...Huffman Trucking Service Request Huffman Trucking is in need of addressing possible security requirements as well as security risks within their Benefit Elections System. Throughout the report the security requirements and security risks for the Benefits Electronic System will be documented and addressed. A few of the risks that are involved with the Benefits Electronic System are errors that cannot be controlled, taking too much time to complete, not having a correct plan and most importantly support from the stakeholders. It is important that the Huffman Trucking current system is reviewed and documented so that risks can be documented as well as requirements. It is important that the stakeholders are updated throughout the entire project. Any of the systems that Huffman Trucking is unclear about needs to be documented and any security requirements need to documented and corrected before the analysis phase can be started. A few of the security requirements that might need to be documented are what resources will be used; any risk boundaries that are with the system and what data diagrams are being used. There also needs to be a backup plan in case the system is hacked into during the project process. Without some type of a backup plan there can be a lot of information stolen from within the system. When the Benefits Elections System starts the upgrade process it is important that a project manager is assigned to the project. The purpose of the project manager is to help...
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...THREAT MODELING AND ITS USAGE IN MITIGATING SECURITY THREATS IN AN APPLICATION Thesis Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY in COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING - INFORMATION SECURITY by EBENEZER JANGAM (07IS02F) DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER 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)...
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...Cloud Security Planning Abstract Cloud systems as new online storage and computing systems provide great potentials to all businesses and organizations of creating new approach of storage and computing; cloud system guarantee that all your files and valuable data can be accessed and recovered from anywhere in the world, providing a new meaning of technology. Unfortunately and as to what happen with all emerging technologies there are new threats, risks, breaches, and problems arise with such technologies. They are considered challenges that vary from configuration problems to security breaches to harmful attacks; which may cost the company large losses and in some time financial disasters. In this case study we will try to identify the major threats that may affect the cloud security negatively which can be divided into three major categories: 1. Attackers and threats: where the attacks are no longer limited by breaching the data on someone’s personal computer. It became larger wider and involves more organized crimes. 2. Developed Structure technologies: the amount of data and information used today provides great challenges to system engineers and security designers to visualize and utilize their system to isolate and protect the data on them. 3. Regularity environment challenges: Most companies and IT departments are facing great challenges to meet the laws, legal requirements and consistency acquiescence especially with growth of demand on cloud systems. ...
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...which is of vital importance from the security point of view. Looking at the high security requirement for the information contained in the system for health organizations it is important to maintain an information system which can provide data security so that unauthorized access to information contained in information system can be prevented. In present context Nickol Bay hospital has been selected for the paper to consider review of information security system. Nickol Bay is one of the famous health organizations in Australia which is evolving at a rapid pace and looking at the increasing information requirement for the organization it is important to have a robust information system which can cater to the requirement of various stakeholders. The aim of present paper is to analyze information security in context of Nickol Bay hospital located in Australia. Information risk management system would be analyzed for the current organization along with several protection mechanisms which are in place in order to safeguard information system against any kind of undesired usage of information system. In addition to protection mechanism role of personnel in information security and consideration for legal & ethical aspect for information security would be considered. Finally present paper would review implementation of PRTG network in context to Nickol Bay hospital so that network traffic in the hospital can be managed in such a manner that possible bottlenecks can be removed. Implementation...
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...It is the policy of Fay Servicing, LLC (“Fay”) to define the risk management requirements to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of its Information Resources. To accomplish this task, a formal Information Security Risk Management Program has been established as a component of the Organization's overall risk management policy and is an integral part of Fay’s Information Security Program to ensure that Fay is operating with an acceptable level of risk. The Information Security Risk Management Program is described in this Policy. 2. Overview Risk Management is the continuous process which allows Fay’s business owners to balance the operational and economic costs of protective measures while achieving gains in mission capability,...
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...the information security management standards, plus potential metrics for measuring and reporting the status of information security, both referenced against the ISO/IEC standards. Scope This guidance covers all 39 control objectives listed in sections 5 through 15 of ISO/IEC 27002 plus, for completeness, the preceding section 4 on risk assessment and treatment. Purpose This document is meant to help others who are implementing or planning to implement the ISO/IEC information security management standards. Like the ISO/IEC standards, it is generic and needs to be tailored to your specific requirements. Copyright This work is copyright © 2010, ISO27k Forum, some rights reserved. It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. You are welcome to reproduce, circulate, use and create derivative works from this provided that (a) it is not sold or incorporated into a commercial product, (b) it is properly attributed to the ISO27k Forum at www.ISO27001security.com, and (c) derivative works are shared under the same terms as this. Ref. | Subject | Implementation tips | Potential metrics | 4. Risk assessment and treatment | 4.1 | Assessing security risks | Can use any information security risk management method, with a preference for documented, structured and generally accepted methods such as OCTAVE, MEHARI, ISO TR 13335 or BS 7799 Part 3. See ISO/IEC 27005 for general advice. | Information security risk management...
