CHAPTER ONE 1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Most human actions are dictated by the quest for security and protection against the exigencies of a harsh world .The primitive human being of yesteryears sought protection against wild animals and the astute diplomats fought a cold war which was necessitated by an underlying motive; security. (Puidak p‚ 1993) Society made a great error of thinking that‚ man in a rational way of conducting activities of his social and economic life would of his own accord
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Security is the number one concern in the information technology world. As the 21st century evolves the technology advances with it as well. Information Security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access‚ use‚ disclosure‚ disruption‚ modification‚ or destruction. It revolves around maintaining three basic concepts of information—confidentiality‚ integrity‚ and availability. Other basic concepts such as: nonrepudiation‚ authentication and authorization relate
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financial information. Others maintain online privacy fears are unfounded and that security issues are as much a concern offline. They argue that the opportunity to steal information exists virtually everywhere and it’s up to the consumer to protect their interests. In your opinion is privacy a bigger issue online than off-line or is privacy no different online than off-line. Defend your position. I believe that security issues are probably just as much a concern off line as they are on line‚ they
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Mr. Crawley Gov./Eco. 12 17 November 2014 Homeland Security The Homeland Security Committee is very important in the U.S. National Government. This committee deals with protecting our country from illegal immigration. The chairman on this committee is Thomas Carper. Carper is of the Democratic Party. The ranking minority member is Thomas Coburn. Coburn is of the Republican Party. There are multiple subcommittees under the Homeland Security. Four of them are: Parmanent Subcommittee on Investigations
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sequestration throughout the IC will significantly limit hiring entry-level intelligence analysts in all analytic functions until defense funding negotiations are resolved. Discussion In a recent survey to intelligence professionals in the national security sector with direct or significant indirect knowledge of hiring plans‚ 57.1 percent of respondents said that they either strongly disagree or somewhat disagree that hiring for entry-level analysts is likely to increase over the next 12 months.1 Of
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Wireless Network Security Jon P. McKinley mckinley_jon@hotmail.com TS3150 Fundamentals of Network Design Sunday‚ December 28‚ 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 The Wireless Market 5 Components of a wireless network 6 Wireless Security Mechanisms1 8 Categories of Attack 10 802.11 Attack Risks 12 Wireless risk mitigation 13 Summary 15 References 16 Introduction Wireless networks have grown in popularity. This is largely due to the increase in the value of a network
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1.5. Security Concern For any infrastructure or industry the most important part is it’s security. Basically the prime target to secure the industry from physical attack. In electric power industry physical attack is shutdown‚ break down etc. In chemical industry physical attack is leaking of chemical etc. These kind of attacks is known as physical attacks. physical attacks are done by anybody like human error‚ computer system failure. Second type of attack is cyber attacks. Cyber attacks are done
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DESIGNING SECURITY FOR FABRIKAM‚ INC. This case study is a practical application of all of the knowledge you have acquired from your courses in the networking curriculum over the past two years. It will allow you to demonstrate both your knowledge and experience in networking both academically and hands-on. It will also allow you to draw on what you have learned as you worked your way through the online Microsoft IT Academy Security course. It is intended to be used as first a mid-term examination
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Cody Tidwell Project Part 1 Task 1: Outline Security Policy IS3440 Mr. Lyles Project Part 1 Task 1: Outline Security Policy For the recommendations on the tiered architecture I suggest three-tier architecture. This architecture is the most common. It consists of three tiers; a presentation tier‚ a logic tier‚ and a data tier The presentation tier is the top most level of the application. It is the users interface. Its main function is to translate tasks and results to something
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SCADA Security Project - Powergrid Communication Abstract As technology has changed over the years many applications have kept pace with the changes and huge improvements have been made‚ such as cell phones. The power grid however has not stayed current with what technology has to offer. Resolving the gap between the existing grid and the smart grid is an area of fervent research. Much of the success of the smart grid relies on new communication architecture to allow for smart metering‚ quality
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