Module 5 Data Security What is a computer security risk? A computer security risk is any event or action that could cause loss of or damage to computer hardware‚ software‚ data‚ information‚ or processing capability. Some breaches to computer security are accidental‚ others are planned intrusions. Some intruders do no damage; they merely access data‚ information or programs on the computer before logging off. Other intruders indicate some evidence of their presence either by leaving a
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Data Security in Healthcare Data Security in Healthcare In the world of technology today‚ consumers often purchase items through the internet using their personal information such as name‚ date of birth and credit card numbers. This information can easily be stolen from someone who seeks to exploit weakness in a computer network. According‚ to (Gagne‚ 2012)‚ “data breaches often occur through technical vulnerabilities‚ malware‚ compromised user credentials or opportunist attackers”
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DATA SECURITY IN LOCAL NETWORK USING DISTRIBUTED FIREWALLS ABSTRACT Computers and Networking have become inseparable by now. A number of confidential transactions occur every second and today computers are used mostly for transmission rather than processing of data. So Network Security is needed to prevent hacking of data and to provide authenticated data transfer. Network Security
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As Target continues to respond to the security breach that has now been estimated to affect up to 110 million people by NBC News.com‚ analysts continue to zero in on the statements and actions by CEO‚ Gregg Steinhafel. And positively so. In the Wall Street Journal article titled‚ “Target Tried Antitheft Cards‚” authors Paul Ziobro and Robin Sidel highlight statements now being made by Steinhafel and actions taken in the past concerning chip-based credit cards. Although the article states that
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iPad’s Security Breach Assignment #4: iPad’s Security Breach BUS 508 Business Enterprise Professor Steven Brown Strayer University February 27‚ 2011 Discuss Goatse Security firm possible objectives when they hacked into AT&T’s Website. Goatse Security is not a security firm. This is a loose-knit‚ nine-person hacker group that specializes in uncovering security flaws. Its nature has been variously described as white hat‚ gray hat‚ or black hat
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Data protection & security What is Data Protection and Security ? This is the protection of data such as database from accidental‚ unauthorised or malicious access Data Protection Act Data protection Act controls and monitors the way personal and customer information is been used by organisations. The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) is an Act of the UK parliament that defines the ways in which peoples information is been handed. 8 Data Protection Act Principles • Data must be Processed
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study is to implement an SMS (Short Messaging Services) system for a college or learning institution to enable efficient and timely communication between the administration and other parties including students‚ faculty members‚ staff members‚ campus security‚ volunteers‚ alumni‚ media and others. Specifically‚ the following objectives will pursue; 1. To develop a system that performs the following: 1.1 Can quickly alert students and staff with specific information to increase public safety no matter
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Target data breach is a very good example of the risks of using single level/layer defense strategies for information security in an organization. In fact‚ it taught us and the organizations in the information security industry a very valuable lesson as to how important is it to employ strategies like Defense in Depth‚ Critical Controls etc.‚ Below is a brief summary of steps that can be taken to avoid such attacks. I’ve included the chain of different events that led to the Target Data breach and the
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top reasons why most security breaches happen on a secure network compromising hundreds to thousands of users’ personal information. This happens today more often than one would like to think and the consequences are astronomical for users‚ employees and customers of the companies. To protect a network and thoroughly secure confidential information‚ one has to examine the top vulnerabilities and think outside of the normal box to protect the network. When a security breach happens‚ there is usually
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Sony Play Station Security Breach It is almost impossible to find the top reasons why most security breaches happen on a secure network compromising hundreds to thousands of users’ personal information. To protect a network and thoroughly secure confidential information‚ one has to examine the top vulnerabilities and think outside of the normal box to protect it. When a security breach happens‚ there is usually a pretty simple reason why it has happened. I will discuss one of the highly publicized
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