first transcontinental broadband-communications network. This paper will investigate and discuss some of the major issues involving Apple’s security breach. First determine
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purpose of this data classification policy is to provide a system for protecting information that is critical to the organization. All workers who may come into contact with confidential information are expected to familiarize themselves with this data classification policy and to consistently use it. II. POLICY The organizations data classification system has been designed to support the need to know so that information will be protected from unauthorized disclosure, use, modification, and deletion
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All-in-one Computer Security Systems CIS/105 Some of the different programs that I choose to use as all-in-one security that has total protection are Norton Internet Security and McAfee has an exclusive active protection technology that analyzes and blocks threats in milliseconds. McAfee can immediately detect and remove viruses, even root kits, adware, spyware, and blocks. McAfee has a two-way firewall which blocks outsiders from hacking into your PC. The program also contains other features
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VULNERABILITY A security breach has been identified within a small Microsoft workgroup LAN. The workgroup consists of three primary workgroups which contain group membership lists of users within the Active Directory infrastructure that currently exists on the SMB Server that is located within the confines of the LAN structure. The security breach, which is defined as any event that results in a violation of any of the CIA (confidentiality, integrity, availability) security principles, was caused
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Ebonie DuPree COM 510 Introduction to Information Security Management 01/13/13 Chapter 1 Exercises 1, 2 1. I would plan to gathering data needed to discuss keys to success. For example, I would plan ways to not let the information get lost and protect it by creating a program that will do scan each week and when it detects a virus or a threat, it will quarantined so it won’t come back. I would also make it available to authorize because everybody can not have access to any user
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Company: Websense What information security products or services does this company sell? How do these products and services address the basic types of attacks? Websense is one of the world’s largest security software companies specializing in web filtering software. The company sells a wide range of cyber security products and services. Some of their products and services are: Web security, email security, data security, server platforms and professional support services Their products
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