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    Cis175 It Consult

    DesignIT Network Consultation Proposal Strayer University CIS175 Introduction to Networking Professor June 17 Network Consultation Proposal In order to design and deliver a reliable and secure network for DesignIT, many critical factors must be considered such as the network topology and architecture, the selection of hardware and software components designed to meet the client’s requirements, and also appropriate security services. DesignIT has decided to upgrade from a temporary

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    Network Security

    the process of protecting the user from things that can potentially ruin a computer or leak information that other people should not have access to.Some things that can attack a network system include viruses,worms, as well as trojan horses, spyware along with adware,attacks called zero hour,attacks by hackers,denied service hacks,data interception and theft,and the last on being identity theft.In order for network security to work it needs

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    Operation Richman’s Company It Network

    computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X, you must research and devise a plan to thwart malicious code and activity by implementing countermeasures and prevention techniques for dealing with viruses, worms, logic bombs, Trojan horses, and other related forms of intentionally created deviant code. Issue four. You must research and formulate a plan to implement monitoring and analysis based on the premise that all employees have Internet access to browse the

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    virus. The virus is interesting because of its ability to attach itself to other programs and cause them to become viruses as well. There are two spellings for the plural of virus; 'virusses', and 'viruses'. We use the one found in Webster's 3rd International Unabridged Dictionary Given the wide spread use of sharing in current computer systems, the threat of a virus carrying a Trojan horse [Anderson72] [Linde75] is significant. Although a considerable amount of work has been done in implementing

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    Nt1310 Unit 3 Assignment 1 Identification Risk Analysis

    2. Identified Risks There are a number of organisations that maintain a database of vulnerabilities. The list below is not exhaustive, but the vulnerabilities listed in this report have been extracted from Cve.mitre.org (n.d.). 2.1 The Catastrophic List These vulnerabilities were identified during the assessment and need urgent remediation as they pose a serious security risk to the organisation. ID Vulnerability Description Risk Category Remediation Method V001 A firewall is on the edge of the

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    Computer and Network Security

    Computer and Network security Problem statement Unauthorized Access “As the threat of unauthorized access grows companies and people continue to look for security to upgrade.” (Howard, 2009)``Unauthorized access'' is a very high-level term that can refer to a number of different sorts of attacks. The goal of these attacks is to access some resource that your machine should not provide the attacker. For example, a host might be a web server, and should provide anyone with requested web pages

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    predetermined rule set by the organization using. There are two types of firewall: * Software Firewall: Is a software program installed in any computer in order to protect it. Software firewalls is best suited for protecting computers from Trojan programs, e-mail worms, or spams. It prevents any unauthorized access. An example of software firewall includes Zone Alarm, Sygate, Kerio. An illustration is shown below: * Hardware firewall: Is a device which connects your computer or network in order

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    Network Fundamentals | Question | ID | Correct Answer | 13. MC: ____ operating systems provide network control and include special functions for connecting computers and other devices. A . Client  B . LAN  C . Server  D . WAN | 449244 | C . Server | 14. MC: A(n) ____ is hardware (a computer) that can be used to share mail, databases, and more. A . client  B . server  C . operating system  D . router | 449242 | B . server | 15. MC: A(n) _____ is a description of the rules computers

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    Network Based Threat Research

    Network Based Threat Research CMGT/431 24 Aug 2015 Network Based Threat Research With advancements in the ever growing internet with more and more individuals becoming accustomed to using the web as a means of communicating the opportunity for outside sources to gain ones information is expanding daily. Recently the Department of Defense’s Joint Staff became the latest target in a spear phishing attack. For over two weeks more than 4,000 users on the Defense network have been shut down

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    Identifying Potential Risk, Response and Recovery

    Assignment 2 Identifying Potential Risk, Response and Recovery Karen Raglin Professor West Networking Security Fundamentals March 3, 2013 I previously identified several types of attacks, threats and vulnerabilities that exist with your multilayered network. You have requested that I develop a strategy to deal with these risks as well as a plan to mitigate each risk to reduce the impact that each will have on your organization. With any network organization you want to make sure that you

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