Countermeasures For Information Assurance

One of the overall concerns regarding easily accessible technology is our dependency on it. When we take a closer look, we see an interesting dynamic: we feel a sense of isolation and danger if we are without our technology, so much so that we risk even further greater danger (literally and figuratively)

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How information technology can be effectively integrated with company’s "production, marketing, human resource, research design and finance" to take the advantage of core competence, as well as leveraging the quality and speed to help company business continuity.

Today there is a huge demand for information technology in most types of business. With

To begin with, I started with two courses in the EMSISS program - ISOL 633 - Legal Regulations, Compliance, and Investigation and ISOL 533- Information Security and Risk Management. I also got an internship opportunity of a part time CPT with Sapot Systems Inc as a Software Engineer. The knowledge and interest I had along with these courses, helped me to go that extra mile in my day to day job responsibility.

There are many complications caused by the recent advancement in technology. In recent years, the people of the world have experienced this technological advancement firsthand. Though, even with all the upgrading, we, as a worldwide community, aren’t using machinery to better the world. People have become too connected to technology, we need to get off it every once in awhile.

As a growing majority of middle class families fall victim to the economic devastation of the Great Recession, suffering from prolonged unemployment, depleted job markets and a rising cost of living, the threat of potential terrorist attacks striking America and its interests seems to have faded into the proverbial background of our collective consciousness. With a transfer of power from the hawkish Bush Administration to President Obama and his more diplomatic approach, major media outlets in print, on television and in the blogosphere, which just a few years ago regaled with patriotic fervor while espousing the possible peril awaiting the nation, have all but abandoned their coverage of terrorist activity. This reversal in focus by both individuals and institutions may simply be a natural response to the reduced capabilities of al-Qaeda and other terrorist networks, as confirmed by the leading authority on terrorism and its effects, and national security analyst for the CNN network, Peter Bergen, who observed recently that "the Obama administration has played a large role in reducing terrorist threats by continuing and scaling up many of former President George W. Bush's counter-terrorist methods" (Bennetch 1).

Private Investigators Limited Liability Company is a group of private investigators who work out of a small office with one server and six workstations. The company hosts its own website which provides the ability for clients to log in and enter their case information. Of late, these workstations have been running sluggishly, and they routinely get advertisements while they are not on the internet. The company computers are not kept up-to-date with operating system and software patches. In addition, there have been complaints that the company website has been unavailable, and was recently completely deleted and replaced with a homepage which read, “You’ve been hacked.”

Traditionally, IT (Information Technology) security focused on securing the IT assets within the organization’s IT framework. However, with the advent of smart mobile devices, cloud computing, and remote connectivity, the IT landscape has changed dramatically in the last few decades. With these changes, the frequency of attacks by cyber criminals has increased as well. We constantly hear news reports of large-scale cyber attacks targeting financial, government and healthcare organizations. Moreover, the type of attacks has evolved to become more sophisticated and untraceable, making it difficult for security analysts to keep up with the every changing technological demands of creating and maintaining an effective security. This has now led many security experts to believe that having an effective defense mechanism in place is a much viable option than to be reactive to threats. This also makes sense from a business perspective. Companies want their IT investments to further their business goals and not to be constrained too much by focusing heavily on IT security, which could potentially lead to an increase in operational costs to tackle security issues.

Next, AAE will use the NIST SP 800-39: Managing Information Security Risk to generate a response for each risk.

Changing technology can be a threat for us… as it can end up in high investment from us..

This document is only a brief synopsis of the ever-expanding and demanding field of information security. It contains explanations, screenshots or visual cues, and tips on multiple subjects such as system defenses, reducing vulnerabilities, and the presence of malicious threats. Smaller areas, such as vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, are also covered because they are very significant in the security of information. While vulnerability assessment is a necessity, penetration testing is purely an option to the security engineer.

Exponential technologies can potentially pose great dangers to the human race. Although, not to the extent people believe. Simply put, “The wrong technology in the wrong hands leads nowhere good.” This brings us to topics such as bioterrorism, cyber attacks, and Robotics or artificial intelligence leading to potential unemployment for skilled workers.

4.How the bank is using the latest technological advancements in banking industry to its advantage.

Information technology efforts in these areas have improved the way businesses are run. The day to day operations of business disciplines have been improved by the efforts of IT personnel and the developments of information technology as a science. The