Trust‚ Security‚ and Privacy UNIT 7: Information Security UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE UNIT 7: Information Security In the textbook‚ it explains about three areas of accountabilities. They are Enterprise Security‚ Information Security‚ and Information Technology Security (Gelbstein‚ 2013). These securities are to protect information which is the assets of a company. A company must always comply with the laws and regulations‚ or even to the social norms relating to information security‚ and they
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the security of utility services) related to information security? Information security is the protection of information and it is critical elements‚ including the systems and hardware that used‚ store‚ and transmit that information‚ Thus‚ assuring the security of utility services are critical elements in information system. 4. what type of security was dominant in the early years of computing? The type of security was dominant in the early years of computing security was
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Best Buy can improve their information security to prevent the leakage of customers’ personal information. Best Buy can use the encryption technology to protect the customer’s information. Best Buy should ensure that their customers set a strong password with a complex combination such as alphabet‚ number and symbol to protect the information from hackers. Other than that‚ best buy can create an IT security engineering system that can protect the electronic information from being hacked or wiped
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surface with what hardening steps and network security management best practices‚ (100) 2) ensure secure authentication‚ authorization‚ and accounting‚ (100) and 3) prevent or respond to intrusions. (100) There are many ways to tighten up security when it comes to network security‚ but the most important part of the security in the actual user. If the user is not trained on the system and does not know ones regulations of the company then security is out the door. First and for most‚ the personal
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and is not acceptable behavior in the organization. Information security is there to make sure that all of the organization’s data are safe and secure against attacks. It sets up protocols to follow in order to achieve maximum data integrity‚ availability‚ and confidentiality. Policy actually exist in two ways: Government policies and Organizational policies. According to British Columbia a book written in 2011 about information security‚ government policies are policies issued by federal‚ state
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Code: ITC 595 Subject Name: INFORMATION SECURITY Assessment No.: 02 Lecturer: NECTAR COSTADOPOULOS Assessment due date: 06/04/14 Date Assessment submitted: 06/04/14 Table of contents: Contents Answer 1: Confidentiality: Confidentiality refers to the information should be secret for the person except the authorized person. If information is confidential attacks cannot steal or copy the information. Confidentiality is much more valuable
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Application of Security Countermeasures to Mitigate Malicious Attacks Learning Objective Describe how malicious attacks‚ threats‚ and vulnerabilities impact an IT infrastructure. Key Concepts Attacks‚ threats‚ and vulnerabilities in a typical IT infrastructure Common security countermeasures typically found in an IT infrastructure Risk assessment approach to securing an IT infrastructure Risk mitigation strategies to shrink the information security gap Reading
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In today’s information age‚ there is an over dependence in I.T in all operations of a company from keeping records to many other functions in the organization. Given the importance of information systems in tee organizations‚ malice‚ mischance or error can be detrimental to the organization’s existence and therefore a well laid out security policy is almost mandatory. Security policy therefore focuses on the processes‚ tools and methods necessary for the design‚ implementation and testing of the
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1. Most security plans start with infrastructure. If you were going to develop a Security plan from scratch‚ where would you start? Explain your answer. To develop a security plan from scratch‚ there are three steps which I would consider to implement first in the plan. a) Business impact analysis (BIA) and risk assessment The first question is to understand the impact of a loss or reduction of business functionality. I would first understand most critical assets and threats of the organization
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Chief Information Security Officer The chief information security officer is there to examine and respond to a number of things. There are different functions which are performed by the CISO of the organization. It is clear from its name that the role of the CISO is a leader of the whole IT security. Functions of CISO There are a number of critical functions of CISO which he needs to be performing in the organization. For example if something goes wrong and a breach happens in the organization
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