Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics

Cyber-security has become one of the Nation’s leading concerns, President Obama identified this issue as one of the greatest challenges the nation faces. Though this might seem a little dramatic a report done by the Secret Service, who leads the Electronics Crimes Task Force reported a net loss of about $250 billion a year and rising (McAfee, 2009). Gen. Keith Alexander the director of the National Security Agency and oversees U.S. Cyber Command, who leads the efforts in combatting cybercrime stated

committed by trusted computer users within businesses; persons with the requisite skills, knowledge, access, and resources. With the arrival of personal computers to manipulate information and access computers by telephone, increasing numbers of crimes--electronic trespassing, copyrighted-information piracy, vandalism--have been committed by computer hobbyists, known as "hackers," who display a high level of technical expertise. For many years, the term hacker defined

of transactions is critical in building the confidence of customers in a specified e-commerce site. This security depends heavily on an organization 's ability to ensure authenticity, availability, privacy, integrity and disruption of unwanted intrusions. Malicious program known as sniffer programs often disrupt the privacy transactions especially when one uses unauthorized networks. They are found at network connection end points. When transactions are carried out, confidentiality is necessary

Asset Identification & Classification Policy Policy Definition It is the goal of this organization to implement the policies necessary to achieve the appropriate level of protection for each corporate asset. Standard Protecting each asset requires collaboration from every employee. Different assets have a different probability of failure do to vulnerabilities, threats and require annual information security training for each employee. Procedure A true security program includes an Asset Identification

1. Purpose Among one of the missions of The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is to protect and preserve the security of the Cyberspace in the country. The principal objective of this Security Plan is to give instructions and direction for the Department’s workers and help the Homeland Security to create best practices and strategies in the IT security system. 2. Scope This policy needs to be applied to all users, employees, contractors, suppliers and to all IT resources such as e-mails, files

event that the web server exposed to any threat or sabotage this eventually leads to damage the reputation of the company and a waste of money. 4) The Internet is two way.Unlike traditional publishing environments,even electronic publishing systems involving teletext,voice response,or faxback,

voice-over-internet-protocol phones and security cameras are allowing many businesses options, along with the opportunity to run phone and even electric lines. (10 Problems 36) There are many reasons that network security is a problem. Firstly, government intrusions are one of the many network security problems. Secondly, hackers are also one of the causes of network security problems in the U.S. Thirdly, low encryption is the last issue in computer security issues. “Every time you send an e-mail or a text

This paper is a strategy for the development of a general security mechanism/countermeasure valuation scheme. The general objective addresses the question, "Given the value of information to be protected and the threat environment, how strong and assured should security mechanism(s) be to provide desired security services(s)?" [DEL98] Company information is as valuable a company asset as

The information security challenges faced in Zanzibar are persistent in transitional countries as could be seen in the case study “state of Information Security in Zanzibar’s public sector” (Shaaban, et al., 2012). Most of these challenges are partly attributed to lack of proper budgeting for ICT infrastructures, cultural gap awareness, political instability, trust, business continuity plan, and inadequate human resource management to effectively manage this technology (Dada, 2006). The application

been extended to ones that take forms of electronic data and even to intellectual ones. By recognising such properties it is now possible to identify the damage incurred and the victim which enables us to enforce the traditional doctrine of property offences approach. To reward the victims for the damages they suffered under the civil law and to prosecute the offender and enforce penalties under the criminal law. ::Types of new offences:: Hacking and intrusion into a computer system is the most common