What do Target, Home Depot, eBay, JPMorgan, Yahoo, and Sony have in common? They’ve all fell victim to massive data breaches that compromised user security and, in some cases, leaked sensitive information for the world to see. Nobody is safe from a determined attacker, no company or even government is too large. Stemming from these large data breaches, Computer Security prospects are promised a bright future in exchange for their hard work. A strong outlook, relatively high pay, and seemingly boundless transferability show that a career in Information Security Analyzation is a stellar choice, although many are scared away because of the somewhat grueling education required and the mediocre job satisfaction reported by those in the field. The …show more content…
Although difficult to obtain, those who pursue a career with the prerequisite of a Computer Science degree are seldom found unemployed because of their utter importance to everyday business activities. Per US News, Information Security Analysts have a 1.8 percent unemployment rate (Information Security Analyst, par. 3). The national average unemployment rate is reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistic at 4.9 percent, therefore Information Security Analysts have an unemployment rate that is less than half of the national average in the United States (Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, par …show more content…
It is much easier to change from a Computer and Information Research Scientist to a Network and Computer Systems Administrator than it is to go from a Biomedical Engineer to an Aerospace Engineering Technician. This again is due to the similar basic knowledge that is common between technology professions. This makes Computer Science a more valuable degree compared to more focused ones such as Underwater Basket Weaving or Graphic
On September 24, 2010, a laptop was stolen from an unlocked Urology office at the Henry Ford Health Systems hospital. The laptop did contain password protection software; however, it may not have been enough to permit access if the thief had advanced knowledge in computers. Additionally, the information stored on the laptop did not include social security or health insurance information, but instead held “patient names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and treatment and doctor visits” (Moscaritolo, 2010, p. 1). It is unknown how many records were contained on the laptop, but all records were related to prostate services that were provided during an eleven year span.
The framework of security policy is defined to construct a structure by the help of which policy gaps can be identified in an easy manner. A system specific policy would assist to ensure that all employees and management comply with the policies. This is also used to maintain the confidentiality for user authentication would assist in the confidentiality aspect of security, maintain integrity (There are several limiting rules or constraints which are distinct in the relational data model and whose work is to maintain the data’s accuracy and maintain its integrity.), availability and authenticity of the system. Access controls are a collection of mechanisms that work together to create security architecture to protect the assets of an information system. One of the goals of access control is personal accountability, which is the mechanism that proves someone performed a computer activity at a specific point in time. So, the framework acts as the guideline
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) is an information security certification entity that specialises in technical and practical certification as well as new research in the form of its GIAC Gold program. SANS Institute founded the certification entity in 1999 and the term GIAC is trademarked by The Escal Institute of Advanced Technologies.
A data breach is an incident in which sensitive, protected or confidential data has potentially been viewed, stolen or used by an individual unauthorized to do so. Data breaches may involve personal health information (PHI), personally identifiable information (PII), trade secrets or intellectual property. The most common concept of a data breach is an attacker hacking into a corporate network to steal sensitive data. However, not all data breaches are so dramatic. If an unauthorized hospital employee views a patient's health information on a computer screen over the shoulder of an authorized employee that also constitutes a data breach.
Security is now and again called an "overall concern" in light of the fact that everything required in the Web administrations environment needs some level of insurance against the numerous dangers and difficulties that IT divisions must manage all the time. For instance, SOAP messages should be secure, WSDL records may should be secured against unapproved get to, firewall ports may require extra systems to make preparations for overwhelming burdens and to assess Web administrations messages, et cetera. Since Web administrations are intended for interoperability, an imperative objective of the security innovations is to empower execution environment advances to keep on working while adding security instruments to the Web administrations layers above them.
Data is a crucial job for an IT industry to secure. It is hard to keep information secured there's many factors. How secure is the Network and encryption? What about physical security is there any ports or fiber optic cables that can be exploited? How fragile is the data that needs to be secured? Based on this risk check list Brazil and the European Union are going to lay down their own fiber-optic line on the oceans floor to stop data from getting routed through the U.S. (Goldstein 24-27). There might be some data given to the server that helps aid the user on a website. What this might look like is shown in Figure 1. Metadata
A vital piece of managing employees is to find the right applicants for these positions. A great deal of person's success in the position of a manager could be associated with
A casino in the casino and gaming industry is composed of many different information security system levels. The three that I am going to talk about are the transaction processing system, support level, and the managerial level. Each level plays an important role in the
The Bill of Rights or the First 10 Amendments to the Constitution guarantee certain uninhibited rights to all criminal defendants of the United States whether innocent of, suspected of, arrested for, or being convicted of a criminal act. In particular the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th amendments keep would be felons from being denied the inherent rights given as protection to all of our nation’s children. Each of the four rights will be discussed in detail herein and how they affect the Criminal Justice System as a whole but a greater focus will be spent on the 8th amendment and how it pertains to cruel and unusual punishment and of its great debate and deniability as to its occurrences in Maximum Security Prisons. Our system of Justice
Private security/police are trained to handle any kind of threats or prevent it from occurring. Private sectors security forces has multiple units that prevent/deter crimes. Private security/police officials have the same training as public law enforcement officials. Private security has Crime prevention unit, loss prevention unit, patrol unit, chemical unit, and more. Private security officials are also trained on how to handle bomb threats, crowd control, first aid, react to active shooter incidents, evacuation procedure, fire armed, and more. Private security has motion sensor cameras within and around their sector that can be beneficial to public law enforcement officials in case of crime.
“How much freedom should Americans be willing to sacrifice in the name of National Security?” (CITE). Privacy rights have been a topic of discussion with the American government since “World War II concerning the issue of Communists and German Spies being present in the United States of America (USA),” (CITE). However, ever since the attacks on the USA on September 11th, 2001, the “sacrifice Americans had to make of their basic liberties has increased,” (CITE). It all began with the USA Patriot Act of 2001; this act takes “privacy depleting measures” and “uses National Security letters to demand information about anyone the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) finds suspicious in terms of terrorism,” (CITE). This act serves as a problem to
In the last decade it’s amazing how technology has advanced over the years and will continue to advance for many years to come. Every year there is a new cell phone from Apple or Samsung, with new features that make our lives more convenient. From faster software to higher picture quality and so on. I am unable to recall the last time I used a camera to take pictures or went to the bank to deposit a check. Technology advances every day and many can’t wait to see what’s next to come. But with new technology comes greater risk for violations of privacy. In the following research paper I will discuss the types of security breaches and the cost associated with these breaches that businesses around the world face on a daily basis.
My interest in computer security, specifically the areas of programming languages, security network architectures, the development of new approaches to securing large scale enterprise applications and databases begin in my initial computer science courses. I discovered I have a natural affinity for solving complex computational, programming and system integration problems exceptionally fast. I also learned that I have the ability to define a series of coding requirements and complete them with a specific goal of
According to the proposed architecture of ITU-T Y.2002, there are only 3 layers: perception layer, transportation layer and application layer. So far, IoT does not have a standard architecture.
Denial of service (DoS)- This type of attack occurs when a hacker overloads a server or network device with numerous IMCP (Internet Control Message Protocol) ping requests, such that it is unable to respond to valid requests. By updating to the latest service pack and applying security patches, you can minimize the threat of DoS attacks by reducing the vulnerabilities in the TCP/IP network protocol. Although disabling ICMP can remove valuable troubleshooting tools, it can effectively remove the possibility of DoS attacks. Also, any firewall or security software should be configured to recognize and block these attempts if possible.