...the many different information security and assurance frameworks (ISO 27001/2, COBIT, ITL, etc.). The results of this survey were used in weighing the subject areas and ensuring that the weighting is representative of the relative importance of the content. The Security Policy and Standards subdomain focuses on creating organizational security activities and policies; assessing information security risk; and implementing and auditing information security management programs, information assurance certification programs, and security ethics. Watch the following video for an introduction to this course: Competencies This course provides guidance to help you demonstrate the following 3 competencies: Competency 427.3.2: Controls and Countermeasures The graduate evaluates security threats and identifies and applies security controls based on analyses and industry standards and best practices. Competency 427.3.3: Security Audits The graduate evaluates the practice of defining and implementing a security audit and conducts an information security audit using industry best practices. Competency 427.3.4: Certifications and Accreditations The graduate identifies and discusses the Information Assurance certification and accreditation (C&A) process. Course Mentor Assistance As you prepare to successfully demonstrate competency in this subject, remember that course mentors stand ready to help you reach your educational goals. As subject matter experts, mentors enjoy and take pride in helping...
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...1 A .It is important for a company to understand the threat environment because company should be able to defend themselves and protect their assets from the threat environment and safe themselves from the attacks. 2 B. Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability 3 C. Compromises on successful attacks breaches are synonyms of incidents. 4 D. incident is a successful attack ie threat plus successful attempt. 5 E. Counter measures are the tools used to stop attacks. 6 F. Synonyms safeguards, protections and controls. 7 G. the goal of the counter measures safeguard protect and control company or firm’s assets. 8 H.The goal of the counter measure is to protect safeguard and control. 9 I. Types of Countermeasures preventive, detective and corrective. This assignment is part 1 of 3 of the Course Project. The assignment is to create the Project Synopsis/Overview Statement. Do note, this is a 'formal' document. It may contain the following: * The name of the Project * The Sponsor/Customer/Vendor/ . . . . (the major Stakeholders who would have benefited from the Project * The Scope of Work, Requirements etc. * Constraints such as Cost, Time, Quality etc. that have been imposed * Criteria to determine the success or failure of the Project * Any other details that are important to introduce the Project * Any other details that are of relevance to help plan and execute the Project * etc Having said that, here is a possible...
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...The Necessity of Information Assurance 1 The Necessity of Information Assurance Adam Smith Student ID: Western Governors University The Necessity of Information Assurance 2 Table of Contents Abstract ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Project Scope .............................................................................................................................. 6 Defense of the Solution ............................................................................................................... 6 Methodology Justification .......................................................................................................... 6 Explanation of the Organization of the Capstone Report ........................................................... 7 Security Defined ............................................................................................................................. 8 Systems and Process Audit ............................................................................................................. 9 Company Background ................................................................................................................ 9 Audit Details ...........................
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...vulnerabilities, and then attacked the Web application and Web server using cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injection to exploit the sample Web application running on that server. Lab Assessment Questions & Answers 1. Why is it critical to perform a penetration test on a Web application and a Web server prior to production implementation? To make sure no one can penetrate your web application before you put it in a live situation. 2. What is a cross-site scripting attack? Explain in your own words. Cross-site scripting is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications that enables attacks to inject client side script into web pages viewed by others 3. What is a reflective cross-site scripting attack? A reflective attack a type of computer security vulnerability it involves the web application dynamically generating a response using non-sanitized data from the client scripts, like Java scripts or VB script, in the data sent to the server will send back a page with the script. 4. Which Web application attack is more likely to extract privacy data elements out of a database? Character scrambling and masking, numeric variance and nulling. 5. What security countermeasures could be used to monitor your...
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...ENGINEERING NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA SURATHKAL, MANGALORE-575025 JULY, 2009 Dedicated To My Family, Brothers & Suraksha Group Members DECLARATION I hereby declare that the Report of the P.G Project Work entitled "THREAT MODELING AND ITS USAGE IN MITIGATING SECURITY THREATS IN AN APPLICATION" which is being submitted to the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering - Information Security in the Department of Computer Engineering, is a bonafide report of the work carried out by me. The material contained in this report has not been submitted to any University or Institution for the award of any degree. ……………………………………………………………………………….. (Register Number, Name & Signature of the Student) Department of Computer Engineering Place: NITK, SURATHKAL Date: ............................ CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the P.G Project Work Report entitled " THREAT MODELING AND ITS USAGE IN MITIGATING SECURITY THREATS IN AN APPLICATION" submitted by Ebenezer Jangam (Register Number:07IS02F), as the record of the work carried out by him, is accepted as the P.G. Project Work Report submission in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering Information Security in the Department of Computer Engineering. External...