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...identifying risks to the organisation and assigning resources, it is imperative that organisation understand the consequence of the risk eventuating so that risk treatment can be prioritised. Such prioritisation can only occur when risks are rated and prioritised based on an international standard that utilises consequence for determining risk ratings. While the crime triangle allows for the rating of risk, it does not take consequence into consideration as ISO31000 does. Where the organisation is able to understand how they will be adversely affected by negative risks, there will be a higher level of co-operation to assign resources. Where the consequence is only portrayed in a technical manner and not in line with the organisations strategy and business objective, there will more reluctance to support risk treatment. Organisations must utilise an Enterprise Risk Model that allows for scalability and organisational wide understanding and co-operation. Such a model should be developed enterprise wide and further more adapted for the identification of different types of risks, such as security risks. ISO31000 better suits such a requirement in comparison to the crime triangle that specifics risks as crime. It is imperative to understand that risks are not always perceived as crimes and utilise a model that allows for this. Risks are often guided by uncertainty and it is imperative for organisation to utilise as much information relating to the risk as possible as too much...
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...concerning recent decisions regarding an alternate health care benefit program. According to the memo the plan will be a flex plan for union and nonunion employees with health and dental insurance options. Mr. Colbert and Mr. Graham have hired S. Caldwell IT Consulting Firm to develop and install a benefit election system to support the tracking and reporting of Huffman Trucking employees. The consultant team will describe the consideration needed to address possible security requirements and describe possible risks associated with the requested benefits election system. The Consulting Team S Caldwell IT Consultants believe their role is to act as an adjunct for Huffman Trucking Human resource department, bringing benefits, knowledge, experience and skills. The team will Perform all of plan management functions needed to ensure an effective and efficient delivery of health and dental benefits election to the employees while focusing on long term financial viability. Security Requirements Employers today have moved away from the old ways of enrolling and administering benefits with paper. Huffman Trucking is ready to use a paperless enrollment and...
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...SOFTWARE PROCESSES SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELS PROCESS ACTIVITIES COPING WITH CHANGE THE RATIONAL UNIFIED PROCESS AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AGILE METHODS PLAN-DRIVEN AND AGILE DEVELOPMENT EXTREME PROGRAMMING AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SCALING AGILE METHODS REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING FUNCTIONAL AND NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS THE SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING PROCESSES REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION AND ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS VALIDATION REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODELING CONTEXT MODELS INTERACTION MODELS STRUCTURAL MODELS BEHAVIORAL MODELS MODEL-DRIVEN ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DECISIONS ARCHITECTURAL VIEWS ARCHITECTURAL PATTERNS APPLICATION ARCHITECTURES DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN USING THE UML DESIGN PATTERNS IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE TESTING DEVELOPMENT TESTING TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT RELEASE TESTING download.benjaminsommer.com | 1 3 5 5 7 10 13 16 16 17 17 19 20 21 21 23 24 25 26 29 30 31 32 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 39 42 44 45 47 48 50 51 52 56 57 October 21, 2011 USER TESTING SOFTWARE EVOLUTION EVOLUTION PROCESSES PROGRAM EVOLUTION DYNAMICS SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE LEGACY SYSTEM MANAGEMENT DEPENDABILITY AND SECURITY [SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LECTURE NOTES] 58 59 60 61 62 65 67 67 68 70 71 72 73 74 74 75 76 77 77 77 78 80 81 82 83 83 SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEM COMPLEX SYSTEMS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SYSTEM...
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...Michigan Technological University Information Security Plan The Information Security Plan establishes and states the policies governing Michigan Tech’s IT standards and practices. These policies define the University’s objectives for managing operations and controlling activities. These top-level policies represent the plans or protocols for achieving and maintaining internal control over information systems as well as compliance with the requirements imposed on the University. INFORMATION SECURITY PLAN Approval by Information Security Board of Review Members Information Security Plan Rev: 3 – 10/13/2011 Page 1 Information Security Plan Table of Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................. 4 PURPOSE............................................................................................................................................. 4 SCOPE .................................................................................................................................................. 5 DEFINITIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 5 IT GOVERNANCE COMMITMENTS & RESPONSIBILITIES .................................................. 6 UNIVERSITY POLICY STATEMENT .........................................................................................
