business into consideration. The organizational structure is conducive to a strong and clear reporting channels which include the CIO reporting to the CFO and EVP. One step lower on the corporate ladder the VPs of applications, operations, information security and database administration reports to CIO. Findings -- System Development…
been fascinated with computers and technology. Being able to produce something that can do a specific task at the touch of a button is just crazy. Another thing that intrigues me about Computer Security and Information Assurance is the amount of problem solving that it involves. It seems as though there is never a day when a new problem arises. New problems mean new ways of solving problems. Every day a CSIA major learns something. Norwich University stated that Computer Security and…
The recent airing of Ashley Madison's dirty laundry continues to be a hot topic around the internet. Two weeks ago, a group of hackers calling themselves 'Team Impact', breached the security of the controversial dating website and made away with the information of millions of users. Many outlets have combed through the near 10 gigabytes of data dumped by Team Impact onto the dark web, but this find from Gizmodo stands out. The data they dug up reveals that: for a website that marketed itself…
beginning of the article 1) China’s military hacker accessed Facebook through the same network they used to plan attacks on their enemies; 2) Hector Monsegur was arrested for hacking computers; 3) Paula Broadwell had an affair with the former FBI director, David Petraeus. To cover up the affair, she used public computers to Student 4 from the…
technological world, network security is a necessity. According to The SANS Institute, a research and educational organization dedicated to “information security training and security certification”, network security is “the process of taking physical and software preventative measures to protect the underlying networking infrastructure from unauthorized access, misuse, malfunction, modification, destruction, or improper disclosure, thereby creating a secure platform for computers, users and…
to citizens around the world and National Security. The Department of Defense along with the Department of Homeland Security oversee security measure to protect the United States from cyber-attacks. In the year 2008, the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) was formed and it was to ensure the US is able to defend itself from immediate threats should they occur and to be able to educate the government. The Building Blocks of a Computer Network The description of a building…
Another problem that persists is the difficulty that fusion centers have when it comes to their ability to “analyze cyber security relevant information (Erickson, 2012).” This could easily be fixed by employing more knowledgeable personnel. An…
The greatest advantage of artificial intelligent system is that it can never get tired or sleepy or bored and since it can be programmed to do dangerous tasks human safety and security will not be at risk. RISK FACTORS Under this topic we will discuss about the risks associated with Artificial Intelligence. We will see that there are many risk factors but the most crucial risk factor is existential threat from Artificial Intelligence One of the main disadvantage of AI is the…
As a security analyst in the Information technology environment at the Aim Higher College, I have seen many attacks from the hackers that attempt to steal the sensitive data of the college and expose it to the whole world or alter it in some way. I have seen the many threats that have existed on the college’s data and systems at one point. Furthermore, I discovered many vulnerabilities in college’s systems, I captured them before the intruders can get their hands on them and make an effort to…
this public information to sort out over 100 employees that had access to this data. The attacker then used malware to get a hand full of employee’s credentials. Even though it is said that to keep all the personal information stored in Anthem’s computer system encrypted would have not stopped or prevented this attack because these attackers had done their research and knew what credentials they would need to perform the attack, no matter how the information was stored they still would have…