Information systems

In today’s ever changing 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…

1 Our Understanding Telos Corporation (Telos) protects some of our country’s most security-conscious agencies and has established an excellent reputation. However, the company is not well known outside of government circles. Telos security solutions can benefit businesses as well as government agencies. As you know, cyber security breaches have had a profound impact on commerce and infrastructure. The topic is receiving ongoing media coverage: • Nearly 1 million new malware threats are…

As a product of today’s game consoles becoming more and more advanced, it is becoming easier for attackers to gain access to them. The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of how these attacks occur and what can be done to protect oneself in situations such as this. I will attempt to examine multiple resources that can better explain things further. Game console attacks are rapidly increasing, consumers purchase roughly over one hundred million consoles each year which all…

Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations, Building Effective Assessment Plans as a guide along with NIST Special Publication 800-30, Rev-1, Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments (NIST SP 30-1, 800-53A). To truly understand this publication is prohibitive to fully explain; however, this step is critical and will impact your intranet dramatically. To simplify: you cannot always have the risk metric you desired because by doing so would make your system so slow and…

cyber security, cyber attacks, the economic fallout from cyber attacks and the state of businesses taking preventative measures. Furthermore, I reviewed the literature based on the need for individuals to concern themselves with cyber awareness. Information gathered from 38 sources up to this point provided the content…

selling through auctions. At the point when using a personal PayPal account, simply link your PayPal account to your bank account which is either savings or checking. When you make a purchase that allows you to pay with PayPal, enter your log-in information to sign into PayPal and then click "Buy." PayPal will automatically transfer the money out of your linked account and to the seller. You can also register your bank/checking account details or your credit/debit card details with PayPal which…

Secure Shell (SSH) In this paper, I will discuss the network protocol Secure shell, better known as SSH. Interest in choosing this protocol came from my frequent use of SSH to run applications on the remote servers in Coover Hall. Because of this, I will be exploring the details on how the protocol works, vulnerabilities associated with it and mitigation techniques put in place to counter attacks. SSH is a Cryptographic Network Protocol created to replace Telnet. Its purpose is to provide a…

mammoth task. 1) Network Security: When using SaaS, the client transfer sensitive information to the application over the network. Hence, it is essential to secure the connection and provide proper network security. Currently, a majority of the SaaS vendor using Secure Socket Layer…

What defines a code is, a system of words, letters, figures or symbols used to replicate a realistic message, which can convey meaning/clues to people. They are generally used for secrecy. Codes function by exchanging given words, letters, figures or symbols into the realistic language that everyone is familiar with. Rather, simultaneously cracking gibberish codes until it reveals a somewhat revealing message. Innumerable codes have been introduced to the world, yet only a few have stood out,…

Introduction Over the last two centuries, work in Canada has changed significantly from an economic/social system based on individual craftwork and family agriculture to highly politicized, collective factory work to a constantly evolving knowledge- and service-based, bureaucratized structure. This evolution from pre-industrialism to post-industrialism has affected the work itself (how it’s organized and accomplished), workers and their relationship with management, government involvement, and…