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...reports for which I have completed over the last 5 weeks and combine them into one final report. These reports will consist of: - The two auditing frameworks or hardening guidelines / security checklists used by the DoD. - How a security assessment addressing modern day risks, threats, and vulnerabilities throughout the 7-domains of a typical IT infrastructure can help an organization achieve compliance. - How to gather and obtain needed information to perform a GLBA Financial Privacy & Safeguards Rules compliance audit and what must be covered. - The top workstation domain risks, threats, and vulnerabilities which will not only include possible causes, but mitigations as to prevent these issues from happening. - The top LAN – to – WAN risks, threats, and vulnerabilities which will not only include possible causes, but mitigations as to how we can prevent these issues from happening. - The top Remote Access Domain risks, threats, and vulnerabilities as well as ways to mitigate these types of issues. - The top Systems / Application Domain risks, threats, and vulnerabilities as well as ways to mitigate these types of issues. Part 1: Purpose: The purpose of part 1 for this lab is to develop an executive summary in regards to either the two auditing frameworks or hardening guidelines/security checklists used by the DoD. For this, I have chosen to discuss the two auditing frameworks. Background: A little background about the AF (Auditing Framework) for the DoD is that...
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...system at an acceptable level of risk? a. Accrediting Authority 3. Who is responsible for ensuring that the appropriate operational security posture is maintained for an information system and in many organizations is assigned responsibility for the day-to-day security operations of a system? a. Information System Security officer 4. Who is responsible for conducting a comprehensive assessment of the management, operational, and technical security controls employed within or inherited by an information system to determine the overall effectiveness of the controls? a. system owner, and/or the senior agency information security officer 5. Who is the highest-level senior official or executive within an organization with the overall responsibility to provide information security protections commensurate with the risk and magnitude or harm? a. The head of agency (or chief executive officer) 6. The six steps of the Risk Management Framework and what occurs on each step. a. Step 1: Categorize i. Categorize the information system and the information processed, stored, and transmitted by that system based on an impact analysis. b. Step 2: Select i. Select an initial set of baseline security controls for the information system based on the security categorization; tailoring and supplementing the security control baseline as needed based on organization assessment of risk and local conditions. ...
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...tracking and reporting of employee (union and non-union) benefits (Apollo Group Inc., 2011). With the new benefit system coming online brings new security requirements and possible risks that must be addressed. This document will list some of those security requirements and risks of the Benefits Election System of the company. Paper Risks and Security Requirements Huffman Trucking is a national transportation company with 1,400 employees working in logistical hubs across the United States. The human resources department currently maintains several tracking mechanisms for its employee information. The company has an HRIS system that was developed in-house that maintains a database of personal information. One of the company’s managers also maintains an Excel spreadsheet for individual compensation decisions and surveys. With the recommendation to convert the Excel spreadsheet to a database system, it is a wise choice to integrate the paper data into the already made HRIS system database. In either case, there is a need to provide planning and security for the system. To address the one possibility of integrating the Excel spreadsheet into the benefit election system, there are a few risks associated with paper-based systems and security baselines that must be met. Maintaining paper presents risks such as environmental risks. This can include fire, water, and weather....
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...≈√ F M A G u i d e l i n e s on Operational Risk Management These guidelines were prepared by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank in cooperation with the Financial Market Authority Published by: Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) Praterstraße 23, 1020 Vienna, Austria Produced by: Oesterreichische Nationalbank Editor in chief: Günther Thonabauer, Communications Division (OeNB) Barbara Nösslinger, Staff Department for Executive Board Affairs and Public Relations (FMA) Editorial processings: Chapter I and III: Roman Buchelt, Stefan Unteregger (OeNB) Chapter II and IV: Wolfgang Fend, Radoslaw Zwizlo, Johannes Lutz (FMA) Design: Peter Buchegger, Communications Division (OeNB) Typesetting, printing and production: OeNB Printing Office Published and printed at: Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria Inquiries: Oesterreichische Nationalbank Communications Division Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria Postal address: Post Office Box 61, 1011Vienna, Austria Phone (+43-1) 40420-6666 Telefax (+43-1) 40420-6696 Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) Executive Board Affairs & Public Relations Division Praterstraße 23, 1020 Vienna, Austria Phone (+43-1) 24959-5100 Orders: Oesterreichische Nationalbank Documentation Management and Communications Services Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria Postal address: Post Office Box 61, 1011Vienna, Austria Phone...
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...Why Information Security Management Is Important For Payday Lending Business Laquinta Denise Mason A Prospectus Presented to the Information Technology College Faculty Of Western Governors University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Degree Area 3/14/2014 Abstract The purpose of this project was to ensure the client is compliant with the requirements specified by the Grahm-Leach-Bliley Act. Information is what drives business today and if the information is not available or reliable then the business cannot function. Most customer’s information, financial records, medical records, and sales records are stored on computers today. Clients and the government expect business to maintain the availability, integrity and confidentiality of their information. The project was created to address the importance of Information Security Management and compliance for businesses in the financial sector. ABC Loans are a small independently owned payday loan company. The client was concerned about the recent penetration of local business networks and wanted me to perform an assessment on his network and determine the vulnerable areas of his networks and the recommendations for making it more secure and GLBA compliant; now that the assessment is completed the client is aware of the vulnerabilities and the areas where they are not meeting GLBA requirements. My capstone will focus on the steps that will assure...
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