Characteristics of Information Security; The extended characteristics of information security as proposed by (Whitman‚ M.E. & Mattord‚ H.J‚ 2010) are planning‚ policy‚ programs‚ protection and project management. Being highly respectable experts in the field of information technology‚ specifically information systems and security‚ transfers credibility and authenticity to the anticipated theories. The six characteristics will now be explained. Planning; The planning stage in Information Security (InfoSec)
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Larson Information Security Plan Information Security Plan Objective: Our objective in the development and implementation of this written information security plan is to create effective administrative‚ technical and physical safeguards in order to protect our customer non-public information. The Plan will evaluate our electronic and physical methods of accessing‚ collecting‚ storing‚ using‚ transmitting‚ protecting‚ and disposing of our customer’s non-public personal information. Purpose:
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Contents Newspaper Articles on Information Security Threats 2 Methods of Spreading Awareness 3 Potential Threats 5 Classified Letter 6 References 9 Newspaper Articles on Information Security Threats The number of articles found‚ discussing and reporting the threat to information security were four. A brief summary of each is given as follows: The first article was the threat posed due to the malware viable and distributed on the internet. The social networking websites and other free sources
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Contents CONTENTS 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL 7 CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER 7 ELECTRONIC SECURITY MANAGER 7 PHYSICAL SECURITY MANAGER 7 RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICER 7 ASSESSMENT OF RISK 8 PHYSICAL 8 ELECTRONIC 9 DATA ACCESS SECURITY 10 GENERAL SECURITY 10 USER AUTHORISATION 10 USER AUTHENTICATION 11 SECURE DATABASE 11 PHYSICAL FILES 11 ELECTRONIC INTRUDER DETERRENCE – VIRUSES AND MALWARE 12 SOCIAL ENGINEERING 12 FILE SHARING 12 WIRELESS NETWORKS 13 STAFF VETTING AND SEPARATION
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powerful‚ networked computers to run businesses. With this reliance has come vulnerabilities to information and a need for information security. In order to understand the history and development of research being performed today with information security‚ it is important to have background knowledge of the internet and networking‚ its vulnerabilities‚ attack methods through the internet‚ and security technology are all important. This essay briefly provides a short history of networks and how they
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ABSTRACT WHAT WAS DONE: The issue-specific security policy was the main focus for this research paper. An analysis of the policy itself was conducted and also a set of guidelines were developed that comply with this policy. The components of the policy and how organisations would use them were looked into. The reason for choosing the issue-specific security policy was because it was the least investigated yet potentially the most important policy of all three key policies. The purpose of the
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Human Resources Information Security Standards Human Resources Information Security Standards Standards August 2009 Project Name Product Title Version Number Human Resources Information Security Standards Standards 1.2 Final V1.2 Final Page 1 of 10 Human Resources Information Security Standards Document Control Organisation Title Author Filename Owner Subject Protective Marking Review date Wokingham Borough Council Human Resources Information Security Standards Steve Adamek
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a prevention measure to avoid similar issues. Business relies to certain extent on mobile technology and portable storage devices to communicate and exchange data faster and easier. Encrypting data is very efficient method to protect sensitive information. In such a merger it is important to keep a safe internal network and synchronised antivirus software on all devices and components. As well as keeping patches of used applications up to date. “Patch or mitigate within two days for high risk vulnerabilities
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Discussion As observed at the 4th International Conference on Global e-Security in London in June 2008‚ Information Security Risk Management (ISRM) is a major concern of organizations worldwide. Although the number of existing ISRM methodologies is enormous‚ in practice a lot of resources are invested by organizations in creating new ISRM methodologies in order to capture more accurately the risks of their complex information systems. This is a crucial knowledge-intensive process for organizations
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Regulations and Information Classification One very important task in defining the needed security for a system of data is first to understand the nature of that data and how it is used in a given system. Within any given organization there is a myriad of data that can all be categorized in a different way. We can use this opportunity to discuss the sensitivity of data within our organization and then break it into appropriate classifications to be used when implementing security measures. Additionally
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