Essays on Information Security

1. TOC (traditional organization crime) refers to crimes that are coordinated and organized across national borders. Also, it incorporates individuals who plan to execute illegal activities in various countries. TOC groups include the Russian Mafia, Triads, Yakuza, Fuk Ching, Red Wa, as well as La Cosa Nostra. It is important for the governments to focus on TOC groups. TOC groups are believed to carry out transnational crimes and illegal action. The groups is a threat to national and international security. The governments have to deal with the TOC groups and ensure their global networks are destroyed (Forest, 2007). Also, ...

Cyber Defense

Background In the recent past, there has been an increasing reliance on technology to undertake numerous aspects of social, political, and economic lives in many countries across the globe. While the reliance on technology has had a positive impact on many aspects of our lives, that reliance also inherently attracts threats such as cyberterrorism. Consequently, cyber defense becomes a crucial element for nations. Cyber defense refers to the deliberate steps taken by governments to protect information that they hold to be sensitive. Cyber threats are not just a danger to the individual countries such as the U.S. that have ...

One of the most interesting laws created by Congress was the Cyber Security Act of 2015. It was created as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act signed by President Barack Obama that year. The Act limited government use of collected online information and how information could be shared between different nongovernment organizations and different levels of government. The bill may also have increased government oversight as well, considering the fact that the Department of Homeland Security now has increased access to networks to protect against terrorism and espionage. The Act has a “provider exception” (Kerr, 2015), which allows individual ...

INTRODUCTION

Ukraine’s power grid was hacked last December presumably by Russia, showing physical infrastructure affected by cyberattacks Question still loom over the role of cyber attacks on large companies and political bodies (RNC/DNC hacks, WikiLeaks) on the 2016 American election

As such, intelligence and homeland security forces need to turn a stronger eye toward cyber-terror and cybersecurity

I. CYBERTERRORISM

Cyberterrorism increasingly the primary method of attack from foreign bodies and terrorist forces

Three levels of cyberterror: simple-unstructured, advanced-structured, complex-coordinated Attacks occur through Internet communication methods (forums, Skype, VoIP, IM) and DDoS attacks II. CURRENT EFFECTS OF CYBERSECURITY

American intelligence communities and private organizations have been woefully slow in adopting appropriate cybersecurity

Sony leaks of 2014 first evidence of foreign hacks due to political reasons (impending release of The Interview) Top threats include phishing, use of stolen credentials to access sensitive data, data exfiltration ...

Incident Response (IR) Revamp

Incident Response (IR) Revamp

Introduction

Incident response is a method that is well organized to manage and address the effects of an attack, security threat, or breach. The reason for carrying out incidence response is to assist the involved parties to control the situation in a manner that reduces damage, cost, and time of response (Oltsik, 2015). As a new manager of the incident response team, the interest is to restructure the team in preparedness for any disaster that may happen. This paper analyzes how to revamp incident response team.

Measures and interventions should be put in place to reduce ...

Policy Manual Introduction

A policy manual is a general guideline that details the policies and best practices that an organization in a particular industry should follow. This is the case with health care in general and protecting patient data in particular. Starting from a manual system, an electronic or automated system has been found to enhance best practices in the field of health care (Hamilton, Jacob, Koch & Quammen, 2004).

Importance to Organization

It prepares a roadmap for daily administration. A policy manual is also a yardstick for performance. It can be used to train fresh recruits about the conduct desired. It can also be resorted ...

IT331 Week 10

Gifts of Fortune Enterprises currently has a network comprising of five desktop computers, a single laptop, dot matrix printer and one laser printer that is connected to Kyle’s assistant’s computer. It is notable that only two computers are directly connected to the internet for the entire company. The only switch available has eight ports that can only support eight devices. The company depends on the two computers for network research and one computer for printing purposes. The warehouse employees are not able to communicate to main office employees through the internet since their machines are not the ...

Contrast risk, threat and vulnerability.

The threat, risk, and vulnerability are terms that commonly used in the risk management. Even though they seem to be very similar, they cannot be used instead of each other, because in a theory of the risk management there a distinct difference between them. The threat is one of the factors that cannot be controlled or influenced directly from the perspective of the risk manager. It exists independently from the current situation and the main task of the risk manager is to identify the threat on time and come up with a plan how to avoid it, prevent it, ...

