Ten Online Security Mistakes Seniors Make Seniors, in general, are trusting souls and don’t understand the dangers online. There are so many cyber thieves online searching and lurking, waiting for their next trusting victim to make a mistake. Each day at least 1 million cyber-attacks are executed, and the number is growing. It’s our job to keep our seniors informed and protected from all dangers, including the internet. Here are 10 tips on how to explain to seniors they are vulnerable to…
Developmental Learning With the onslaught of technology personal development has become increasingly important. A few years ago, when I signed up for 'online banking with bill pay ', I excitedly went home to make my first transfer to someone else 's account within the same bank. I went through the process of entering my log on ID and passcode on the bank 's website and then proceeded to make the transfer. This event was a disaster, as I had no idea of what I should do. I tried to read the drop…
What is a social engineering attack? What is a phishing attack? How do you avoid being a victim? Social engineering attack is when a person uses their social skills to obtain information about the organization or computer system. A phishing attack use email/websites to get personal information to gain access to the organization. You can easily avoid being a victim by verify identity with the company. Before revealing information about the organization. Make sure you are certain that the person…
disadvantages: Advantages of using LDAP for SSO 1. Since LDAP is pretty much standardized, there are many plugins that are readily available. 2. The passwords are stored securely with all of the needed authentication methods as well as the security mechanisms are already implemented. 3. You can implement its account lockout policies and it password history features if…
implementing a single business function must have unique database credentials. Sharing of credentials between programs is not allowed. Database passwords used by programs are system-level passwords as defined by the Password Policy. Developer groups must have a process in place to ensure that database passwords are controlled and changed in accordance with the Password Policy. Authorized Networked Devices Policy: The security features necessary to minimize risks to communication equipment must…
Action: Q9 Identify the reasons for agreeing the purpose, content, layout, quality standards and deadlines for the production of documents When we produce a document we need to ensure it is fit for purpose and delivered on time. For example if my hotel manager asks me to produce a poster to advertise that in 2 weeks we will host a karaoke night, I would bear in mind the following for the production of the document: - The target audience is mainly our hotel guests but we can accept some visitors…
security, policies should overview acceptable computer use, email use, password policy, and wireless and device usage. Company employees are expected to use their computers responsibly and productively, Internet…
When OpenID was first created and starting to be used by major companies as their go-to single sign-on solution, people were skeptical. Today, it is used just about everywhere and people do not usually think twice before using it to log into their favorite website. We will explore how the improvements OpenID has made over the years have caused it along with OAuth to become some of the most widely used cross-site authentication protocols. In this paper, we will also touch on what flaws still…
similar for most passwords within any online service, which is why most phones offer to save passwords when accessing certain applications. The main problem with a password is that it must be long and difficult to guess for it to be effective. But this causes users to use the same password across different services, or just use simple passwords that are easy to remember (Albahdal and Boult 294). Biometric data offers a substantial increase in security over the traditional password system since…
time is wasted. 2. Users will need to manage a whole lot of different passwords in order to access a large number of systems. 3. It can be very difficult to add increased…