Unit 2 – Assignment 1: Selecting Security Countermeasures Marcial Norori IS3220 Mr. Sebastian Burci ITT Technical Institute – Hialeah, FL. 1/5/2015 A secure Web server provides a protected foundation for hosting Web applications. A Web server configuration plays a critical role in the Web application's security. Badly configured directories can lead to unauthorized access. A forgotten detail can provide a convenient back door, while an overlooked port can be an attacker's front door.
Windows authorization mechanism C. Passwords plus smartcards D. Stored in a digital certificate E. Standard for smart card support F. Decrypts data encrypted with a certificate G. Firewall exceptions H. Standard for fingerprint scanners and other devices I. Potentially destructive software J. Firewall rule requiring IPsec 1. Multifactor authentication = C 2. Malware = I 3. Brute force =A 4.
Other types of risks that BUGusa, Inc. can potentially face without property protection and poor management are: loss in customer trust, penalties for law violations, compliance risk, availability risk, access risk, and more. (Priviti, 2008) B. Discuss in detail what types(s), if any, of civil liability Steve and/or WIRETIME may face if caught. a. BUGusa is facing the issues of their work being stolen and internet hacking. Not to mention WIRETIME is unethical in their actions.
Missouri branch is using Norton Anti-Virus corporate edition, Arc Serve Backup Software. Anti-virus will protect and remove viruses, Trojan horses and worms but to block hackers from getting access to the data, a firewall must be implemented. New Jersey Office/Plant. This branch is also not using a firewall. No firewall can be a disaster for Huffman Trucking because it allows hackers to get in and have access to organization’s valuable information.
NAC tools are different from traditional security technologies and practices that focus on file access. While file-level security is useful for protecting data, it does not keep unauthorized users out of the network in the first place. NAC technology, on the other hand, helps businesses lock down their networks against criminals. Network security measures involve three layers: perimeter security (access), authentication, and authorization and consists of questions like who you are, where you are and what do you want (Turban, 2009). Another technology is firewalls.
On the other hand, a read and write tag is the tag that is programmed during manufacture and you can read as well as change the contents of its memory.Unlike bar code where only one can be read at a time, tags can be read many at ago. They can be read through a hard material like a book cover and they do not require direct reading. A tag gives specific identity to the item it is attached to despite the item being identical to many others. This gives the uniqueness of RFID concerning privacy.There are software that accompany the RFID technology. An example
Companies such as this are required not only legally, but ethically to protect the customers’ private information or be held accountable by law. It is also bad practice to allow this sensitive information to be disseminated and stolen by cyber criminals. Since this kind of data must be protected at all costs, certain regulations were put in place so that standards for information security could be monitored. One of these standards is that all personal information is to be encrypted when being sent over the internet and also on the servers. This will make it much harder for the hacker to access the information easily.
The three major ways for collecting the citizen’s personal information is explained below. Automobiles contain GPS sensors, as part of either a navigation system or a driver aid system. As these devices become smaller and more pervasive, they become less noticeable; leading to the gathering of data in contexts while gathering the information is neither expected nor noticed. As technology advances and GPS users allow more access to their private data. Users are also able to utilize GPS in place of Bluetooth devises, download music, and track daily routine while saving all this information while privacy is being compromised.
An example of social network is Facebook, where people post personal information about themselves. Often, without modifying privacy settings and making information being visible by others. However, to protect ourselves from outsiders, we can simply go to privacy setting and change the audience to family and closest friends. Hackers are “people who gain unauthorized access to computers or networks” (Williams & Sawyer, 2013, p. 359). They break into our computer for several reasons but mainly to acquire personal information for financial gain, shut down hardware, steal people’s credit information, and destroy data.
The illegal copying of some types of media has been a subject of concern for many years. As a result, an urgent solution for copyright protection and authentication is needed. Digital watermarking is an effective solution to protect intellectual properties and copyrights by hiding information such as logos, signatures or text into multimedia data such as images, videos, or audio files. In the past, using analogue devices posed a lower risk than with digital media; copying an analogue file allows results in a degradation of the quality. However, with digital media recording devices, songs and movies can be produced with no degradation whatsoever in quality, since the data are a stream of 1’s and