IT Security, crime, Compliance, and Continuity Multiple Choice 1. ______ refers to viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, and other types of disruptive, destructive, or unwanted programs. a) Bad program b) Hacking c) Malware d) Zombie computer 2. Social networks and cloud computing increase vulnerabilities by providing _____. a) a single point of failure b) an easy way to steal data c) an easier way for data to be read over networks d) extra security over a network
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Security Monitoring Mobin Bahrami University of Phoenix Information Systems Risk Management CMGT/442 June 22, 2012 Brian Hoff Intro Security monitoring is an important factor in keeping any organization network safe as various attacks are on a rise. A company constantly must practice monitory techniques to keep their data safe. " The first step is to scan the internal and external environment and identify information technology risks before they become a problem. The key is to be proactive
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among the largest and most diversified network operators in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, with a mobile telephony penetration of approximately 48% in those regions, and more than 80 million subscribers as of March 31st, 2009. Orascom Telecom Holding operates GSM networks in Algeria (OTA), Egypt (Mobinil), Pakistan (Mobilink), Bangladesh (Banglalink), Tunisia (Tunisiana) and North Korea (Koryolink). OTH has an indirect equity ownership in Globalive Wireless which has been granted a spectrum license
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and Information Security, Vol. 4, No. 1 & 2, 2009 A Survey of Attacks, Security Mechanisms and Challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks Dr. G. Padmavathi, Mrs. D. Shanmugapriya, Prof and Head, Dept. of Computer Science, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore, India, ganapathi.padmavathi@gmail.com Lecturer, Dept. of Information Technology, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore, India, ds_priyaa@rediffmail.com Abstract—Wireless Sensor networks (WSN) is an emerging
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CHaPTer Firewall Fundamentals 2 T O SOME NETWORK ADMINISTRATORS, A FIREWALL is the key component of their infrastructure’s security. To others, a fi rewall is a hassle and a barrier to accomplishing essential tasks. In most cases, the negative view of fi rewalls stems from a basic misunderstanding of the nature of fi rewalls and how they work. This chapter will help dispel this confusion. This chapter clearly defi nes the fundamentals of fi rewalls. These include what
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CHaPTer Firewall Fundamentals 2 T O SOME NETWORK ADMINISTRATORS, A FIREWALL is the key component of their infrastructure’s security. To others, a fi rewall is a hassle and a barrier to accomplishing essential tasks. In most cases, the negative view of fi rewalls stems from a basic misunderstanding of the nature of fi rewalls and how they work. This chapter will help dispel this confusion. This chapter clearly defi nes the fundamentals of fi rewalls. These include what
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[pic] ZigBee Wireless Mesh Networking for Monitoring & Control What is ZigBee? ZigBee is a consortium of software, hardware and services companies that have developed a common standard for wireless networking of sensors and controllers. While other wireless standards are concerned with exchanging large amounts of data, ZigBee is for devices that have smaller throughput needs. The other driving factors are low cost, high reliability, high security, low battery usage, simplicity
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the recommendations we can offer our client. Sifers-Grayson already has two redundant wide area network connections, but we need to explain why having two separate (redundant) wide area network connections from the campus area network to the internet is important. We need to convey to our client that the most important reason for our recommendation of installing two separate (redundant) wide area network connections is to avoid a single and even multiple points of failure in communication or data
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SECURE ROUTING IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS By [Name] The Name of the Class (Course) Professor (Tutor): The Name of the School (University): The City and State The Date: Abstract. Wireless sensor networks (WSANs) are a group of sensors and actors that are linked by a wireless medium for the purpose of performing distributed sensing and action on a given task. This involves the sensors collecting information about the surrounding physical environment and sending the information to the
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with the type of budgets that a hospital muse consider in order to redesign a whole new network structure for the purpose of being more optimal and maintaining standards that keep up with advances in new technology. In most cases, a hospital’s network can transition over time with new technology and evolve into meeting the demands it requires to perform effectively. However, upgrading a hospital’s entire network can often be very expensive to implement and sustain. There may be a case where components
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