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    Question 1: What are IT attacks? In computer‚ an attack is any effort to destroy‚ expose‚ alter‚ disable‚ steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of an asset. An attack usually is perpetrated by someone with bad intentions. The general term used to describe the category of software used to logically attacking computers is called malware. IT Security risk means that there might be unauthorized access to or theft of proprietary data

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    Security threats and defenses Amanda Knight BSA / 310 July 8‚ 2013 Ivon Young Security threats and defenses The thing about not having any kind of anti-virus protection can destroy a computer’s system. You need to have an anti-virus protection on the computer so that you know the information that is stored is safe and also know that the virus will not crash your system. There are different types of things that can harm your computer‚ such as malware‚ adware‚ spyware‚ Trojan‚ rootkits

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    Area of System Threat Potential Vulnerability D:H Technical hardware failures or errors Equipment failure D:H:Pe:Pr:S Missing‚ inadequate‚ or incomplete Loss of access to information systems due to disk drive failure without proper backup and recovery plan organizational policy or planning in place D:H:S:Pe Sabotage or vandalism Destruction of systems or information D:S Memory Safety Violation Buffer overflows D:S Technical software failures or errors Bugs‚ code problems‚ unknown loopholes

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    Computer Security Risk for Home Users BUIS 260 11/7/2011 BUIS 260 November 6‚ 2012 Computer Security Risk for Home Users This history of computers started long before it emerges in the 20th century. Computer was a man made device that acts as string from mechanical inventions and mathematical theories towards the modern concepts and machines formed a major academic ground and the basis that became a worldwide phenomenon. It is true that any great invention that is created to solve human

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    speech will be related to an important echo that face technology with is computer threats. I will cover some of important threats that face most of us; I will tell you how to protect your computer from threats‚ how to deal with hackers‚ crackers and what to do if your computer was attacked. The most popular threat that face computers are viruses‚ A virus is a program written intentionally to change the way your computer operates without your permission or knowledge. Their behavior is similar

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    Abstract Security threats are vastly becoming an ongoing threat to the information technology world today. Constant threats involve viruses‚ hacking‚ worms‚ and malicious activity within the virtual world of an organization or individual computer systems. Within every organization there is threat of data loss. Whether the loss is unintentional or malicious. Many factors are attributed to data loss such as malware‚ computer theft‚ hacking‚ and network exposure‚ to name a few. This type of data

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    the different security threats on the internet‚ and the different ways to prevent and protect yourself from them. The different threats that are going to be covered are viruses‚ trojan horses‚ hackers‚ spam‚ corrupt IP packets‚ port scanner attacks‚ DOS(denial of service) attacks‚ spider attacks‚ worms and socail attacks. Also‚ I will cover different security practices and computer software and hardware that can help protect and prevent these different attacks on your computer‚ or network. Many

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    Computer technology permeates most aspects of our lives. The ability to use computer technology and to evaluate electronic information has become a basic skill for most of people. In most places of business‚ a computer is standard. In the bank they use computers to look up for account information. They use computers in the auto repair shop to assess the cars. We can’t find books in the library by looking in a card catalog — we must use a computerized database. Doctors’ offices utilize computers

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    USB Security Threats Information Security is a vague term used to describe any aspect of a system used either intentionally or not for protection of information systems. Although security of information systems ranges from the personnel accessing the system to the hardware and software specifically designed for security‚ it also includes external devices such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) drive. The practicality of such devices make them popular for users at every level within an organization

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    Computer Security Student Name University Abstract James works for a bank‚ and he spends most of his attending to bank clients and travelling. He always carries with him a laptop that contains confidential bank information. The Operating System of the laptop was last updated in May 2011. Some of the programs James uses are MS word 2007‚ MS Access and MS Excel. James’ computer is‚ however‚ not well secured. It does not have a firewall or an antivirus. In addition‚ the data in the laptop are

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