Essays on Encryption

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Introduction

Components of a networked community Characteristics of a network society Privacy of information Identity and networked communities Effect of emergence of networked society on capital and labor Arguments for a networked society Critiques of the network society Conclusion Reference The Networked Society Introduction In the current world, people have access to adequate, accurate, and timely information. The interconnection of people has been made possible by the tremendous improvement in technology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The access and affordability of communication devices like computers and phones for a long time has brought about a gradual change ...

Abstract Page

The wireless communication system through which workstations and computers exchange data with each other is called wireless network. In this network radio waves are used as the transmission medium. Wireless network gives freedom to move from one place to another with mobiles, laptops etc. without the loss of network connectivity and without any need of wires. Wireless network can be used many areas like universities, hospitals, banks, shops, organizations, airports, coffee shops etc, therefore the need arises to protect the wireless network from any unauthorized access. Various security protocols have been defined like WEP, 802.1x standard, WPA and WPA2. ...

Cloud computing has emerged as the future of networking recently. It eliminates the need to stack up expensive hardware components to form a company’s private network or storage space. The advantages of using cloud computing are can be summed up into its 1. Elasticity 2. Provisions to pay as you go 3. Reduction of in-house infrastructure liabilities and costs . Cloud computing encompasses three major delivery models which are 1. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). 2. Platform as a Service (PaaS). 3. Software as a Service (SaaS). Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) enables users to rent special networking hardware ...

Information Technology

The case can be summarised as an initiative by Intel to allow its employees to bring their own devices to work. The devices will be allowed to access the company’s information and data and thus lead to security issues within the organisation. This idea is fuelled by the fact that employees were already bringing their own devices to work and using them during office hours. The chief information officer is faced with various dilemmas in the implementation of this proposal. The issues that arise might be beneficial or detrimental to the organization while employee privacy will come at ...

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Risks of using Internet as part of a Business Solution

Internet security concerns have clouded the performance of many e-commerce sites as well as various financial instruments based on web for very long. The biggest reason for such an annoying setback for Internet is the anonymity it is capable of providing the attacker. The perpetrators are hardly recognizable in the maze of ‘mirrors’ within mirrors and spoof IP addresses that are set up to hide the hosts of malwares, Trojans, worms, that cankers the utility of a web service. Any business providing services to clients via internet shall be open to a number web based security and ...

Abstract

Security is a major issue in the corporate world. Confidentiality ranges from employee information to competitive strategies. Private information about customers, clients, employees, and management is highly sensitive information that should be safeguarded. Being an IT manager, various actions can be taken to achieve this objective. Primarily, computer hacking is done via the internet. As such, having multiple firewalls and a highly specialized IT team can help minimize data loss. Secondly, creating a culture of confidentiality can also improve the security of data. Employees can also contribute to improving security by taking minor measures such as shredding documents before ...

ISSC421Computer and Network Security

Introduction Security of network communications infrastructure continues to be a major challenge to network administrators as the security breaches ranging from perimeter to desktop continue to increase. This research paper is thus aimed at providing information that will be useful to business owners to understanding the various best practices that can be employed for overall network security.

Security

Physical Security Physical security entails all measures taken to ensure unauthorized physical access to tangible network infrastructure. The physical security of networking infrastructure is the first most essential step to securing a network. Some steps that can be taken to physically secure ...

Information security is a sophisticated area of technology that cannot be entirely guaranteed. As asserted by the security experts, security of information can never be absolute. There is a multiplicity of challenges that come with the adoption of technology. Among the many problems is the safety of information being disseminated and stored within the technology-enabled environment (Pagallo, 2011). Moreover, the use of the common network in an environment possesses serious security challenges that make data and information insecure. However, certain security measures can be employed to ensure data and information are protected and made difficult to be infiltrated. There ...

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Introduction

The company is considering another multinational company equal to its size for acquisition. The decision of the merging of the company with the other multinational brand has been taken by the company’s executive committee and shared with various stakeholders during the executive leadership meet. The CEO (Chief Executive Officer) anticipates a project plan with regards to the Information Technology requirements within the next sixty days. The project plan must strategically integrate all the systems of the company with the multinational company. The merging systems must include ...

Introduction

Cloud platform is increasingly becoming popular even as most enterprises shift from a conventional computing system to this new data accessibility trend. Just as the name suggest, cloud computing allows for allows multiple users to access it simultaneously, and thus exposing it to the easier attack by unscrupulous users and unintended applications. Thus, the cloud computing environments are easier targets to intruders due to their distributed nature.

This is a typical Diagram of an IDSaaS in the Cloud

According to Shraddha, et al, (2015), using a genetic Algorithm is a fundamental intrusion detection system that could prevent a compromise to the data shared on the cloud computing networks. These authors ...

Introduction

Contactless payment systems have evolved into a popular method of payment across the United Kingdom and internationally (CPSS 2012). Many merchants, including ExxonMobil, McDonald’s, Burger King, AMT Coffee, Tesco, Subway and other notable members of the hospitality, production, energy and other industries accept this form of payment (Anderson 2015). The most influential members of the international financial community, including MasterCard, Citibank, American Express, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays Bank, Visa and other institutions, involved in banking and financial sector, power the system (Dapp 2012; Chaudhyry 2012). The commentators anticipate that by 2020 every third transaction online and offline will be ...

