Information Security Threats Mitigation By Francis Nsofwa Mubanga Keller Graduate School of Management Devry University Professor Sandra Kirkland SE572 July 14th, 2011 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Steps 1 Denial-of-Service attacks (DoS) 1 Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks (DDoS) 1 Masquerading and IP Spoofing attacks 2 Smurf attacks 2 Land .c attacks 2 Man-in-the-Middle attacks 3 Conclusion 3 References 4 Introduction Our company faces the largest
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2012 International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies Classification of Botnet Detection Based on Botnet Architechture N.S.Raghava, Dept. of Information Technology Delhi Technological University Delhi, India nsraghava@dce.ac.in Divya Sahgal Dept of Information Technology Delhi Technological University Delhi, India divyasahgal61@gmail.com Seema Chandna Dept of Information Technology Delhi Technological University Delhi, India seemachandna64@gmail.com Abstract—Nowadays
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Sony Pictures Entertainment Tightening Internet Security Gerilyn Yoder BIS/221 July 27, 2015 John Zupan Sony Pictures Entertainment Tightening Internet Security Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is not a stranger to internet security issues. From an attack by hackers in 2002, to an attack in 2011 that affected the Sony Playstation gaming system, resulting in the release of client personal information, to the most recent and most severe attack in December 2014 where personal information
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Barracuda NG Firewall Scalable Security for the Enterprise Enterprise networks grow larger and more complex every day - and more critical to key business operations. The Barracuda NG Firewall is an essential tool to optimize the performance, security, and availability of today's dispersed enterprise WANs. Security Storage Application Delivery The Barracuda Advantage Effective WAN Management • Application-based traffic prioritization across the WAN • Intelligent uplink balancing • Intelligent
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Software vulnerability Chenestina Qiu Networking 2 Period: 7 A zero day vulnerability refers to a hole in software that is unknown to the vendor. This security hole is then exploited by hackers before the vendor becomes aware and hurries to fix it—this exploit is called a zero day attack. Uses of zero day attacks can include infiltrating malware, spyware or allowing unwanted access to user information. The term
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business worldwide. MMPS has current network operations handled by an outside telecommunications management company. MMPS experiences problems that cost that company money as well as customers. Metric Machine Parts’ main concern will be to have an in-house IT department. This will improve communication between MMPS and their customers. MMPS needs to be able to solve problems quickly and efficiently. A management company that is in charge of network operations and managing four locations
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describes the security plan for a WAN (wide area network) that has been setup for an organization to work in an efficient manner. The WAN connects many different locations scattered across a wide area. The WAN is an important feature of the organization and has to play an important role in its working. Huge amount of information is transferred everyday and is crucial for the organization. A network crash due to any reason may cause a huge loss to the organization. Also any intrusion in the network may allow
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evaluation of the associated threats was conducted, followed by an analysis of any risks that may be present and potential outcomes. Overview Three areas of potential security weaknesses in Information Technology (IT) for Aircraft Solutions, or any company are hardware, software, and IT policy. In terms of hardware, the provided Network Architecture Map detailed that Aircraft Solutions lacks a firewall between the Commercial Division and the Internet, while all other branches of the company are protected
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traffic in the enterprise network. Describe separate conditions for both ingress and egress traffic as they transit the network. Discuss: What roles do ingress and egress filtering play in protecting a network? How do protective isolations help to protect a network? Why do we need to separate and isolate the types of traffic? Ingress filtering is the filtering of any IP packets with untrusted source addresses before they have a chance to enter and affect your system or network. It can protect users
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the VA patients provided was supposed to be kept in save place) 9. What risk mitigation or security control recommendations would you suggest to prevent this from occurring again?( Even if the data was encrypted because of the VA policy, data loss would still be an issue because of all the personal information that could have been compromised 10. What information system security and privacy security policies do you think would help mitigate this breach and loss of privacy data?( Keep the files
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