Essays on Network Access

Operating Environment:

Hardware: Laptop or Desktop Computers Software: Windows 8.1 Professional Description: This section deals with updating anti-virus definition files, configuring real-time scanning, full system scanning, fast or quick scanning for high vulnerability areas of the system, removable media scanning, and reviewing scan results in a Windows 8.1 system. Notes, Warnings, & Restrictions: Windows Defender is a sensitive utility used to perform system security tasks. Please exercise caution when using it.

Resources (Further Reading):

https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/definitions/adl.aspx http://www.thewindowsclub.com/update-windows-defender-manually-windows-8 Procedures: Update Anti-Virus Definition Files This procedure guides the user on how to update anti-virus definition files on a system running Windows 8.1. Search for Windows Defender from Start ...

Windows Server 2008 or Long Horn has behind it the long experience acquired by Microsoft in Windows Server operating systems and includes many new features and technological improvements. This help increases safety, productivity, scalability and significantly reduce the burden of the administrator in the development of their normal duties. Compared to the previous Microsoft Windows 2003 operating system, LongHorn offers improvements, new features, and functionality. The 2008 version includes the Server Manager, Bit Locker Drive Encryption, Application Server Role, a new Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, NAP (Network Access Protection), Terminal Services Gateway, Terminal Services RemoteApp, Server Core, PowerShell, ...

Introduction

If an employee with access to sensitive information was terminated, then the employee is considered as an insider threat. These insiders can cause three types of threats to an organization: Sabotage, Fraud, or theft of intellectual property (IP) or data using Information Technology (IT). IT sabotage uses IT to harm the critical assets of the organization. IT can be used to steal data or IP or also for espionage by insiders. Using IT to tamper data, addition, or deletion of data for personal gain or to perform an identity crime can be considered IT fraud.

Hacker’s Targets

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Introduction

Cloud computing is a considerably new development which has taken root in the business world (King, 2008). Mell & Grance (2011) define cloud computing as a model that enables the convenient, ubiquitous, and network access to configurable computing resources that are pooled together. These resources include computer services, network servers, networks, and storage space for data. These resources can be provided to prospective customers and also forfeited without the need for significant management effort. The interaction between the provider of cloud computing services and the customer is also not required for this model (Mell & Grance 2011). Cloud computing consists of ...

Introduction

Cloud computing is a new technological model that’s transforming the world of computing (Jin et al. 2010). In this model, computation and data are operated in a cloud, which is a collection of data centers that a third party owns and maintains.

Cloud computing refers to the applications, systems, software, and hardware that are “delivered as services over the Internet” (Jin et al. 2010, p. 3).

Brief History of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing isn’t exactly a new concept. Existing structures such as adaptive computing, utility computing, and grid computing have paved the way for cloud computing (Molen 2010). ASP (application service providing) also “signifies the growth towards ...