Literature Review of Security of RFID and GPS Devices

Introduction The deployment of radio frequency identification (RFID) and global positioning system (GPS) is on the rise across several industries. RFID is used in traditional applications such as assets and inventory tracking. Presently, RFID technology is used in security services such as RFID embedded credit cards and electronic passports (Plunkett, 2012). RFID technology uses radio waves to identify objects and people. RFID devices read information contained in a wireless device commonly known as ‘tags’ from a distance without any physical contact. In a typical RFID communication, a clear line of sight is required. Although RFID technology was available from ...

The Internet nowadays covers a plenty of computer networks, and therefore in the foreground is the issue of network security. Obviously, there are considered the diverse approaches in this sphere, especially when computer security regards the methods of elementary information access without physical work with computer. Recently, the computer security focuses on the advanced technologies to prevent the information from authorized access. But according to the researches of this key the professionals in information security declare that these methods help to avoid only several computer risks. The human factor plays the vital importance against the background of this issue. ...

Final Assignment

Both Bridges and Switches work on the data link layer of the OSI Model. However, switches are more advanced. Discuss how a switch has an advantage over a bridge in a network then elaborate more on the technology implemented in switches to control broadcast domains A bridge is a two interfaces device that creates two collision domains. This is because it forwards the traffic received from one interface only to the interface where layer two devices is connected (Olenewa, 2014). Bridges serves the main function of reading the destination of MAC address to forward the traffic only to the interface where it ...

In the contemporary IT world, there is increased use of technology and this has caused an exponential increase in cyber insecurity. Of late, many personal websites, email addresses and even government sites have been hacked into showing a great weakness in IT security systems. This has led to rapid shift of IT skills towards internet security as a whole. The following is a sample research carried out on internet security by an anonymous organ engaging in cyber/ internet security (John, 2009).

Thesis statement

As stipulated above, there are many threats to which computer systems are vulnerable to when working in any ...

True cloud competencies

In the midst of fresh companies coming up to provide cloud based services each day, the first step is to decide a provider whose main capabilities are concentrated on the cloud. On premise vendors of systems have extremely dissimilar sets of skills, software design, business models, approaches, as well as infrastructure as compared to those central part competencies of a cloud service provider. Much of cloud computing companies’ businesses achievement is dependent on an optimistic performance experience of the system. It is for this reason that real multi-tenant companies for cloud computing places an important resource ...

ABSTRACT

With the growth in computer networks that are used in organizations, there is a need to have a way in which networks are managed and monitored. This phenomenon is taking shape as more and more companies develop new applications to sustain their networks. There different types of traffic that are found to be traversing computer networks need to be monitored. SNMP management console is one of Network Instruments application that brings cross-platform SNMP standards to the Observer. Network administrators and consultants will find SNMP management tools important in the monitoring, diagnosis and repair of networks. Network monitoring helps in having continued ...

Section 1: Foundation of the Study

The majority of business information is stored electronically, creating the need for a system of securing this information. As the systems providing computer and internet security becomes more and more complex, security is increasingly compromised. Interlopers and hackers continue to create new and more creative means of gaining entry to information stored on networks, and users are facing an increased number of security attacks. Surprisingly, despite the variety and amount of security risks, security tools designed to counter these are slow to develop appear for business consumption (Garcia-Teodoro et al, 2009). With the introduction of new technological trends, information technology ( ...

Introduction

For the purpose of the presentation, the company that will be the focus of this project is Amazon.com. Its central offering is online shopping where consumers are able to search for the items they’d like to purchase online. They are also able to pay for their purchases online and have the items delivered to their home. In this e-business, the categories of information that may need applications of cryptography are the users’ or consumers’ passwords and their credit card or checking account numbers.

Feasible Attacks

Some of the methods that hackers can use to attack e-commerce websites such as Amazon.com ...

The breach in data use causes billions of dollars in wastage. This risks the credibility in medical well being, and the future of most healthcare providers. To help protect the breaches, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) controls and protects the usage, transmission and storage of healthcare information. It protects both electronic and paper formats with the main aim of guaranteeing the privacy and security of healthcare information. On the other hand, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) came into law on February 17, 2009 mainly to improve and promote the adoption ...

ADT is a data collection and analysis company that provides subscription software tools to its customers. The main functions of ADT is to assist its clients in decision-making. It uses the large and consumer related data such as consumer profiles and purchase patterns etc. ADT provides an option to the clients to log into the portal where software for organizing the huge data according to their requirements. The clients can subscribe to the services of ADT by paying for usage time or annual fee basis.

The current information in the database of ADT is raw information. It is stored ...

