systems and stored data. Assessments are used to determine if sufficient security is being utilized to protect federal data. These requirements are put in place to identify vulnerabilities within the information security infrastructure. It rates potential weak points that may be caused if vulnerability was found and a plan of action must be developed and executed to elevate found vulnerabilities to meet desire security standards. System administrators are obligated to assist their higher levels
The Faceless Threat: Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Our society continues to promote a culture that perpetuates overdependence on technology to monitor complex Internet-based systems. Thus, the U.S cannot ignore the devastation that could ensue from an attack by a nation-state, cyber terrorist, or hacker. As discussed in the 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, the number of CIKR systems that depend on the Internet or data processing networks for seamless operations are increasing
Introduction During the last decade, information technology has become an increasingly pervasive issue present in each of the corporate structures (Exhibit 1). Even more recently, the idea of utilizing a cloud-based infrastructure has become an idea that is more and more adopted by the business in an intent to facilitate data processing and availability. Nevertheless, with cloud computing comes several confidentiality issues that worry its users, especially those users who utilize the platform to
Public Key Infrastructure With the ever increasing surge of digital communications and transactions, a tougher level of security is essential in order to safeguard the user and their data transactions. Systems, personal computers, mobile phones, servers, and even smart cards are all being used everywhere and there is a need to secure communications. With the influx of data management, there is a clear race between the two challengers in the game known as Information Security between developers and
Assignment 5 Project Deliverable 5 Infrastructure and Security Kaity J. Leffler Dr. Christopher A. Barrett, PMP Information Systems Capstone, CIS499 February 26, 2017 Assignment 5 Project Deliverable 5 Infrastructure and Security LefTech’s relationship between infrastructure and security: How it relates to our data-collection and analysis company… Data collection is the core component of our company and what we value most here at LefTech. Without data LefTech would not exist. We are a
There are many types of malicious software which can attack critical infrastructures and it is a security challenge in the U.S. and world. The government and private sector should work together to prevent attacks on critical infrastructures. The SCADA/Stuxnet Worm could have an impact on the critical infrastructure of the U.S. There are ways to try to mitigate vulnerabilities to the worm which relates to the seven domains. Both the government and private sectors have responsibilities to help mitigate
Physical and Infrastructure Security is essential to protecting organizational interests from both well-known and undocumented threats. Acts of nature can be a detriment to daily operations as well as the actions of humans. Mitigation of such threats should be taken into consideration and recovery planning and preparation is key. A well-developed policy that is executed and enforced within the organization can assist in this objective. The active threat environment is constantly evolving as much
According to Infosec Institute, an Information Security Policy (ISP) is a formal set of rules users and networks within organizational IT infrastructure must follow in order to insure security of information digitally stored within the organization (Kostadinov 2014). In order to implement an effective ISP, organization’s objectives must be taken into consideration, and a strategy for securing information, in line with formal regulations or accepted standards of good practice, must be developed
Physical and Infrastructure Security is essential to protecting organizational interests from both well-known and undocumented threats. Acts of nature can be a detriment to daily operations as well as the actions of humans. Mitigation of such threats should be taken into consideration and recovery planning and preparation is key. A well-developed policy that is executed and enforced within the organization can assist in this objective. The active threat environment is constantly evolving as much
Arthur Sions CYB 633 – Critical National Infrastructures and National Security Week Seven Research Paper Russian and Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat Groups Utica College October 15, 2016 Introduction In this paper I will discuss a total of four Advanced Persistent Threat Groups (APT). I will discuss their motives, attack objectives, targets of the attacks, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP), and attack vectors. I will propose strategies that would deter and provide defense against