All organizations face the risk of attacks. In today’s world businesses cannot function efficiently without computers, networks, and the internet. Increased internet connectivity has provided the companies with many incentives but along with them a tremendous increase in the level risk. Although no organization can be fully secure, we have the responsibility to mitigate all risks. The company must assess, plan and address threats and vulnerabilities through different security measures. Denial-of- Service is a major risk for the organization. The attack would aim at disrupting the service network. The attackers can send high volumes of traffic and data ...

Issues in Business: Case Analysis – Risk Analysis

Issues in Business: Case Analysis – Risk Analysis

Introduction

The case study under analysis herein, assumes a larger business venture of an online streaming video service Netflix. The company, as any other commercial enterprise, needs to secure its online proprietary data, as well as protect its software learning environment from unpaid subscribers, or unauthorized hackers. Historically, the company just started one year ago, in the context of the case study. The perspective of this written report is from a consultant. According to Gill (2012) IT risk lays at the heart of business, although many treat this aspect “as an afterthought,” and ...

Information Security Threats

Introduction Information is one of the most important assets for many organizations, as it acts as a differentiator and provides a competitive advantage. Loss of information such as patent information, proprietary processes, or trade secrets could prove to be very detrimental to a business. While there are many threats to the information security, this report focuses on three of them, which are 1) Denial of service, 2) Privilege escalation, and 3) Backdoor. This report provides measures that address, block, or removes these threats. Information about tools, products, or services that mitigate these threats is provided in the report as ...

Source: InfoSec Institute Web article, January 2016

Summary: This article was about Information security governance and Risk Management in CISSP domain. In the article some basic guiding principles for the security are highlighted, the security's fundamental principles revolve around the CIA i.e. confidentiality, integrity and availability. Confidentiality confirms that the data is confidential through personal identifying information, integrity ensures the accuracy of the data and it is not modified by anyone else and finally availability ensures that whenever the data is needed, it is available i.e. no DOS attacks or any other attacks stops the access of the data. The risk management talks about the analysis ...

Executive Summary

Information Technology is a rapidly developing landscape and increasingly becoming a valuable asset to the corporate world almost challenging assets such as land. IT resources must, therefore, be utilized properly for optimal growth of the corporate industry. As such, policies like an acceptable use of information technology, Bring Your Device, and Digital Media Sanitizations are put in place to govern the behavior of employees within Red Clay Renovations. The following are approval drafts for policy guidelines on each item.

Approval Draft for Acceptable Use Policy for Information Technology

The IT resources available at Red Clay Renovations are wholly owned and maintained by the firm. Use of these resources ...

Introduction

Networks and computer systems are imperative to establishments in the present age. They have managed to simplify sending and receiving of information and colossal data processing over very short time periods. However, they are always facing threats and attacks from hackers. Dangers to the computing environment, network, and the database comes from everywhere. In such a high stake facility, it is critical to ensure that the main threats are identified and mitigated. The major threats can come from three areas: the physical installation, the users, and malicious attacks. The five top threats to the new network will be the ...

Information Security Governance and Risk Management

This is the foundational domain for professional information security work (Walsh). It provides standards and policies for monitoring information security programs. The domain ensures data quality necessary to support an organization’s objectives. This is critical especially to sensitive and critical information that an organization uses. Risk management is the identification and prioritization of all risks to confidentiality. The most important step in the domain is risk analysis. This involves identification of threats and vulnerabilities on applications and systems. The last phase in the domain is the implementation of the most appropriate and cost-effective security measures and controls to ...

Key issue / Introduction

The Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002 to protect the homeland security of the United States. Cybersecurity is a goal of the department and involves the protection against the unauthorized or illegal use of electronic information or data. It involves the protection of computers, networks, data and programs. Cybersecurity involves a number of factors. Those will malicious intentions can have operated from any place in the world. Cyberspace and systems that are physical have strong linkages. Vulnerabilities to cyberspace are difficult to reduce. Those who invade and attack cyberspace are difficult to identify due to the complexity ...

