Attacks from the Insiders Kevin Greene CMGT/441 David Kell June 24‚ 2013 One of the most common concerns in putting together a comprehensive information security plan is to have a watchful eye on your own team members and fellow employees within the company. The people on the inside are the one’s who are granted the most access in the first place‚ therefore taking the appropriate precautions concerning them is of the utmost importance. The article
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their research in the atomic bomb and could have used it on the Allied Forces. By choosing to aid and be a part of the Gunnerside team and launch the attack on the Vemork plant as well as sinking the Hydro‚ Knut Haukelid made the right decision‚ which shows their sense of Global/National responsibility. But also by choosing to Sink the Hydor and attack the
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1. Does Target story follow the general “APT kill chain” attack model? Target’s story follows the general advanced persistent threat attack model. The hackers did the reconnaissance work by finding out Target’s external vendors. Unfortunately‚ this was easy for the hackers‚ because Target’s supplier portal and facilities management pages were publicly available information. So‚ the hackers target Fazio‚ an external vendor Target used. The hackers then created a targeted “weapon‚‚” in this case‚
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Following on from Thrasymachus’ attack on justice‚ book 2 begins with Glaucon and Adeimantus drawing agreement to this attack‚ seeking however‚ to establish a more robust approach to why morality is unprofitable- distancing thus from the social contract theory. Glaucon divides the notion of the goods into three classes; the first class explores the instrumental kind‚ where things are only desirable in virtue of the consequences (necessary evil)‚ this evident in his examples of physical training and
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was proposed in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy and was passed in 1964 by his successor‚ President Lyndon B. Johnson. Before the law was passed‚ discrimination and mistreatment ran rampant throughout the country‚ especially in the South. However‚ the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing made mistreatment clear in the eyes of many Americans and they wanted a change. Thus‚ the proposal and ratification of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 helped to end segregation and forward the civil rights of people
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Page 8 TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK Definition A Transient Ischemic Attack‚ generally referred to as a TIA‚ is a type of stroke that only last a few minutes. They are sometimes called ¡§mini-strokes.¡¨ The term transient is used to describe a condition that lasts only a short amount of time. Ischemic describes an inadequate blood flow. Therefore‚ TIA is a deprivation of blood to the brain for a short period of time. General Information Transient Ischemic Attacks occur in the same way as an
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expected an attack such as 9/11 could have ever occured against the United States. While it should be acknowledged that the 9/11 attacks were on a larger scale than previous attacks perpetrated by Al Qaeda‚ supporters of this argument are fail to realize there were several ways that the CIA could have at least down-scaled or prepared for the attack. The CIA did not take action despite all of the warning of a terrorist attack and did not work to improve their own capabilities to prevent an attack. For instance
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Technology (IT) breach‚ which are credit‚ market‚ liquidity‚ operational‚ legal‚ and reputational in nature (FFIEC‚ 2006). iPremier faces operational‚ reputational‚ legal and market risks in the current situation following the Denial of Service (DoS) attack. COSTS OF A BREACH No customer will buy a product from a website that cannot guarantee privacy of his/her credit card or bank account information. The customers of iPremier expect that their financial data remains safe from theft and fraud‚ and
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Resolution Protocol (ARP) spoofing attack is a typical man-in-the middle attack where an attacker intercepts communication between two computers (Host B and Host A) by linking the victim’s IP address with his MAC address. As a result‚ all the traffic that is meant for the victim‚ will reach the attacker first. The attacker eventually can steal sensitive information or prepare for more attacks. An attacker can intercept traffic through passive or active attacks. In a passive attack‚ an attacker eavesdrops or
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Virus Attack Prevention Based on Hulme (2004) article‚ many companies are now using firewalls‚ antivirus software and intrusion detection systems‚ but hackers and worms still break through business systems and cause serious damage. Lately it seems that more and more prevention and protection is required. Based on the article‚ attacks such as Blaster‚ MyDoom‚ and Witty cost businesses more than ten billion dollars a year. There is a need for more intelligent shields to ward off new attacks as they
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