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...Providing a true, hands-on, tactical approach to security, individuals armed with the knowledge disseminated by EC-Council programs are securing networks around the world and beating the hackers at their own game. The Solution: EC-Council Press The EC-Council | Press marks an innovation in academic text books and courses of study in information security, computer forensics, disaster recovery, and end-user security. By repurposing the essential content of EC-Council’s world class professional certification programs to fit academic programs, the EC-Council | Press was formed. With 8 Full Series, comprised of 27 different books, the EC-Council | Press is set to revolutionize global information security programs and ultimately create a new breed of practitioners capable of combating this growing epidemic of cybercrime and the rising threat of cyber war. This Certification: C|EH – Certified Ethical Hacker Certified Ethical Hacker is a certification designed to immerse the learner in an interactive environment where they will learn how to scan, test, hack and secure information systems. Ideal candidates for the C|EH program are security professionals, site administrators, security officers, auditors or anyone who is concerned with the integrity of a network infrastructure. The goal of the Ethical Hacker is to help the organization take...
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...Electronic Commerce, Seventh Annual Edition 10-1 Chapter 10 Electronic Commerce Security At a Glance Instructor’s Manual Table of Contents • • • • • • • Chapter Overview Chapter Objectives Instructor Notes Quick Quizzes Discussion Questions Additional Resources Key Terms Electronic Commerce, Seventh Annual Edition 10-2 Lecture Notes Chapter Overview In this chapter, you will explore security policy issues with a focus on how they apply to electronic commerce in particular. The electronic commerce security topics in this chapter are organized to follow the transaction processing flow, beginning with the consumer and ending with the Web server (or servers) at the electronic commerce site. Each logical link in the process includes assets that must be protected to ensure security: client computers, the communication channel on which the messages travel, and the Web servers, including any other computers connected to the Web servers. Chapter Objectives In this chapter, you will learn about: • • • • • Online security issues Security for client computers Security for the communication channels between computers Security for server computers Organizations that promote computer, network, and Internet security Instructor Notes Online Security Issues Overview Computer security is the protection of assets from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. There are two general types of security: physical and logical. Physical security includes tangible...
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...SECURITY ESSENTIALS IMPACT OF SECURITY BREACHES • Security breaches affect organizations in a variety of ways. They often result in the following: • Loss of revenue • Damage to the reputation of the organization • Loss or compromise of data • Interruption of business processes • Damage to customer confidence • Damage to investor confidence • Legal Consequences -- In many states/countries, legal consequences are associated with the failure to secure the system—for example, Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, GLBA, California SB 1386. • Security breaches can have far-reaching effects. When there is a perceived or real security weakness, the organization must take immediate action to ensure that the weakness is removed and the damage is limited. • Many organizations now have customer-facing services—for example, websites. Customers may be the first people to notice the result of an attack. Therefore, it is essential that the customer-facing side of the business be as secure as possible. SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE (SRMD) PROCESSES In this topic, we will discuss security risk management discipline (SRMD). Specifically, we will discuss: The three processes of SRMD - • Assessment • Development and implementation • Operation Assessment involves • Asset assessment and valuation. • Identifying security risks with STRIDE. • Analyzing...
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...availability, vulnerability, integrity and confidentiality aspects of information systems. Introduction to Information Systems Security Syllabus Where Does This Course Belong? This course is required for the Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Security program. This program covers the following core areas: Foundational Courses Technical Courses BSISS Project The following diagram demonstrates how this course fits in the program: IS427 Information Systems Security Capstone Project 400 Level IS404 Access Control, Authentication & KPI IS411 Security Policies & Implementation Issues IS415 System Forensics Investigation & Response IS416 Securing Windows Platforms & Applications IS418 Securing Linux Platforms & Applications IS421 Legal & Security Issues IS423 Securing Windows Platforms & Applications 300 Level IS305 Managing Risk in Information Systems IS308 Security Strategies for Web Applications & Social Networking IS316 Fundamentals of Network Security Firewalls & VPNs IS317 Hacker Techniques Tools & Incident Handling EC311 Introduction to Project Management IT250 Linux operating System CNS Program Prerequisites: ment 300 Level IT320 WAN Technology &...
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...The University of Kansas and Theodore J. Mock University of Southern California and University of Maastricht Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the audit firm for making their audit work papers available for the study. We sincerely appreciate the help provided by the audit manager and for suggestions provided by Mike Ettredge, Greg Freix, Prakash Shenoy, and participants in AIS workshops at the University of Kansas and the 6th Annual INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology. In addition, the authors would like to thank Drs. Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr., and Robert Briggs, Editor, Special Issue of JMIS, and the three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and valuable suggestions for revising the paper. 1 An Information Systems Security Risk Assessment Model under Dempster-Shafer Theory of Belief Functions ABSTRACT: This study develops an alternative methodology for the risk analysis of information systems security (ISS), an evidential reasoning approach under the Dempster-Shafer theory of belief functions. The approach has the following important dimensions. First, the evidential reasoning approach provides a rigorous, structured manner to incorporate relevant ISS risk factors, related counter measures and their interrelationships when estimating ISS risk. Secondly, the methodology employs the belief function definition of risk, that is, ISS risk is the plausibility of information system security failures. The proposed approach has other...