Purposes of the Report

The goal of the report is to update and actualize a succeeding system for the company’s customers. As a system Designer, I have designed a system to be presented to the CEO of the firm on the concept of a model that is an ideal solution for the current contemporary market. This would constitute a working database that contains the current information about the customers. Similarly, the database can and or will be controlled remotely and managed by the company’s techs.

Introduction

The company, an industrialist of heavy-duty power equipment, currently uses manual advancements methods to take record ...

Introduction

The degree that digital terrorism is a threat to people’s safety is amongst the most challenging of themes in the twenty first century. To a limited extent, this is a result of terminological question . More far reaching originations of digital terrorism as any type of online terrorist action obviously have a tendency to be connected with a higher evaluated likelihood of the risk's emergence than accomplish more prohibitive records (Cassim, 2012). In the meantime, as itemized further underneath, contending risk evaluations stay regardless of the fact that we limit our centre to smaller understandings of this idea (portrayed, ...

Privacy from a Multi-National Corporation Perspective

In the digital world, any corporation that seeks to join the multi-national circles must review its ethical standing and responsibilities. Privacy is one of the ethical issues that multi-national corporations must uphold. The ethicality of privacy is linked to the kind of information that individuals or associations reveal to others and the related revelation conditions and safeguards. They must also identify the kind of information that people can keep to themselves without being forced to reveal. Privacy issues are hard to control ranging from the increased surveillance in buildings to the internet (Mason, 1986). Additionally, the internet harbors plenty ...

Even with cyber security systems and measures in place, company cannot think themselves safe, for there are always some loopholes or vulnerabilities left in the defense system. Their exploitation may affect companies in many ways, with impact making itself felt through reputational damage, the loss of delicate information, and expenditure associated with the deployment of additional cyber protection mechanisms. Companies incur heavy financial losses estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The US-based AWS Inc. is the company that should not deem itself as being invincible, as big companies are the first in line for a big-scale attack. To ...

Information System Security Plan for a Bank

Executive Summary The information security plan applies to AmeriBank, its auxiliaries, employees, information, system, processes, data, and networks collectively referred to as the Bank. AmeriBank is committed to protecting critical assets and securing information to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) of the information, preventing damage to the network and systems that are vital to the bank’s business to ensure business continuity, and minimize risk to the businesses. This is achieved by implementing administrative, technical, and physical controls such as information security policies, software, and hardware controls, which have to be implemented, monitored, and improved upon to ...

Executive summary

The ever increasing use of computer based information system and internet in the personal, professional and commercial segments is accompanied by relevant collateral issues relating to privacy, security, and ethics as regards use of the system. The privacy and security issues mainly stem from two elements; advancement in information technology that makes privacy and security of information vulnerable to breaches, and inability of the service providers to adequately protect information and data. During 1970s Walter Maner introduced the term ‘computer ethics’ in order to define ethical problems aggravated, transformed, and created by information technology (Joshi, 2015). This paper is ...

Abstract

Digital forensics is a critical component of forensic discipline that includes crimes and misconducts with respect to computer systems. The use of computers to investigate online crimes led to the development of this new field known as Digital forensics. The field provides new ideas for understanding and betterment of concepts and directing future concepts in Digital Forensics. Over the last few years, with the advent of latest electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops, the concept has gained popularity over the span of few years. This has resulted in a shift of thefts from real time to ...

The document that seems to get the honor on googling “the paper that started the study of computer security” is the Rand Report of 1970 by the Department of Defense. It was the final report of Task Force on Computer Security. The paper was so important particularly to the US government’s Department of Defense mainly because of the problems of computer information or resource sharing systems such as interference and prohibited access to classified military information. Due to these problems inherent in the then existing computer systems, there was need for secure computer systems that would ensure that ...

Information Technology

An asset can be defined as something that is valuable or of quality. In the IT sector, an asset comprises data, the systems that contain the data, IT infrastructure (hardware or software), or the human resources required to run them in order to achieve the business functions of an organization. Threats in the IT realm indicate expressions of intentions to cause injury or harm to IT assets, especially those aimed at data, computer networks, or other systems. There are two types of threats: internal and external. Internal threats emanate from within the organization, for example from disgruntled employees, while ...

