Patch Vulnerabilities

Despite the presence of network security devices such as firewalls and other security appliances, today's corporate networks are still vulnerable to both internal and external attacks by hackers intent on creating havoc. By proactively

Sadly, there is no way to alleviate the numerous amounts of threats that haunt networks and computers worldwide. The foundation and framework for choosing and implementing countermeasures against them are very important. A written policy is vital in helping to insure that everyone within the organization understands and behaves in an appropriate manner with regards to the fact that sensitive data and the security of software should be kept safe.

Security and ethical employees will continue to be a vital aspect of ensuring the success of an organization. There will always be a need for ethical IT security professional as hackers will continue to force organizations to make adjustments in their business models to protect their employees, data and customers. Many organizations and managers believe application security requires simply installing a perimeter firewall, or taking a few configuration measures to prevent applications or operating systems from being attacked. This is a risky misconception. By understanding threats and respect impacts, organizations will be equipped to maintain confidentiality, availability and

Any enterprise has to pay special attention to computer security. Computer security is a field that is concerned with the control of risks related to computer use. A primary focus should be on the external threats to the computing environment. In enterprise with branches cross country, it is important to allow information from "trusted" external sources, and disallow intrusion from anonymous or non-trusted sources. In a secure system, the authorized users of that system are still

Threat modeling is the process of optimizing an organizations’ security of their network by finding vulnerabilities in that system, and then deploying countermeasures to protect against those threats should they happen in the future. If a company wants to know what vulnerabilities they may have then threat modeling is an excellent way of determining these threats. An individual threat is when an event occurs that has a negative impact on an organization’s daily operations. (Rouse, 2006). These negative impacts can manifest themselves in many ways from damaging the reputation of that organization to interrupting the functions of that organization. These threats can be in the form of destruction or stealing sensitive data, cracking of weak passwords, malware, phishing, or other scams and frauds. The goal of this paper is to address how the organizations code of ethics and security policies apply, what specific security policies can be deployed, and to identify the impact of asset security standards and governance. I chose Northrop Grumman as the focus of my paper

Security monitoring is an important factor in keeping any organization network safe as various attacks are on a rise. A company constantly must practice monitory techniques to keep their data safe. " The first step is to scan the internal and external environment and identify information technology risks before they become a problem. The key is to be proactive rather than reactive" (Marilyn Greenstein). Different organization consist of many applications that require a certain level of security measures and risk assessment. To determine the associated risks within an organization each application

Although security breaches in big corporations often make the news, security breaches in small businesses are also a very common occurrence. The common misconception among small businesses is that their businesses are too small to attract security breaches and do not employ strong security. Other small businesses take their chances with a single layer of security like a firewall. These are very dangerous misconceptions because there have been attacks on small businesses in the past and continue to do so in the future. This is because small businesses handle large amounts of personally identifiable data if stolen could have a long lasting and damaging impact. Cyber crime today uses many methods to steal information. Since most communication

As malware attacks continue to grow in strength, numbers and complexity, it is critical that organizations are taking measures to prevent attacks and to minimize the damage when attacks do occur. This paper will briefly discuss what malware is, the damage it can cause and how it has evolved over the years. Since malware attacks are constantly changing and adapting, a proactive approach is necessary for an organization to remain secure. A proactive approach to network security involves analyzing current and future malware threats, educating employees, and developing a malware response

The purpose of this report is to explain the process of conducting vulnerability assessments and modeling threats. Vulnerability assessments are conducted to keep organizations safe from device and network vulnerabilities. There is a process that should be followed in order to perform a proper vulnerability assessment, if it is followed properly the organization will eliminate most if not all vulnerabilities from their network. Modeling threats is also an important step in creating a safe computing environment. It is a way for organizations to classify threats to their network, applications, and devices. Classifying the threats allows an organization act accordingly when it comes to the threats that are present on their networks. All organizations should adopt some form of vulnerability assessment and threat modeling, this will help protect the organizations reputation as well as its data that resides and travels through the network.

If your company has experienced a security attack in the past, you will likely understand the important of information security and why you need to be extremely careful about how you protect your information. No matter the size of your organization, security must be the major priority. We have written several articles about information security and how you can improve on

Incident response is usually one of those security areas that tend to be impromptu—companies don't think about it until they have to. But that needs to change. In this paper I will discuss five steps - identification, containment, eradication, and recovery and follow up a business use to effectively response to a security threat and I will suggest four actions -use encryption and passwords, e-mail protection, install antivirus software, install workstation firewalls a businesses can take to effectively prevent a security incident in the future.

Information security has become a critical function within all organizations across the world. Hackers are finding more and more ways to hack into computer systems by exploiting software vulnerabilities. In addition, hackers are becoming more creative on the methods used to achieve the exploitation of these vulnerabilities. As a result, many organizations have implemented controls to detect and identify threats before hackers successfully hack into an organization and cause irreparable damage. There are several threat indicators which allow security analysts to determine when a system is hacked. This paper will explain the current state of threat indicators as well as their formatting. In addition, it will discuss the various standards

One of the greatest problems that we experience in our daily lives that has been brought upon us by Information Technology (IT) are security problems, these include but are not limited to weak passwords, the same password for everything, viruses, and lost PDA’s. These problems are dangerous and put the business in a state of vulnerability where they are more liable to be hacked.

In today’s information technology age, many organizations are facing the security attacks. These kinds of attacks occur to two different forms which can be classified as external attacks and internal attacks. Organizations can mitigate the external attacks of implementing firewall, anti-virus and other defense perimeters but internal attacks are even hard to identify. Internal attacks take place in terms of employees negligence in their work performance, theft and stealing the organizational assets and selling to competitors, script kiddies, eaves dropping and spying other employees, etc. Even latest technologies are not being able to identify and detect those types of attacks. Therefore organizations have to implement security education, awareness and training program to educate the internal employees to minimize the risk of insider attacks. This paper further discuss about how security education, training and awareness program helps to mitigate the insider attacks and why it is important to organization.

However, the internet’s security is still vulnerable. There are tons of millions of computers are being infected by malicious software or hackers, so being aware of the risks and having the policy to prevent any harm are critical elements of using the internet safely. Cecil (2000) writes that “No workplace ever can be 100 percent safe from electronic risks. However, employers can take big strides toward reducing risks, increasing productivity, and protecting corporate assets”. In order to reduce risks and protecting the