Summary: Welcome To CMIT 320

Kim, D., & Solomon, M. G. (2012). Fundamentals of Information Systems SecuritY. Sudbury: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Cyber security threats change quickly as Internet increases, and also the related dangers are getting to be progressively international. Being covered against cyber security threats requires almost all end users, actually the most complex versions, to know the particular threats in addition to enhance their particular safety measures with a continuing foundation. On April 28, 2014 President Obama has declared that the “cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation” and that “America 's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cyber security.” The internet enables and also helps people in a many ways and a example is collect, store, process huge amounts of data, which includes vulnerable data of small business, transactional and personal. Everything in this world is based on internet now a days.

During this course there have been a number of key learning points that would help every organization protect itself from a cyber-event. These include password management, patch management, security policies, encryption, and user training. In each of the cyber security breaches one or more of these standard security protocols were not used.

Welcome to Foundations of Cybersecurity CSIA 301, a hybrid course. My name is Professor Nancy M. Landreville and I have been teaching here at the University of Maryland, University College since February 2007. My phone number is (301) 401-0144. You may contact me by phone any evening during the week (Monday - Friday) from 7:00pm - 9:00pm. You may email me at any time at nancy.landreville@faculty.umuc.edu . I encourage you to use the private messaging area rather than the faculty email address. This will facilitate faster response to your course questions. I will respond to your email within 24 hours from receipt of your email. Please place the name of the course in the subject line so I

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.

Stallings, W., & Brown, L. (2012) Computer security: Principles and practice (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

Conklin, W. A., White, G., Williams, D., Davis, R., & Cothren, C. (2012). Principles of computer security: CompTIA Security+™ and beyond (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

As we discussed previously, this document includes our recommendations for just a few of the security policies that would be useful for your organization. These recommendations are written in a form that will be approved by you and your management and are intended to demonstrate what is needed, not how the policies will be implemented. Procedural documents which will provide step-by-step directions on the implementation of the policies will follow the approval.

For unit 9, the class would reach chapter 15. First I would like to start by saying I had a lot of appreciation for chapter 15. It’s completely different from all of the other chapters and gives some extremely good insight to actually practicing security on your own terms, setting up your own practice area at home, as well as what may or may not be expectable for trial and error at your intended place of employment. Chapter 9 is based around an administrator’s perspective. It’s a great overview of topics such as solution ideals, guidelines, outlines, and best practices. It’s a chapter that will keep me reading it again and again through different points in my career I’m sure.

Network Security Issues – major threats and the means to fight them Network security issues are the top priority of all who want to protect their data.

Security in the age of internet has become a tremendously important issue to provide comfort not only for paranoid people but for many others who are naïve to believe that protection in digital era is essential to communication between millions of people that increasingly used as a tool for commerce.

In today’s vastly technological world, when it comes to internet and computer security, people are either scared or unaware of the dangers present. Everything we use in our daily lives, from devices such as phones, tablets, and computers, to cars, gas stations, and electrical plants, is run by computers. This puts millions and billions of people at risk with impending security attacks just a keystroke away. The threat of an attack or breach in a system puts information security at a premium for many organizations and individuals. Therefore the onus is on businesses and organizations to ensure the confidentiality of information in their possession. Securing information prevents breaches and cyberattacks, protects the privacy of

Our everyday lives are consumed with things on the internet or with the internet. We rely heavily on the internet to the point where we are fundamentally depend on the internet. With that being said this brings a lot of cybersecurity issues. Cybersecurity issues will challenge any and everyone. Cybersecurity will affect business, governments and also the individual. Business firms and governments will face threats that a few years ago were only thought of as science fiction. To battle against these threats cybersecurity was formed and with the formation of cybersecurity, it has become an industry.

Since the beginning of the Fall 2016 semester, we have covered a great deal of information in our information assurance class. We defined information security and discussed topics such as why we need security, the legal, ethical, and professional issues involving information security, managing and mitigating risks, how to effectively plan for security, tools such as intrusion detection and prevention systems, cryptography, physical

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.