Introduction

Ever since the infamous attack on the World Trade Center which occurred last September 2001, terrorism is a real, pertinent, and primary cause of concern as of late. Many establishments, particularly airports, are very tantamount on upholding security so as to avoid any more terrorist attacks occurring on a wide scale such as what happened at the World Trade Center. In spite of these countermeasures, terrorist attacks are still a genuine threat at large. Despite best efforts, many countries are still experiencing terrorist attacks every now and then, thereby putting the safety of many people in danger. On a ...

A review of the technology trend paper, on the topic of Health Information Security, reveals that the author has an in-depth understanding of the impacts that technology may have on the health care industry. The paper is insightful, as it provides readers with information on all the key aspects associated with the area of study thereby promoting overall validity and reliability of the paper. The author ensures that the paper is easy to follow through the usage of subheadings to cover all areas of study for the research paper. That acts as a guarantee that readers would have a ...

Review of ISG Assessment Tool:

The information assessment, governance-tool is a framework designed to help companies measure the extent of how they have implemented their information security governance framework at the strategic level within the organization (Corporate Governance Task Force Report, 2004). Many available tools to address issues to do with informational securities, both the operational and tactical levels, but the ISG addresses the corporate governance issue. Issues to do with information security have often been considered technical issues, but over the last few years, it has been established that there is more to be done to ensure that effective information security programs are ...

Question 1

Information is an important asset. The core goal of information security is to protect the availability, confidentiality, and integrity of the information. To build a secure organization, it is important to build a security program that protects the information assets of the organization. An important part of the security program is the risk analysis. The objective of a security program is to mitigate risks, which does not mean eliminating them but reducing them to an acceptable level. To ensure that the right kind of security controls are in place and controlling the risks effectively, it is necessary to anticipate ...

This case study is meant to look into the importance of incorporating security when it comes to the issue of the governance of their enterprises. Corporate governance is defined as the set of policies and abilities to control and manage their organizations.Security is vital for enterprise on matters pertaining to risk management, for defensible management actions and to establish a control position in a manner that will show that their actions will be as per the desire of the stakeholders and the various shareholder as they act in accordance with the requirements as stipulated by the regulators. The Scott ( ...

What Is Cyber Security?

Cyber security refers to a body of processes and technologies that are widely meant to computers, networks, data, and programs from damage, attack, and unauthorised access. For cyber security strategies to succeed, organizations should employ coordinated strategies throughout a system.

How Cyber Security Has Changed?

Over the years, Cybersecurity has changed in the sense that they have become more industrialised and organised. In the past, adversaries were not very organised, as they could compromise an entire system to look for invaluable data and get out. However, contemporary adversaries are extremely purposeful, as most of them target particular information or dat. Furthermore, relatively more destructive ...

Question 1 : The information security policy of Dubai chamber applies to

a. Employees b. Contractors c. Consultants d..Vendors e. All of the above

Question 2 : The action taken during the course of investigation of security incidents includes

a. Inspection of data stored on computer or telecommunication sysytems b. Inspection of data transmitted or received via networks c. Both a and b. d. Neither a nor b

Question 3: The impact of threat event according to information security policy,includes

a. Financial cost b. Legal liability c. Loss of reputation d. Diminuition of service to stake holders where appropriate e. All of the above

Question 4 : The information possessed by the Dubai Chamber about its customers,employees, and associates fulfills the requirements of

a. Confidentiality b. Integrity c. Availability d. All of Above e. None of the above

Question 5 : According to Information Security Management System, the responsibilities of

a. Awareness of Information Security Policies b. Abiding by all procedures c. Reporting Information Security incidents d. All of ...

Abstract

The privacy and confidentiality of information is a crucial factor for any organization dealing with large volumes of information. On the other hand, the development in technology, increase in the cases of cybercrimes, and the web-security issues that are common in almost every online platform, makes the need for database security concern for organizations that handle date. Currently, DBMS is one of the best tools for ensuring the safety of data, and this paper will review its use in database security. It will give a cognitive outline of how a company can use it, with the sole focus on ...

Introduction

The protection of patients’ information is an inevitable responsibility for the local healthcare system to uphold. This is pegged on the health care ethical standards and the confidentiality levels of holding patients’ critical information with utmost dignity. The initiation of the Electronic health Record (E.H.R.) project should be established on very specific guidelines and regulations to ensure that there is no patients’ information spill over. This system should provide a distinctive watchdog on how the sensitive information of the patients is created, shared and stored (Baker, Wagner, Singer & Bundorf, 2013). Therefore, the health care system must take vital steps ...