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...Operating System Credit hours: 4 Contact hours: 50 (30 Theory Hours, 20 Lab Hours) Introduction to Information Systems Security Syllabus Where Does This Course Belong? This course is required for the Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Security program. This program covers the following core areas: Foundational Courses Technical Courses BSISS Project The following diagram demonstrates how this course fits in the program: IS427 Information Systems Security 400 Level Capstone Project IS418 IS404 Access Control, Authentication & KPI IS421 Legal & Security Issues IS423 Securing Windows Platforms & Applications IS411 Security Policies & Implementation Issues IS415 System Forensics Investigation & Response IS416 Securing Windows Platforms & Applications Securing Linux Platforms & Applications 300 Level IS305 Managing Risk in Information Systems IS308 Security Strategies for Web Applications & Social Networking IS316 Fundamentals of Network Security Firewalls & VPNs IS317 Hacker Techniques Tools & Incident Handling EC311 Introduction to Project Management IT250 Linux operating System ment CNS Program Prerequisites: ©ITT Educational Services, Inc. Date: 10/25/2010 Introduction to Information...
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...1939-3555 Security Journal: A Global Perspective, Vol. 19, No. 2, Mar 2010: pp. 0–0 UISS Perspective An Ontological Approach to Computer System Security ABSTRACT Computer system security relies on different aspects of a computer system such as security policies, security mechanisms, threat analysis, and countermeasures. This paper provides an ontological approach to capturing and utilizing the fundamental attributes of those key components to determine the effects of vulnerabilities on a system’s security. Our ontology for vulnerability management (OVM) has been populated with all vulnerabilities in NVD (see http://nvd.nist.gov/scap.cfm) with additional inference rules and knowledge discovery mechanisms so that it may provide a promising pathway to make security automation program (NIST Version 1.0, 2007) more effective and reliable. KEYWORDS analysis system security, common vulnerability exposures, ontology, vulnerability Ju An Wang, Michael M. Guo, and Jairo Camargo School of Computing and Software Engineering, Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia, USA J. A. Wang, M. Approach to Computer An Ontological M. Guo, and J. Camargo System Security 1. INTRODUCTION Secure computer systems ensure that confidentiality, integrity, and availability are guaranteed for users, data, and other computing assets. Moreover, security policies should be in place to specify what is secure and nonsecure, and security mechanisms must be implemented to prevent attacks...
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...References 8 Abstract This paper focuses on five major areas of security issues on the Internet. Security concerns relate useful information to the average web surfer at home. There are tips on safeguarding one’s security and privacy over a network connection, plus some definitions of typical security problems individuals will come into contact with. The second focus of this paper includes the initial internet security measures. It will discuss the early security protocols and how technology has increased the security of the internet numerous times. Invention of internet security is the third topic of this project and focuses the invention and its impact on the Internet. The forth topic deals with the legal measures which have taken place regarding internet security issues. Finally, the fifth topic deals with the consumer privacy concerns, for the most part, people are becoming aware of internet security as online activities continue to skyrocket. As the technology becomes more available and easy to use, people seem to accept security risks in exchange for the convenience. Internet Security Since the early 1990’s, the solitary thing most people knew about internet security that there was a colossal computer network that had been inundated by a computer virus. Today it is difficult for anyone, to remember the pre-internet era. ‘Nearly 500 million people around the world use the internet, with several billion touched by it in some manner (Garfinkel, Spafford, &...
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...surveys, and interviews that are open ended and close ended. The results of the paper demonstrated that colleges and universities have been a target for cyber-attacks due to the fact that of the vast amount of computing power they possess, and they provide open access to their constituents and to the public. The research also showed that University of Dar es Salaam doesn’t have a comprehensive IT security risk management policy or guidelines that will guide the business process in the event of an IT security threat. Therefore the University needs to develop policiesthat provide roadmap for effectively protecting the availability, integrity and confidentiality of University of Dar es Salaam Information Systems. Chapter One Introduction 1. Introduction Cybercrime is one of the fast growing areas of crime. Accordingly, there have been increased...
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...Heathwood Hardware, Inc. Strategic IT Plan Capella University January 19, 2016 TS5010 Table of Contents Introduction3 EIA Analysis3 Systems and Data Integration4 E-Commerce5 Enterprise Information Systems6 Security Issues7 Disaster Recovery Plan8 Transformation through Web-Based Technology7 Website Proposal13 Appendix A: Interface Design Evaluation15 Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography17 Abstract This IT strategic plan for Heathwood Hardware, Inc. (HHI) is intended to serve as a guide for coordinating an information-enabled enterprise. HHI must take advantage of IT and the internet to beat their competitors and with this plan there is a holistic approach to implementation. In an effort to change their business operations, this plan focuses on the business, technical, and architectural perspectives of IT implementation for this small organization. Introduction Small companies today must balance the push for information technology (IT) innovation with stable business strategies. Information technology is rapidly changing the business world, affecting how small companies market and distribute their products, as well as how their people operate. With that in mind, small companies like Heathwood Hardware, Inc. (HHI), must work to evaluate its existing infrastructure against the requirements. Currently, HHI’s IT infrastructure follows the typical scenario with silos of integration and knowledge. Critical functions such as accounting, inventory...
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