Computer security incident management

P3: Explain the security risks and protection mechanisms involved in website performance. Security risk There are a lot of security risks on websites, for examples there are risks like viruses and hacker, these risks are extremely dangerous for electronic commerce website where hackers can steal other user’s personal details. The web designer should build up a protection mechanism when making a website, this can support the enforcement of security policies which the users can feel safe when…

answer to the question, we have to define hacking, hacktivism, and civil disobedience. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary website, hacking, in technological terms, is the “act or instance of gaining or attempting to gain illegal access to a computer hardware…

On December 2014, Anthem’s databased was compromised by someone that used their credentials to run a query. The breach was not discovered until January 2015. Anthem Inc. security breach was made public in February 2015, and affected at least 80 millions of people. Anthem was at the moment the second-largest health insurance company in the nation. Their president and CEO, Joseph Swedish said to the media: “Anthem was the target of a very sophisticated external cyber-attack. These attackers…

Mostly, Security standards, administrative safeguards, technical safeguards, physical safeguards are important to prevent from breaches and fraud and abuse. According to HealthIT.gov provided guidelines and rules, several measures in security as end to end process rather than a just security product. Those are briefly mentioned: 1. Establishing security culture by training workforce and incorporating good practices. 2. Protecting…

of IT security. Rouge access points, and seemingly misplaced thumb drives could be gateways into bad times in IT…

Qihoo was too far ahead of the game in terms of its ideas and strategy. While the concept may have been right, it was the wrong moment. Moreover, Qihoo failed to figure out the key drivers of user need.” In 2006, Qihoo entered the field of Internet security, as Zhou recognized that Internet…

A survey by Accession and the Information Security Media Group found that “72% of organizations rate their mobile security as “poor,” “needs improvement,” or “adequate.” Only 5% of organizations judge their mobile security to be “excellent.” (Accelion- needs to be cited but need to know where that PDF is from to do so). Attempting to protect the company and the customers on multiple devices is a challenge. The company has to be able to manage the security for each drive, application, and any…

I became interested with an Information Security Analyst because my father is one. Every take your child to work day I would wake up early with my dad and run to his car excited to go to his office for the day. The building is a plain, brown brick building, but every time I saw it, I instantly got excited. Walking into the office everyone knew my name, I would always wave at everyone I saw. The secretary always gave me a lollipop and called me her “Little bundle of sunlight”. I would then go…

TEST AND SECURITY EVALUATION PLATFORM Background Work: The need for safe and secure identity authentication is increasing day by day as the number of identity theft occurrences is growing. The strongest security is implemented within the hardware itself. There are two key concepts in designing for testability: Controllability and Observability. Controllability refers to the ability to apply test patterns to the inputs of a sub circuit via the primary inputs of the circuit. Observability refers…

credit card numbers so on, so they can sell online. The example of this kind of security breach happened most recently the hacker has been posted millions of Yahoo user’s personal data to a marketplace on dark web. It is to believe that the same hacker also previously sold millions of passwords and email addresses stolen from social networking and professional networking websites. The company officials aware of this incident and currently working to determine the facts. The company is also…