or environment. Most hazards are dormant or potential‚ with only a theoretical risk of harm; however‚ once a hazard becomes "active"‚ it can create an emergency situation. A hazardous situation that has come to pass is called an incident. Hazard and vulnerability interact together to create risk. Hazards are sometimes classified into three modes: Dormant - The situation has the potential to be hazardous‚ but no people‚ property‚ or environment is currently affected by this. Armed - People‚ property
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Cited: Espiner‚‚ Tom. "Linux and Unix ’had More Vulnerabilities than Windows ’" ZDNet. ZDNet.co.uk‚ 5 Jan. 2006. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. <http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security-management/2006/01/05/linux-and-unix-had-more-vulnerabilities-than-windows-39245873/>.
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1995‚ if the earthquake did not occur‚ then 6‚434 people would not have lost their life‚ it argues that the human disaster in response to the natural disaster would not have occurred if the earthquake did not occur. Another idea is that the vulnerability of an area plays a role in the impacts of seismic events. It is generally accepted that if an earthquake of the same scale occurred in an LEDC and an MEDC‚ the impacts on human life would be greater in an LEDC. For example‚ an earthquake occurred
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Download of non-business videos using the Internet to an employer-owned computer ____A____ 4. Malware infection of a user’s laptop ____L____ 5. Unauthorized physical access to the LAN ____N____ 6. LAN server operating system vulnerabilities ____F____ 7. Download of unknown file types from unknown sources by local users ____B____ 8. Errors and weaknesses of network router‚ firewall‚ and network appliance configuration file ____H____ 9. WAN eavesdropping ____M____
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adolescents and use for youth with psychiatric disorders Vanderbilt-Adriance‚ E.‚ & Shaw‚ D. S. (2008). Conceptualizing and re-evaluating resilience across levels of risk‚ time‚ and domains of competence Van Wyk‚ H. (2011). The relationship between vulnerability factors and life satisfaction in adolescents: A cross cultural study
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serial killers. In the following paper I will analyze the case of Robert Pickton using a different theory in the areas of sociology‚ psychology and anthropology. Criminology can be used to reveal how society‚ police and the media all created a vulnerability that gave Pickton the opportunity to carry out his killings. Abnormal psychology is used to demonstrate his deviance as a result of his childhood experiences along with an incident that occurred with a prostitute. Finally cultural and physical
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Top 20 Most Active Viruses Conficker.C • Conficker.C is a worm. Designed to spread by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Server Service which allows remote code execution. It is the vulnerability MS08-067. • It disables the following services: • Windows update‚ disabling the Windows updates. • BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service)‚ which is a service to transfer Windows files. • Error reporting service‚ which allows to send Microsoft information about errors occurring in the
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Development Studies COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad Email: abuturab@ciit.net.pk Abstract: The present study explains the various concepts used in disaster management. The concepts explained include: Disaster‚ Hazard‚ Vulnerability‚ Capacity‚ Risk and Disaster Management Cycle. In addition to the terminologies‚ the study also seeks to explain various types of disasters. It also gives a detail of various disasters occurred in Pakistan as well their management and mitigation
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which will make for a successful transition to the new world of on-line shopping. What vulnerabilities where found? Outdated software Configuration files shown to guest users Non sanitized data shown in URL strings using (GET/POST Methods) Setup files/folders found in web documents DDoS using low level http attack methods to fill ports What risk do they create? Security risks/vulnerabilities/exploits are released to public Able to identify services to attack Injection Recreation
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However‚ most of the stories we hear about come from male slaves. In “The History of Mary Prince”‚ Prince uses her vulnerability and life experiences as a female slave to convey to readers the heartbreaking life of being a slave. Mary Prince was the first known black woman in England to record and publish her life story as a slave. Because of this‚ there is an extra sense of vulnerability coming from Prince that may not be found in a narrative by a male slave. “They were not all bad‚ I dare say‚ but
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