Abstract

The discussion on the shift of power from the marketers and brands to the consumers can be proven with the varied usage dimensions of consumer power tools like ad-block apps. Particularly, this enables the consumers to remove the ads from their web pages. As such, the internet users enjoy fast online page loading and lower data costs. Many factors have contributed to increase use of ad-block apps. It is also clear that the availability of the ad-block apps on iPhones has led to wide use of blocker programs. This has given consumers the power to disturb the marketing ability ...

In "Cognitive Ergonomics: Understanding, Learning, and Designing Human-Computer Interaction" the authors discuss the applied aspect of cognitive science associated with the modeling of human cognitive activity that helps to solve practical problems in various areas. Chapter 1 "Human-computer interaction models and their roles in the design of interactive systems" shows the trends in the development of cognitive studies and emphasizes the relevance of applied aspects of cognitive science. Chapter 1 in "Cognitive Ergonomics: Understanding, Learning, and Designing Human-Computer Interaction" describes the conceptual framework of the application of cognitive research aimed at solving practical problems in various spheres of human ...

Abstract

The United States was called to rethink its security strategies since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. Immediately after this catastrophe, the various stakeholders failed to come up with an explanation of why the attack succeeded. Therefore, few months later the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established in order to ensure a safer country that was protected from terrorism and other disaster. Since then the DHS made stride in meeting its mandate. One of those mandates is the protection of critical infrastructure since it is vulnerable as a target to attacks or disaster and such would cause immeasurable ...

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Introduction

The nature of supply chain industry demands that organizations exchange amongst themselves private and sensitive data that is necessary for the movement of the underlying goods and services. A secured environment for an exchange of such data is a major concern for the cybersecurity industry managing the supply chain networks and transactions. The risk of cybersecurity in the supply chain industry is growing as attackers and hackers become more knowledgeable and have access to latest technologies using advanced a form of hardware and software tools. The malware ...

In the light of the past terrorist attacks in Paris and the attacks on the Brussels Airport and the metro, experts have pointed out that the internet might have been involved in the planning and strategic plan out of the attacks. The terrorists had been planning on through online means, and jihadist talk had been exchanged over the internet. This called for some serious steps to be taken in order to control and check the kind of conversations and interaction people had in areas to see whether any extremist and terrorist agenda was being conveyed anywhere. With this in ...

Implementing Cyber-Security: Best Practices at Work

Executive Summary 3

Proposed Solutions 6 Annotated Bibliography 8 Memorandum 11

References 14

Executive Summary The internet brings forth a world of social connectivity, growth and endless innovation opportunities. These have been hastened by the advent of mobile applications and computing. The sudden surge in technology has changed the way we communicate to the way we travel. While some see the beneficial side of technology, others see an opportunity to do harm. These individuals, states or groups present a cyber-threat to anyone who uses the internet. Nothing they are involved in is new; espionage is not new and so is activism ...

Introduction

The question that comes to mind is what is Trojan horse? Trojan horse is stated to be a malicious program that looks harmless however, it is used to hack into people’s computers. The term Trojan horse is derived from Trojan War a Greek mythology (Christensson, 2006). The myth talks about the wooden horse that was pulled by the people from Troy. The legend claims that inside the horse there were Greek soldiers in it who emerged at night and seized the city. This fact can be observed from the program where a person installs the application unaware that ...

Question 1 – Packaging a thumb drive for shipment to the lab

Preservation and insulation of a flash drive is a key requirement of its transfer to the forensic laboratory for a subsequent examination. The primary method at the ‘evidence acquisition’ stage is to ensure that the files on the driver were not modified, changed or hidden in any manner. The first step is to make a label to the drive. The label should include information about serial number of the storage device, model type, capacity, and color, country of production and name and surname of a person, who packed the drive. The next step is to place a special ‘blocker’ ...

