directed against the operation of computer technology itself, presents new crimes that are as new as contemporary technology. The Internet has opened a variety of new rooms for cybercriminals to commit cyber-based terrorist attempts, computer intrusions, and major cyberfrauds. Cyberextortion is an outsider threat designed to obtain money, products, or favorable considerations from an organization or individuals by using illegal means of persuasion related to computer intrusion (Cybercrime Investigation
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contend with a range of hi-tech attacks orchestrated by well-organised, financially-motivated criminals. III. To what degree are IT security risks and business risks interrelated? IV. What are the What disadvantages might a business encounter from a "locked-down" IT environment a. and how can these be balanced against the disadvantages of a security breach? V. ethics as it relates to handling consumer or patient data and intellectual property. IT “Locked Down”: Good or Bad Strategy
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CRYPTOGRAPHY & ONLINE BANKCARD TRANSACTIONS Keller Graduate School of Management SE577ON_A – Cryptography and Security Mechanisms NOV10 Alicia Franklin Cryptography for an Extranet Table of Contents I. Online Banking Overview ………………………………………………3 II. Security Threats to Businesses…………………………………………..3 III. Cross Site Attacks ………...…………………………………………….4 IV. Mitigating Cross Site Attacks ………………………………………….5 V. Phishing ………………………………………………………………….6 VI. Cryptography .…………………………………………………………
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satellites, electronic mailing system, internet, computers and micro-chips. Advancements in these technologies have converted the planet earth into a global village affecting all facets of human activity including warfare. Cyber warfare can influence all three components of the nation-state: the people, the government, and the military. This is a new paradigm of warfare in which there is no need to send a formation of soldiers or a fleet of warships, instead computer viruses and logic bombs in microprocessor
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Title A research proposal submitted by Masisi Mulalo Supervisor: Moyo Benson Computer Science University of Venda 2014 ABSTRACT We live in a digital era where communication, information sharing and even business transactions is exchanged on mobile devices such as laptop computers, palmtops, tablet computers, smartphones and cell phones. The new age group of young people have never known a life without a mobile device with internet capabilities
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with and evolve just as quickly, while trying to be proactive when it comes to security. The world today is not as safe as it once was, and as it changes to a more paperless, technological-based society, access to information is becoming increasingly accessible. With this, cyber-attacks and security breaches have become a significant risk of doing business. As hackers, botnets, and various other cyber-based threats have become progressively more malicious and continue to attack organizations and
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Network, Data, and Web Security CMGT/441 June 18, 2012 Abstract Riordan Manufacturing conducts an information systems security review over IT security issues that exist in different plants to prepare for an upcoming audit in accordance to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Several elements of the organization's information systems require revisions and updates to optimize physical and network security, data security, and Web security. SR-rm-013: Network, Data, and Web Security The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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autorun. 2.Make regular backups of critical data when data loss results from a virus infection or other security breach, users may be tempted to use compromised files to avoid losing work. Having current data backups available eliminates the need to try to restore data from possibly compromised or corrupted files. 3. Computers connected to the outside world should be properly protected from internet threats via firewalls. Laptops and remote home workers should be protected using host based firewall
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GIAC Enterprises Security Controls Implementation Plan Group Discussion and Written Project John Hally, Erik Couture 08/07/2011 GIAC Enterprises – Security Controls Implementation Plan Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Security Controls Implementation Plan Incident Response Weekend Plan Conclusions References 3 3 4 6 9 9 2 GIAC Enterprises – Security Controls Implementation Plan Executive Summary The cyber-threat landscape has evolved significantly in recent
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The threat within A study on insider threat by DSCI in collaboration with PwC About Data Security Council of India (DSCI) Data Security Council of India (DSCI) is a focal body on data protection in India, setup as an independent Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO) by NASSCOM®, to promote data protection, develop security and privacy best practices & standards and encourage the Indian industries to implement the same. DSCI is engaged with the Indian IT/BPO industry, their clients worldwide
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