Computer network security

Physical Security As Margaret Rouse of TechTalk.com stated, “Physical security is the protection of personnel, hardware, programs, networks, and data from physical circumstances and events that could cause serious losses or damage to an enterprise, agency, or institution. This includes protection from fire, natural disasters, burglary, theft, vandalism, and terrorism.” In the world we live in today physical security is often over looked (Rouse, 2005). News organizations sensationalize the…

Here are some basic requirement to have a company network that can be fast and reliable I would like to have some time to talk to your IT manager to know where we are, and know the needs. Your IT manager might have most of this suggestion deployed already, in that case this can be used as a check list I will try to help as much as possible and I will be open to do any configuration of any device when you need me to ( I can do that from here) 1. The size of the company needs to be taken in…

Christian Baker 1/16/2016 IT - 331 SNHU IT 331: Network Delays System confirming the user’s password during log-in According to Jakob Nielsen, there are three important time limits in a user oriented system. Those time limits are the time for a user to feel that the system has reacted instantaneously, 0.1 seconds. The time it takes for a user’s flow of thought to go uninterrupted, 1.0 second. The time it takes for a user to not lose his/her attention, 10 seconds. When…

CompuServe Inc. v. Patterson, the court held that uploading shareware onto a computer subjects the programmer to jurisdiction where the computer is located. CompuServe is a proprietary information service company headquartered in the state of Ohio where its main servers operate. Subscribers to CompuServe offered access to the Internet and to proprietary information and software products on the private CompuServe network. Programmers of CompuServe and authorized subscribers authored software…

Components: Components are all the parts that make up a computer. Components include software and hardware. Proxy server: A proxy server is basically an server that bridges the gap between you and the internet. When you have proxy up and running the other computers from the internet cannot see your IP address so it covers you in something known as an internet camouflage. The computers can only see the proxy's IP. Another use of proxy servers is to access sites that are not usually available to…

possible risks in using wireless communication. There are few security risks occurring in mobile and wireless user: A. Intrusion - networks are more open to intruder access unless protective measures (such as passwords, encryption and identifier disabling) are adopted and this may result in a greater susceptibility to theft or misuse of information contained on networks, unauthorized destruction or modification of data, and abuse of network capacity B. Leeching - bandwidth can be used by…

First, it is important to understand that through the application of some of the NIST security control mechanisms, the threat in the case can be substantially minimized. Some of the main approaches and methods that may be used towards minimizing the threat described include enhanced security awareness and training of the users of the system, access control into the system under consideration, frequent system maintenance and upgrades, occasional audits into the system, protection of the system…

Cyber Security: The Concept Protecting ICT systems alongside their content is popularly known as cyber security. Without a doubt, the concept is both broad and fuzzy. Although useful, the term lacks a precise definition since it refers to either one or three of the following components, as elucidated by Fischer (2015): 1. A collection of activities and measures aimed at protection from attacks, disruptions, or threats to computers and their networks, related hardware and software, as well as…

I. Physical Network Design A. Network Topology Business Needs Topology is important as it is the way the computers in this business will be lined up and how they pass information from one to the next. A wrong topology can cause a lot of extra expensive and headaches for the IT personal. The correct topology will make it easier to manage and will help keep the system running smoothly. A physical topology must be picked that can be easy to set up and easy to maintain. It should allow systems to…

When privacy is one of the most desired needs and the Internet is the most used and easily accessed innovations, there comes a problem. How can what one does online be private from the world and government? More important, should it be hidden? In the past, what one wanted to keep private, was and stayed as such. As the Internet was created, thousands of files of personal information suddenly became easily accessible to any sort of hacker with the right set of skills or potential monitoring by…