Management

1. Why It's Worth Divorcing Information Security From IT The article provides an informative view of the changing technological environment and the need for the adoption of viable security practices that remain independent of IT. In most organizations, information security has been recognized as a subset of IT, which for the last two decades developed into a viable union as the growth of the IT sector and consequent adoption of IT processes influenced the adoption of security measures geared towards maintaining information security within the organization. Increased technological advancements and the rise of cyber-attacks in organizations have highlighted the ...

BUSINESS INSURANCE

This article is a description and analysis of the responses of insurance companies to global climate politics. The author of the article intends to show that these responses have failed to achieve the initial optimism where environmentalists and commentators had predicted potential involvement of insurers in the field of climate politics. It was expected that insurers would play a significant role in climate politics but an analysis of the insurance company response reveals otherwise. Another objective of this article is the explanation of environmentalists’ disappointment with insurers after the insurers failed to meet their expectations. This article centers on ...

1.0 Introduction Cyber wars or cyber-attacks have been deemed to be the kinds of wars that will happen between nations in the future (Ophardt, 2010). In a cyber-war, the targets of attacks include the computer networks and other similar infrastructure of war enemies. According to Theoharry and Rollins (2015), cyber-attack is a new term to refer to a range of activities that are conducted through the use of information and communications technology (ICT). A number of nations have recognized this reality in the new warfare and have taken decisive steps to strategically position for the eventuality, but more importantly ...

The History of Cryptology

The concept of "security" covers a wide range of interests of both individuals and entire nations. In present days, a prominent place is given to the issue of information security, the protection of confidential business information from various rival groups. The importance of keeping information in secret was already known since ancient times. With the advent of writing, there was the danger of reading it by undesirable persons. There were three main ways to protect information. One of them is supposed to protect it by forceful methods: The secret information (documents) was protected by the responsible persons. The second ...

List of Figures

Figure 1: Components of Risk Management 7 Figure 2: Number of organizations attacked by unauthorized users 17

Management Summary

As part of this report, the current trends of security threats to SMEs were examined. The system components were then categorised, threats identified and prioritized, and vulnerabilities assessed. The assets were prioritized using weighted factor analysis method. A risk register was prepared with the suggested mitigation activities. The risk control strategies were discussed and risk controls measures that were suggested in the risk register discussed again.

Introduction

Current trends of security threats to SMEs The Small and Medium Enterprises face the same cyber ...

Introduction to Information Security and Risk Management

Risk management is a process of determining the vulnerabilities that are present in an organization’s information system. It is done by taking carefully planned out steps to assure confidentiality, availability and integrity of all the components inside the organization’s information system (Whitman & Mattord, 2003). Managing risks is not an easy task with limited resources and the changing landscape of threats and vulnerabilities in the system. This makes mitigating all the risks impossible that is why it is important that professionals must have the right tools to help them to be consistent in managing the uncertainties present in ...

Experts of current information security must be able to appreciate the possibility of a state’s lawful and moral tasks. This safety expert plays a vital part in a state’s tactic to management’s obligation for safe keeping risks. The current controversial communities occasionally have decrees imposed in interior courts, where considerable compensations can be bestowed to accusers who bring getups in contradiction of countries and its citizen. Occasionally these indemnities are disciplinary and measured as a warning. To minimalize accountability and decrease dangers from physical threats, cutting all fatalities from the lawful act, security experts must methodically ...

(a) Identify the top 2 most significant computer security threats that are impacting the world at the present time. (b) What steps are being taken to minimize or thwart these threats? (c) Will the efforts proposed to protect individuals, companies and the governments from these threats still protect the rights of citizens? (d) Do you think that the steps taken or to be taken are ethical and will not cause a backlash in society? Please elaborate (beyond a yes or no answer) The top 2 most significant computer threats that are impacting the world at present are: Hacking and ...

The world today operates in an age of IT. Almost every bit of our daily life activities has been computerized: most services and access to information is now automated, even business transactions. With such advancements in Technology (particularly access to information), comes the need for privacy and security on individuals, companies and corporate entities. For instance, most people in the world today acquire products and procure services in the form of cashless transactions. These transactions are facilitated through the use of a payment card. The payment card is given to the payment card holder, as representation of account with ...

