SCADA Security Project - Powergrid Communication Abstract As technology has changed over the years many applications have kept pace with the changes and huge improvements have been made‚ such as cell phones. The power grid however has not stayed current with what technology has to offer. Resolving the gap between the existing grid and the smart grid is an area of fervent research. Much of the success of the smart grid relies on new communication architecture to allow for smart metering‚ quality
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Contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Problem Statement 1 1.2 What Is Security? 1 1.3 OS Protection and Security 2 1.4 Assets and their Vulnerabilities 2 1.5 Protection 3 1.6 Intruders 3 1.7 Malicious Software 3 1.8 Trusted Systems 4 1.9 Protection and Security Design Principles 4 1.10 The Unix/Linux Security Model 5 1.10.1 Properties of the Unix Superuser 5 1.10.2 The Unix Security Model — Groups 6 1.10.3 Protection For Unix Files and Directories 6 1.10.4 The Meaning of Permissions 6
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Introduction The purpose of this security plan is to elicit the potential threats to an organisation physical and electronic information holdings. Organisations in general are starting to take information security more sincerely due to the proliferation of mobile services‚ VPN connections‚ terrorism and natural disasters. We must however acknowledge that this very technology advancement is regarded as efficient but is also leading to a higher level of security risks. These risks must be mitigated
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Security Issues in Smartphone Markets Are you buzzing about the new Verizon Blackberry Storm or the T Mobile G1? They are the new crave and everyone wants one right? What these owners many not know are the security risks that surround the raving technology. Most of the unawareness starts at companies and customers not placing more significance on security as smartphones get smarter. Although a smartphone may not be at greater risk than a PC‚ some security issues and risks are still present with
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Linux Security Features The security features that UNIX-like systems such as Linux rely on are making these systems clearly superior to the rest of OSson the market. These features encompass root account security measurements‚ enhanced file accessing options‚ advanced data verification‚ storage encryptions and the list is not an exhaustive on. You can choose to watch now a surf shop be launched over the internet and expect for your Linux OS to better cope with the new website‚ rather than a Windows
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Listing of Securities Chapter Objectives To understand the concept of listing of securities To know the criteria for listing shares To learn the listing procedure To understand the concept of delisting Concept of Listing of Securities It means the admission of shares of a public limited company on the stock exchange for the purpose of trading. A company intending to have its shares listed on the stock exchange has to write an application to one or more recognised stock
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Chapter 1 SECURITY ESSENTIALS 1. Introduction to Security Engineering 1.1 Security engineering is about building systems to remain dependable in the face of malice‚ error‚ or mischance. 1.2 It focuses on the tools‚ processes‚ and methods needed to design‚ implement‚ and test complete systems‚ and to adapt existing systems as their environment evolves. 1.3 Security engineering requires cross-disciplinary expertise‚ ranging from cryptography and computer security through hardware
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL 7 CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER 7 ELECTRONIC SECURITY MANAGER 7 PHYSICAL SECURITY MANAGER 7 RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICER 7 ASSESSMENT OF RISK 8 PHYSICAL 8 ELECTRONIC 9 DATA ACCESS SECURITY 10 GENERAL SECURITY 10 USER AUTHORISATION 10 USER AUTHENTICATION 11 SECURE DATABASE 11 PHYSICAL FILES 11 ELECTRONIC INTRUDER DETERRENCE – VIRUSES AND MALWARE 12 SOCIAL ENGINEERING 12 FILE SHARING 12 WIRELESS NETWORKS 13 STAFF VETTING AND SEPARATION PROCEDURES 13 GENERAL
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and the severe business security risks due to centralization of resources. Brian Proffitt will argue in is IT World article [24]‚ there are some serious limitations with cloud computing that is being blithely ignored such as bandwidth limitation‚ storage‚ and availability. Interviews conducted with colleagues that are experts in the Enterprise Systems network arena reveals that‚ the impact is all in planning before implementation‚ the selected architecture and the security policy. Findings in manuscripts
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IS3220 Final Project: Network Security Plan Chris Wiginton‚ Jose Rosado ITT Technical Institute‚ Tampa FL Instructor: Sherman Moody 18 November‚ 2014 Network Security Plan INTRODUCTION (Purpose and Intent) The Corporation Tech IT Network Security Plan establishes guidelines for IT practices used on a day to day basis to provide a secure and robust computing environment. These practices are used in order to protect the mission‚ operation‚ and reputation of Corporation Tech System and its information
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