Maintaining internet security is of the utmost importance to higher education systems. The majority of universities’ administrative, financial, and clinical systems are available through a campus-wide network (Rasmussen, 2011). This means that highly confidential documents, such as student’s personal information, medical records, and much more are housed on campus servers. This information is vulnerable to security threats and puts the university at risk for lawsuits if the information is exposed
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assignment. Term Paper: Chief Security Officer Due Week 10 and worth 200 points You have been hired as the Chief Security Officer for a local University. For this role you will be responsible for establishing and maintaining an enterprise wide information security program to ensure that all information and data assets are not compromised. Knowing the concepts that are presented in the course, you will develop a plan to carry out a security program that deters computer crimes, establishes a process
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Multi-Layered Security Plan User Domain Risk, Threat, or Vulnerability: Lack of awareness, Apathy toward policies, Security policy violations, Personal CD’s and USB drives with photos, music and videos, Download photos, music and videos, Destruction of systems, applications, or data, Employee blackmail or extortion. Mitigation: Conduct annual security awareness training, Place employee on probation, Disable internal CD drives and USB ports, Enable content filtering. Restrict user access, Track
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. Vulnerability by definition it is a weakness or flaw found in software and operating systems that threats try to exploit. In this modern world no program or operating system is built perfectly secure unless the computer is completely disconnected from the Internet or unplugged from any connection. Vulnerabilities exist because computers multitask and communicate in so many ways. These forms of communication and multitasking open channels not just for legitimate applications, but also for malicious
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Abstract— Computer viruses are widely recognized as a significant computer threat. The “birth rate” of new viruses is high and increasing due to global connectivity, and technology improvements can accelerate their spread. In response to this threat, some contemporary research efforts are aimed at creating computer virus immune systems. This paper analyses the computer viruses and attacks and also some countermeasures to prevent them. In particular, we discuss Intrusion Detection and Prevention techniques
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Malicious Attacks and Threats As the lead Information Systems Security Engineer it is my job to ensure that the ongoing threat of malicious attacks and vulnerabilities to the organizations computer network are kept to a minimum so that highly sensitive data will continue to remain protected. However, recent reports from the CIO suggest that there has been a small amount of malicious activity reported on the network. The CIO is requesting I look into the current network infrastructure and
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American Military University All about Network Security: Network Security Means Never Giving an Adversary a Chance. Anthony Portz 4199864 ISSC340 I001 SPR 14 Professor Alidad Jalinous June 16th, 2014 11:55 PM Introduction In this paper I will discuss network security and I will give a detailed description of the area while discussing different technologies that are involved. There are many ways to provide network security and a lot of different aspects to keep in mind. There are
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Presented by Round Robin Scheduling 13 Conclusion 14 Distributed Computing Environment 15 Operating System Concurrency Mechanism 15 Grid Computing 16 Concurrency control mechanisms in handling communications and synchronization 17 OS Security Risks and Mitigation Strategy 18 The main areas of the operating system that are evaluated for performing the risk assessment are: 20 Prioritization risks in the operating system: 21 Risk mitigations for the risks in the operating systems:
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Securing and Protecting Information Instructor: April 24, 2014 Security Authentication Process It is necessary to secure your authentication method to safeguard your system against varied forms of security threats, like password-cracking tools, brute-force or wordbook attacks, abuse of system access rights, impersonation of attested users, and reply attacks. Additionally, if you share resources on your network with alternative organizations, you need to make sure that your authentication policies
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Insider Threat PV2 Albano, Tyler Routers Load April 24, 2018 What is an insider threat? An insider threat is a malicious threat to an organization that comes from people within the organization itself. These people can be employees, former employees, contractors or business associates. This threat is most often used to steal property or information for personal gain, or to benefit another organization or country. The reason this threat is so serious is because it comes from people who
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