Homeland Security and Critical Infrastructure The events of September 11, 2001, highlighted significant gaps in the country’s emergency preparedness and more specifically, its ability to identify threats and protect against terrorist attacks. The resulting analyses of the incident and the response efforts stressed the need for an overarching program that would coordinate the efforts of a multitude of government agencies with competing goals and requirements. A program that would improve the…
Vulnerability of IT Infrastructures: Internal and External Threats Sylvester Ngoma Ph.D. Candidate Information Technology Educator March 04, 2012 Vulnerability of IT Infrastructures 1 Introduction The pervasive and complex nature of security threats to Information Technology (IT) continues to be a major concern for modern organizations and businesses. IT infrastructures, which have become the cornerstone of organizational management, are highly vulnerable to potential attacks and sabotage. IT…
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) b. Platform as a Service (PaaS) c. Software as a Service (SaaS) There are many extra service models all of which can take the form like XaaS, i.e., Anything as a Service. This can be Network as a Service, Business as a Service, Identity as a Service, Database as a Service or Strategy as a Service. Fig : Service Models 1. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) : IaaS provides access to fundamental resources…
It will change the dynamics, but GE will stay competitive if they continue to excel at innovation and acquisition of newly created products. General Electric’s current strategy does fit with the external environment at this time by expanding infrastructure and consumer industrial. The activities GE does do support this environment as well. Review of Mission Statement While GE doesn’t have a specific vision or mission statement, the strategic factors do follow the company’s core values of…
repository or central database and trusted third party Central authority(CA) are used to revoke, issue and store the keys. There is always a risk that these centralized infrastructure can be violated. Hence, Blochcain can be use to to reduce the risks of storing PKI on centralized infrastructure. Here the Data(Keys) will be distributed across the blochchain network[3] In the 2nd section we will go through the introduction of blockchain, In the 3rd Section, we will see how blockchain protects…
The three important components of the infrastructure of the U.S by 1914 were to enable, to sustain, or to enhance societal living conditions. Infrastructures are the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. Infrastructure purpose was to serve the economy of business, industry, country, and etc. So for example infrastructure can be roads or bridges. These components are important because they are basically the blueprint of…
What are infrastructure and surveillance ? Infrastructure and surveillance are buildings with cameras in it. Now the real question is; How can infrastructure and surveillance be helpful in the environment? Preventing exposure to environmental hazards relies on many partners, including state and local health departments. Personnel, surveillance systems, and education are important resources for investigating and responding to disease, monitoring for hazards, and educating the public. Additional…
Urban quality of life is the measure of satisfaction that people derive from living in a city and ranges across a variety of categories including geography, health, social sciences and more. However, quality of life is not based on one set ideal, but depends on the individual preference of the people, and typically incorporates the sense of security, prosperity, health, comfort, financial stability and other personal aspirations. (Urban Quality of Life) It has been assumed that quality of life…
is a necessity for our modern societies. The notion I raise though is the enormous gap of the money spent on water infrastructures of what they need versus what is actually done. For this lab, I watched the video documentary, Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure. The documentary’s objective was to make the viewer become aware of the failures in the water infrastructures occurring in many different cities across the nation and the reasons as to why this is happening. It succeeded…
(U) Similar to other critical infrastructure, U.S. medical networks and healthcare infrastructures, which include but may not be limited to building management systems, which is vital for the daily function and operations of a medical or healthcare facility. IoT controlled devices, which is what defines the quality of care a medical facility can provide to its patients. Additionally, PHI is the foundation of trust that a patient has for their healthcare providers and that healthcare facility.…