Computer security

#1: Keep your private information private. Try to avoid giving out any of your personal/financial information as much as possible. Never reveal your social security number to anyone unless it's an absolute emergency or is truly required to carry out some function. Instead, only be willing to use the last four digits of your social security number as means of verifying who you are. Note that there are many companies who are already employing this method as means for identity…

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networks from the internet is familiar with the concept in one form or another. Whether the additional factors include Smart Badges, Security Tokens, Soft Certificates (encrypted code downloaded to a device to identify it as genuine), or a combination of the above, using two factor authentication has become a familiar and even expected part of our computing security routine and rightfully so. Two Factor Authentication has been so effective at reducing information compromise that many services…

free credit report every year from each of the three major credit reporting bureaus. Request one report every four months and review it for suspicious or incorrect information. 4. Guard your Social Security number. Avoid sharing it when it’s not absolutely necessary, and don’t keep it, or your Social Security card, in your wallet. 5. Be smart about social media. Consider…

1.Describe the key security enhancements in UMTS that overcome GSM design weaknesses? Ans: 1. Encryption algorithms used in GSM were not disclosed, aiming to achieve ‘security through obscurity’. Their shortcomings were discovered by reverse engineering an actual GSM phone. The design of algorithms was kept secret (it was disclosed only on a need-to-know basis, under and non-disclosure agreement, to GSM manufacturers). A secret authentication or encryption algorithm may be vulnerable since it…

is a software-based protocol that provides a way to locate files, devices or even individual in a network. LDAP uses port 389 and is uses by Microsoft as the main protocol that opens up this type of access. LDAP is lightweight which indicates a smaller version with a smaller code and it is part of X.500. The latter acts as a standard for network directory services. /*************************** Kerberos authentication protocol that establishes a trusted connection between hosts in the untrusted…

For years, biometric authentication has been seen in movies and television shows as a purely fictional piece of technology. However, in the past two decades, biometric authentication has become so common is it everywhere from phones, to computers, and even national digital based identification systems. There are still concerns about the privacy that this type of identification may lack. There are three major categories of authentication: what you know, what you have, and what you are. (See…

exposure Identify at least two types of security events and baseline anomalies that might indicate suspicious activity. One type of a security event that might indicate supicious activity is an authentication failures found in audit logs. Audit logs contain a high volume of events so particular attention on which events that should be specifically tracked and managed require consideration. An audit log can identify patterns of activity that can signal a security a potential breach. Whether…

Reputation’s Influence The reputation issue is a big problem for all Chines five-star hotels, including the Ritz-Carlton Tianjin. Recently, an article called, “Five-star hotel, why don't you change the sheets?” has been blasting the internet (Guang Xinjin, 2017). This article is released by a testing agency with a 6-minute video which shows that five famous five-star hotels did not change the bedding after guests checked-out and the bathtubs were not completely cleaned among other serious…

1.1.1 ASSESSMENT OF VODA CSR PRACTICES IN LIGHT OF MODELS AND THEORIES I’ll be using TWO main models to assess VODAFONE CSR practices. 1. Grey oven Adams – 7 ethical stances 2. Jonson and scholes Grey Owen and Adams ethical stances I believe mostly listed or public interest entities like VODA have a social ecologist approach towards sustainable practices. Even if we assess VODA sustainable practices it weighs upon social and environmental activities like education, health, smart working,…