CHAPTER 12 WEEK 8: Information Security Management Threat= person/ organization that seek to obtain or alter data/ assets illegally‚ without the owner’s permission (often without owner’s knowledge). Vulnerability =opportunity for threats to gain access to individual or organizational assets Safeguard = measure individuals or organizations take to block the threat from obtaining the asset Target = asset desired by the threat 3 Sources of threats: Human Error: accidental problems caused
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Overview on Computer Security In this course‚ you have discovered how important computers and their contents are to everyone. Safeguarding your computer and its valuable information is important. You should be aware of the threats facing by your computer and data‚ and take necessary measures to protect them as well. By taking some precautionary steps‚ you can safeguard not only your hardware‚ software and data‚ but yourself. This lesson introduces you with some of the most common threats to your
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Problems‚ challenges at CB Hart that are addressed and which solution is proposed for. Following the recent data leakage from the Hale firm I suggest that cryptography is used as a prevention measure to avoid similar issues. Business relies to certain extent on mobile technology and portable storage devices to communicate and exchange data faster and easier. Encrypting data is very efficient method to protect sensitive information. In such a merger it is important to keep a safe internal network
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experienced and turned into works of art was his depression. His art reflected his life and he illustrated the idea of his depression and poverty through “Shiftless” and “Mine Little things”. Throughout the theme of depression he showed how a child can be affected by broken houses. He connects the dots of his life with the story where he was the child stuck in the middle. He struggled his
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Angela Harris CSCI 1141 Joshua Montgomery February 20‚ 2013 Securing Information in Business In order to protect organizations from data theft‚ the following steps should be followed to secure company networks and information: Discover & Assess Risk –Network and agent-based scanning‚ plus assessment‚ provide the depth and breadth of info needed to make the right decisions. Establish & Enforce Policy –Whitelisting capabilities ensure that only those authorized applications
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Software information COMPUTER THREATS • CYBERCRIME is formally defined as any criminal action perpetrated primarily through the use of a computer. • CYBERCRIMINALS are individuals who use computers‚ networks‚ and the Internet to perpetrate crime. • The existence of cybercrime means that computer users must take precautions to protect themselves. TYPES OF CYBERCRIME • The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) processed more than 336‚000 complaints related to Internet crime in 2009 in the
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ABSTRACT WHAT WAS DONE: The issue-specific security policy was the main focus for this research paper. An analysis of the policy itself was conducted and also a set of guidelines were developed that comply with this policy. The components of the policy and how organisations would use them were looked into. The reason for choosing the issue-specific security policy was because it was the least investigated yet potentially the most important policy of all three key policies. The purpose of the
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Computer Systems Individual Assignment Executive Summary This is an analysis study done for the “RAINBOW” digital color lab which is going to be opened soon in Colombo City. The main reason of this analysis is to identify and recommend Computer systems‚ software and peripheral components which will be needed for the employees of the lab for their daily work. Also policies were recommended for security and safety of the computers use‚ Data backup policy and the health and safety of the
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Contents CONTENTS 4 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
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Stages of Study and Evaluation of Internal Control The stages/activities involve in studying and evaluating internal control are: A. Obtaining an understanding of the entity’s internal control structure. B. Assessing the preliminary level of control risk. C. Obtaining evidential matter to support the assessed level of control risk. D. Evaluating the results of evidential matter. E. Determining the necessary level of detection risk. STAGE A. Obtaining an understanding of the entity’s internal
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