...Home Security Vulnerabilities DeVry Online, SEC310 Professor Kathryn Fenner The neighborhood I have lived in for the past three years is southwest of Chicago. The main benefit of living forty-five minutes from the city is the peace and quiet. It is an old farm town with newly built homes. The population of Lockport houses approximately twenty-five thousand residents. The town is very quiet, with two lane access roads throughout much of the city. The traffic is minimal, the stars are visible at night and the sound of horses and roosters in the morning are what make residents feel a sense of security. When walking through the neighborhood, it is not out of the ordinary to see garage doors left open or front doors open with the screen door closed to let some air in the house. As a result of a small town feel, people tend to feel their town is totally safe. They forget to assess home security vulnerabilities because there seems to be no imminent threat. Burglars make the most of on this by studying their subjects, the neighborhood they live in, and the routine of their victims. In order to properly assess vulnerabilities, we must think like a criminal and analyze what areas around our home can be used as an advantage for entry; including a neighborhood assessment, alarms, lighting, doors, windows, locks, windows, and cameras. My neighborhood would be considered an upper-middle class area with a good blend of older homes and new subdivisions. The areas surrounding my home...
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...History and uses of Biometrics HISTORY AND USES OF BIOMETRICS By Marie C. Smith Gerard Beatty SEC310 March 10, 2014 Table of Contents I. First uses of Biometrics Facial recognition------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Ancient finger prints---------------------------------------------------------------------------4 II. Types of Biometrics A. Physiological-------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 DNA fingerprinting-----------------------------------------------------------------------5 IRIS Recognition--------- ----------------------------------------------------------------5 B. Behavioral-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 HISTORY AND USES OF BIOMETRICS Biometrics which is a Greek term for bio-life and metrics-measure has been used since caveman time on cave paintings by putting a handprint next to the painting to distinguish the artist so everyone knows who painted it and later in in china parents hand printed and foot printed their children to identify while and Egyptian merchants and traders were identified by physiological descriptions to tell who were the trusted traders of successful transactions and those new to the marketplace. Today biometrics is the use of both physiological and behavioral sciences to identify and secure work sites that are critical to the ways we bank and do business...
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