Management of Information Security (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305501256
Author: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 1E
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- According to the article named Internal vs. External Penetrations: a
Computer Security Dilemma, there are three different types of users related to computer resources namely, masquerader, legitimate and clandestine.- Masquerader: The user steals the information to access the computer resources.
- Legitimate: The user uses his/her individual credentials to access the computer resources.
- Clandestine: The user includes super user privileges.
- These users can act as threats to the computer resources.
- The outsider is the user who doesn’t have the access to use the data related to computer resources whereas insider is the employee of the organization that has the access to use the data related to computer resources.
- The following table represents the change in the CSI/FBI reports...
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