trying to explain with this is that while the average internet user is satisfy with what they get out of their computers or portable devices I questioned what make the internet, programs, software’s possible? How they worked? What are their vulnerable points? The biggest nuisance and threat for the internet community of the world has to be hacker and spammers. Even the strongest security measures have not been able to contain this group of people. For instance, social sites like Facebook and twitter
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1. What are the six focuses of information security today? The six main focuses of information security today are data, networks, procedures, people, hardware, and software. This is what anyone in the field of information security needs to know to be able to adequately protect the system and its information. 2. What are the differences between “viruses”, “worms”, and “Trojan horses” as examples of malicious software? A virus is malicious code which will lower or stop
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and data security is a huge concern of organizations around the world. As a risk management consultation for the Boardman Management Group/Baderman Island Resort, it is necessary to help the organizations owner, and IT department understand the importance of the provisioning of data and access on their company website. The Boardman Group has updated their web interface. With the help of the consultants the group is currently preparing to assess the risks, vulnerabilities, and threats related
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Information Systems Security Strayer University CIS 333 June 18, 2014 David Bevin Information Systems Security The scope of our assignment as an information officer at Whale Pharmaceuticals is to safeguardour daily operations which require a combination of both physical and logical access controls to protect medication and funds maintained on the premises and personally identifiable information and protected health information of our customers. The immediate supervisor has tasked us with
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SE571 Course Project Phase I Professor Wagner November 13, 2011 Security Assessment: Course Project Phase I Introduction This report focuses on a security assessment of Aircraft Solutions (AS), which is a well-known leader in the design and fabrication of component products and services for companies in the electronics, commercial, defense, and aerospace industry. Headquartered in Southern California, AS depends heavily on its highly trained workforce, with a large skill base, that is
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Risks and Resolutions Introduction A Computer Network has many benefits to a company. However, it also puts a company at security and privacy risks if they are not tackled with a profound technical know-how. When a computer on a network is hacked, there is a possible threat to other systems getting effected as well. These security breaches can be severe to the organization information and privacy and resolve into a loss of information, leak of confidential data such as bank accounts, and loss
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Common Information Security Threats NAME CMGT400 – Intro to Information Assurance and Security DATE INSTRUCTOR Common Information Security Threats Information is one of the biggest and most important assets an organization has. This information is what drives a company, such as Bank of America, to be profitable and retain a customer’s trust. Without the customer’s trust, an organization will lose those customers, and therefore will be unsuccessful. So, in order to manage information securely
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1) Describe a threat and a threat agent. What are the differences between the two? Provide an example of a threat and a threat agent and how they interact (the example can be fictitious). • Threat – is a nonstop danger to an asset and this could be planned or accidental threat. For example, fire is a threat and it could happen accidentally or it could be planned. • Threat agent – (attacker) is the enabler of an attack. For example lighting strike or a person that set something on fire would
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to safeguard and protect information in a computer. During the class lecture, I learned that having proper management will help to protect better the data or information uses by an organization. Also, I learned that there is a bunch of different attacks that can exploits the vulnerability of a computer’s system. Attacks are ways in which threats are manifested. Threat can be an object, person, etc. that represent a continuous danger to information security. Some attacks are malware, brute force, password
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dates back to 2011. The title of this article is called “New Hacking Tools Pose Bigger Threats to Wi-Fi Users”. The title of this article basically sums up what the type of threat it is and a general idea of what the article will be about. Turns out there were more to this title than I thought because the person imposing the threat is a network security expert, a white hat hacker. Network Threat A security expert by the name of Eric Butler decided to release a free hacking tool called Firesheep
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