Social information processing

begin stealing information from 40 million debit/credit cards from Target’s systems. *Last known attack from cyber criminals* Date 3: November 30, 2013 (15 days after Date 1) – Target acknowledges publicly that FireEye had been giving more alerts but local teams deemed that no action had to be taken against the alerts so Target did nothing. Date 4: December 13, 2013 (28 days after Date 1) – U.S. Department of Justice notifies Target executives about fraudulent debit/credit information connected…

– Reading for information, research, or information literacy involves reading a variety of material, and having competencies such as being able to analyze, evaluate, and communicate information read into the written expression. The American Library Association defined Information Literacy as: “To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.” Information literacy grows…

When it comes to password security, we are faced with a serious conundrum. While we want to remember the password, we still need to practice safe security with a good one. The trouble with the easier to remember passwords is that they are highly insecure. What can you do to combat this problem? When you are using uppercase and lowercase letters, symbols and numbers to compensate, you can use what is known as a passpoem to resolve the problem of remembering. As Marjan Ghazvininejad and Kevin…

original location, create an analysis plan, gather the evidence, and create the evidence reports which must comply with all the laws that affect digital forensics. The increase in connectivity means an increase in the difficulty to gather and secure information to maintain threats to a minimum due to the amount of knowledge that those breaking the law can acquire to attempt to deter the efforts of those trying to piece together the puzzle the wrong doers left behind. Business Intelligence and…

Theft in anyway has always been unethical in any human environment. Employee theft especially can have a huge effect on any business, corporation, establishment, etc. Theft acts as a cost directly incurred by an organization, employees playing the key variable in theft, can steal money, products or time. Theft can occur at any level of a business from the cashier that is still in high school to the CEO of the company. Theft is something a business wants to diminish as much as possible,…

countless opportunities for small businesses, but they also offer cyber criminals many new ways to victimize your business, sca, your customers and hurt your reputation. Social engineering, also known as "pretexting" is used by many criminals, both online and off, to trick unsuspecting people into giving away their personal information and or installing malicious software into their computers. Online fraud can take on…

As the fourth Director of National Intelligence, James Robert Clapper Jr. personifies Intelligence Community (IC) leadership in that he has served as a leader for more than 43 years where he began as a Major in the US Air Force acting as the commander and intelligence staff officer at Headquarters Air Force Systems Command at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. James Clapper, being involved with intelligence issues, associated with high level of government policy and decision making, is a unique…

recently in January. This attack left customers unable to access their online banking and prohibited them from making payments. According to the article, Lloyd Bank was among a pool of banks in the UK that were targeted. Fortunately, the banking information of Lloyd Bank’s clients remained safe as a DDoS attack only brings down a network’s ability to function properly, but it doesn’t usually steal / compromise user data. The second supplementary article quotes the CEO of ZoneFox, Jamie Graves,…

confidentiality. Data Integrity: This is used to ensure that the most important data is secure and also makes sure that the data isn’t messed around with. If any of the data has been messed around with then this can result in major problems. The information security program can use tools to track any changes to any important data, also it can show when the file was last…

our commitment to our consumers as it relates to the collection and use of personal information. Our policy also applies to customer serviced by all subsidiaries of GIPPSLAND BROADBAND The kind of personal information that GIPPSLAND BROADBAND collects and holds In order for GIPPSLAND BROADBAND to serve you better, we will need to collect from you, and hold, some vital personal information about you. The information may include your name, your address, your telephone numbers (home and mobile),…