Principles of Information Security, 4th Ed. - Michael E. Whitman Chap 01

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Using proxy software Burp Suite it was discovered that the shopping site contained a hidden form field that could be manipulated.

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John tried to scan the man’s face so many times but did not work. The alarm went off and the alarm heat up. He dropped it and the device blew up. Smoke everywhere, customers ran out and the fire began to spread within the shop. Patricia pushed the red knob to call fire rescuers. Fire rescuers rushed in and destroyed all the face scan payment devices. “Oh no! These devices are out of control” Sia said. David apologized.

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As recognized by leading research and consulting firms with knowledgeable, skilled management, advanced state-of-the-art IT affords extraordinary opportunities for greater efficiencies, cost reduction, higher productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability. Sophisticated IT applications realize their full potential with highly specialized technical knowledge and management skills readily available only in smaller firms focused primarily or exclusively on such applications. Through State of the art IT Security Management (ITSM) processes such as threat management, auditing, encryption and customer education will be used to prevent misuse and/or abuse of Finman’s IT resources or services.

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

     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.

In today’s IT world every organization has a responsibility to protect the information and sensitive data they have. Protecting data is not only responsibility of security and IT staff but every individual is involved in protecting the information. The risks to information security are not digital only, but it involves technology, people and process that an organization may have. These threats may represent the problems that are associated to complex and expensive solution, but doing nothing about these risks is not the solution.

“Hey, we would’ve released this a lot quicker if someone, *cough* Chris *cough*,” she irritatingly emphasized. “Didn’t add an extra semicolon in a several thousand stringed code. Shit took me over two hours to manually find because the scan came up with an error thanks to that. And you two owe

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Faults are a precise interaction of hardware and software that can be fixed given enough time.

14. How can the practice of information security be described as both an art and a science? How does security

Technology has grown tremendously over the past few decades. Everyday businesses, governments, and everyday people rely on technology for things from banking to communicating with loved ones and business associates. Disrupting this technology can cause major losses monetarily and in the sense of information. According to Information Security Curriculum Creation: A Case Study, “A survey of undergraduate degree programs in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Science, and others show a lack of emphasis on security issues in their curriculum.” There is a strong need to secure and protect information for many, many reasons and as such it is important that an undergraduate curriculum provides a comprehensive approach to teaching information security concepts to its students.

Safety of information is the most valuable asset in any organization particular those who provide financial service to others. Threats can come from a variety of sources such as human threats, natural disasters and technical threats. By identifying the potential threats to the network, security measure can be taken to combat these threats, eliminate them or reduce the likelihood and impact if they should occur.