Management Over the last several years, a wide variety of financial institutions have been facing a number of different security challenges. This is because of the information that they are storing has sensitive data about their clients such as: the social security numbers and net worth. Over the course of time, this has become a major target for identify thieves who are looking to steal this material. At which point,

Honey Pots Over the last several years, the issue of security has been increasingly brought to the forefront. This is because more hackers are able to successful breach different security protocols. Recently, honeypots have evolved to protect against these kinds of challenges. This is a system which is set up on the Internet to attract those who are trying to breach other computers or servers. (Spitzner, 2010) To fully understand how this

Strategic Alignment In the last several years, the Strategic Alignment Maturity model is focusing on understanding how an organization can evolve with the different challenges they are facing. This is achieved by carefully examining the business and IT configuration of the firm. To fully understand how this works requires comparing the model with an actual health care organization (i.e. Kaiser Permanente). These insights will illustrate its effectiveness and how it helps

This particular instance was significant as the attackers used a generic approach instead of a site specific or application specific exploitation by devising tools that used the web search engines to identify ASP applications that are vulnerable. SQL injection attack was used to propagate the malicious code that exploited zero day vulnerability in Microsoft Internet explorer last year. [Symantec, (2009 ) pg. (47)] the aim of the attackers employing

Computer Security: Corporate Security Documentation Suitable for a Large Corporation Item (I) in-Depth Defense Measures (II) Firewall Design (III) Intrusion Detection System (IV) Operating System Security (V) Database Security (VI) Corporate Contingency of Operation (VII) Corporate Disaster Recovery Plan (VIII) Team Members and Roles of Each (IX) Timeline with Goal Description (X) Data Schema (XI) Graphical Interface Design (XII) Testing Plan (XIII) Support Plan (XIV) Schematics Computer Security: Corporate Security Documentation Suitable for a Large Corporation (I) In-Depth Defense Measures Information Technology (IT) Acceptable Use Policy The intentions of

Computer Vulnerabilities Computer Security Vulnerabilities The extent of the problem This is not a small issue. The book "Analyzing Computer Security" lays out the following scenario: "First, 20 million U.S. smart phones stop working. Next follow outages in wireline telephone service, problems with air traffic control, disruptions to the New York Stock Exchange, and eventually severe loss of power on America's East Coast" (Pfleeger & Pfleeger, 2011, 3). The authors are talking about