Responses Presented in ITS-331 Designing for Security By QUESTION 1 In Chapter 1 of Weaver, Weaver, and Farwood (2013), we considered various THREATS to network security, the FUNDAMENTAL goals of network security, and how LAYERED approaches to defense contributed to the overall security posture of an organization’s information infrastructure. Chapter 2 explored Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), the Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) Model, and how various protocols
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Fundamentals of Network Security John E. Canavan Artech House Boston • London http://www.artechhouse.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Canavan, John E. Fundamentals of network security / John E. Canavan. p. cm.—(Artech House telecommunications library) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58053-176-8 (alk. paper) 1. Computer security. 2. Computer networks—Security measures. I. Title. II. Series. QA76.9.A25 C364 2000 005.8—dc21 00-050810 CIP British Library Cataloguing
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days goes by before someone alerts the company of a possible security breech. Cost of an electronic exploit can be greater than a million dollars per incident as reported by the FBI. This information is found in the FBI’s (Federal Bureau of Investigation) report of cyber threats in the United States. In order to help counterbalance this, smaller to midsized companies could spend less than $5,000 to harden their systems and operating systems to put a statefull firewall in place. As stated in this
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CCJS 345 Cotemporary Security Issues 2/19/2014 Cyber security has been slowly taking over as the main concern for security professionals as well as organizations. This is due to a larger emphasis on using paperless methods in order to keep track of customer’s data, financial records as well as many other important documents. Without properly trained IT professionals as well as an increase in maintaining up to date security these attacks will continue to have success. Another issue is the lack
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this paper is to act as an IT Director for a small, growing firm, and tasked to develop an electronic resource security policy to deploy within the organization. The policy will be designed to protect the organization’s valuable electronic assets, but also be flexible enough to accommodate the employees as they execute in their jobs and get business done. Communications and data security aspects such as smartphone access, remote data access, and internal electronic email such as email and IM messaging
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they manage to infiltrate their corporation? The answer is quite simple: cyber security. Cyber security can be a costly investment, yet it could potentially save a company from an embarrassing data breach. Cyber security is a very real issue in the world today, and most companies have a lot of room for improvement. Cyber security is quickly becoming a very large concern in today's world. There are more cyber security threats than there used to be (Millier). Hackers easy access to various hacks
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come substantial risks involved with allowing such devices within the confines of buildings. These risks might include information security concerns, operational security concerns, and overall networking security. These concerns arise throughout all organizations, especially government organizations and major corporate retailers in light of recent cyber-attacks. BYOD is a major security topic in today's social market. Benefits offered to organizations that allow BYOD can span many different areas in
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College Executive Proposal The Solarwinds software was developed to assist in management and addressing of security exploits, real-time network health and change management among other areas of today’s ever changing Information Technology (IT) data environment. This software assists the security manager in safeguarding vital business data through the compilation of network device information and real-time awareness of network health, firewall configuration and patch management with deployment. The
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conducted of Corporation Tech existing hosts, while using NetWitness Investigator found that the company does not have a properly configured DMZ which exposes an organizations external services to the internet. Adding an additional layer to the security LAN will help the organization against any outside hackers. Another issue found was that the company did not have secure remote access to their computers while away from the organization. Granting access on a per-user basis only to those who
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Week 1, Chapter 1 03/23/2013 1. What is the defining difference between computer sinformation ecurity and security? Information security protects the data, computer security protects the hardware and network security protects the interconnectivity of the computers (Indika, 2011). I do believe that there is a clear distinction between each area but if you not in an IT state of mind like myself when working in a nursing environment as a result then, no, these areas will most likely mean the
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