Nowadays, the use of information systems in the management of health institutions has become a common phenomenon due to immense benefits that come with the automation of the healthcare. According to Melnyk (2012) healthcare information system plays a significant role in enhancing evidence-based care. The use of the Electronic Health Records has been critical in the improvement of medical outcomes through the reduction of medical errors. Also, EHR helps in enhancing the accessibility of the health information. Despite the enormous benefits that come with the integration of technology in health management, Bertino et al. (2015) reiterates that Healthcare information ...

The technology industry in the United States has made significant steps in the past few decades. There has been several developments that have proved to be important in the business world and in taking the country’s development to a new level. Additionally, the technology industry has also seen developments that have eased the cost of doing business in the United States and the rest of the world. Businesses run using high technology that reduces the cost and create an easy way to operate.

Article summary

The New York Times article by Farhad Manjoo on Apple’s stance on privacy of ...

Article reviews

Article reviews 5 Big Data Technology Predictions Olavsrud, T. (2014). 5 Big Data technology predictions for 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016 from http://www.cio.com/article/2862014/big-data/5-big-data-technology-predictions-for-2015.html

Article overview

The article by Olavsrud (2014) is dedicated to five major trends in the field of big data technologies. Before investigating the trends, Olavsrud (2014) claims that new big data initiatives continually move from test to production, especially in cases it can be used in the real time. The first development, mentioned in the article under study, is that the data agility becomes a key focus of big data technologies, because usual databases and data warehouses are ...

Information Security Management

Information Security Management IT Security within the IT department is an important aspect and has several advantages and disadvantages when used in an organization.

The concept is simple to use and helps users protect their sensitive materials from unauthorized users through utilization of passwords. In the case of sensitive materials such as ATM cards and biometric scanners, firewalls are installed. The IT security tactics help to deal with new crimes that come with development in technology to reduce any form of risks subjected to an organization. Moreover, the concept helps eliminate any chance of attackers to gain access to ...

Introduction

The sensitivity of health information creates the need to for proper protection. However, the emergence of technology has proved to be a major impediment in the fight against information insecurity. It is critical to understand that several factors that have been attributed to the insecurity of information have mainly been caused by human behaviors. Therefore, the security experts are under the threat of losing their mandate due to uncontrolled behavior by humans. It is important for every practitioner to understand that certain guiding principles govern the practice of nursing due to the handling of critical information about the patients ( ...

Abstract

Organizations and businesses alike are heavily using information technology in processing, relaying and storing sensitive business data and information in equal measure. Given the sensitivity and privacy of the information, information security is paramount. A security breach or cyber attack on an organization presents detrimental impacts on the operation of an organization. It is essential for information security officers as well as network administrators to adopt and embrace pro-active and preventive techniques of dealing with threats. Timely reaction and prevention of possible threats and attacks can be done by performing vulnerability assessments. It is also significant to model and ...

BIG DATA: Can Google Use Big Data to Create Personal Assistant?

Abstract This paper will investigate the concept of Big Data and how this can be used by Google to create a personal assistant with more powerful features. Big data simply refers to the huge loads of data collected from the internet and other social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Amazon, MySpace and several others. Innovations that employ big data to create personal assistants are not new in the technology sphere. Yet there are several problems with the use of Big Data such as information security which can affect the privacy and safety of the users and companies ...

Information security management

Information security management

Question 1

A spyware is any kind of technology that helps to gather data about an individual or an organization without their knowledge and consent. Spybots and tracking software, spread via the Internet, secretly gathers data, stored at a user’s computer to convey it to advertisers and interested third parties (e.g., business competitors). A Trojan horse is a term, used to address computer program that pretends to be interesting and useful to a user, but appears to contain a virus. Trojans are most commonly spread via emails and drive-by downloads. Trojans can be used for different purposes, ...

1st Author

1st author's affiliation1st line of address2nd line of addressTelephone number, incl. country code 1st author's E-mail address 2nd Author 2nd author's affiliation1st line of address2nd line of addressTelephone number, incl. country code 2nd E-mail 3rd Author 3rd author's affiliation1st line of address2nd line of addressTelephone number, incl. country code 3rd E-mail ABSTRACT In this paper, we describe the cyber security workforce in healthcare industry. Cyber security workforce has emerged as one of the most vital services to safeguard any sector. It needs to be strengthened with proper training and awareness. There are number of difficulties in the path of ...