Cybercrime

Research Paper: Information Security
Technologies
by
Benjamin Tomhave
November 10, 2004
Prepared for:
Professor Dave Carothers
EMSE 218
The George Washington University
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Benjamin L. Tomhave 12/7/2004 1Research Paper: Information Security
Technologies
by
Benjamin L. Tomhave
Abstract
The following research paper provides analysis of thirteen (13) information security technology topics, arranged in ten (10) groups, that are either commonly found or emerging within the information security industry. These topics include: Access Control
Management, Antivirus, Audit Data Reduction, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems
(IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Anomaly Detection Systems (ADS), Event
Correlation Systems (ECS), Network Mapping, Password Cracking, Public Key
Infrastructure, Virtual Private Network, and Vulnerability Scanning Systems. IDS, IPS,
ADS and ECS are grouped

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