Logical and physical topographical layout

A visual view of physical and logical network helps in implementation and also to identify security problems. Network diagrams are best represented in a graphical format expressing varied forms of information. Research has shown that an optimal layout is the one that links all devices together. A map of the network helps in understanding better when a security situation arises. A physical layout as the name suggests, depicts the physical location of all network devices and components (Kosak, ...

Introduction

An I.T security program, just like any other program in an organization, begins with objectives and strategies. The organization establishes security aims (objectives); how secure the I.T systems should be? Who should have access to the system? These objectives are then translated into possible courses of actions (strategies) that ensure the fulfillment of these objectives; How to achieve that level of security? The strategies are then written down as policies that govern the allocation of resources towards implementing security and the routine processes involved to that effect. This paper attempts to focus on the level of expertise, skills and ...

Introduction

It has been observed that, the world is changing a lot from the technological perspective. Hence, it is important for the organizations dealing with large data sets to implement strategies regarding security of these data sets. Big data sets can be referred to as large pieces of information stored in servers, or rather server farms. The traditional means of processing all these data sets will not be useful, and even, there would be a risk of security breach within these data sets. Hence, we are required to implement security analytics that will help in increasing the security of this data and, ...

There are several benefits to using business mobility. The first benefit is that it can enhance mobility. It allows activities online can be performed anywhere when they were once lied to a physical location. The second benefit is that it provides access to data immediately, which can add value. The third benefit is that it increases the mobility capacity and the location. A person is going to have the ability to monitor and locate their assets. Therefore, a person will be able to reduce the amount of losses that they could have from theft. (Baltzan, 2012).

The fourth benefit is that ...

Data security is an important aspect when handling data that is crucial and important in an organization. Data formats form a basis for creating secure data management and data processing processes so that the data formats are secured. There are strategies that can be integrated to data management and processing procedures to ensure that there is secure data. One of the strategies is to ensure that there is data encryption every time the data is sent over a public channel.

This is an important issue that should be integrated to an information systems development. Another issue that should be considered when ...

For any computer device machine deprived of a firewall, then a personal or company computer has its operating open to attacks and this is considered risky. In recent occurrences, hacked computers have been subject to the passwords cracking, credit card numbers stealing, bank account information fraud, and virtually any sensitive information on stored on the computer becomes accessible to malicious computer hackers. In this case scenario hackers can get in, take what they want, and even leave an opening port they can frequently use to access the information over and over again without the owners noticing.

The first test carried out ...

Policy questions and issues the company might face

In my company there are legal and regulatory issues that I will taken care of. When moving the company’s applications and data to the Cloud, they will be located anywhere in the planet by the providers. In this case the management of data will be determined by the set of laws applied to the physical location of data centers and clusters. I will use a conservative approach to host the companies sensitive data. Due to the availability of zones6 promoted by Amazon EC2 in US will be an advantage to the company because it will identify a set of resources ...

Policy Statement

It is the responsibility of XYZ Information Security department to maintain integrity, security, confidentiality and availability of information to all departments and authorized personnel in the company network, computers and data systems infrastructure. All users are expected to exercise responsible sharing and utilization of the said systems. In addition, efforts to protect information and resources, transmitted and stored in the infrastructure is a shared responsibility of all users and the IT department. Violations of the policy are subjected to disciplinary actions not limited to disciplinary action, suspension and termination.

Policy Purpose and Objectives

Information is a primary component of the business that needs adequate protection ...

With the current lax setup of the computers of ABC company, it is really prone to unauthorized access by several users. The company must implement two types of security, that is physical security and software security.

The company can provide computer locks to their units or laptops to prevent unauthorized person from booting the computer when the authorized user is out. BIOS Security, which is a low level type of security, where the computer asks for a password before you can boot or reboot a computer is another physical security that ABC company could use for all of its computers. (tldp.org, 2013)

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Current reforms under the Obama Care are geared towards greater accountability in the U.S. health care system. The use of technology, including electronic medical record (EMR) systems, is essential in effectively adapting to such changes. A robust EMR system has the capacity to reduce medical errors, makes the documentation and communication of information more efficient, and enables the cost-effective storage of records (Harrington et al., 2011). It is a highly useful technology that will enhance the quality of care of patients, reduce the probability of lawsuits arising from medical errors and increase the job satisfaction of nurses. Hence, investment in ...

With the advent of information systems, it is important that there is a secure environment that information systems will operate. Information security is an important concern that should be undertaken. The fundamental characteristics of high speed network with maximum security features are high performance encryption, high encryption packet filtering, proxies and trusted servers. The most crucial is the high-performance encryption and high-performance packet filtering.

Company assets

There are assets which are supposed to be protected by the company. This section will identify these assets. The assets that need to be protected are physical and electronic assets. Computers form the bulk of the ...

Introduction

Security systems are undergoing development with the development of cryptographic protocols that help to secure these communications channels. There have been extensive researches that have been carried out to come up with better security mechanisms that will secure information systems. A cryptographic protocol is a protocol which makes use of cryptography so that they are able to achieve their goals, these goals could include sending private or public keys over the network. There are protocols that are used for securing security systems. This paper will focus on two protocols, NRL analyzer and Bellare-Rogaway model (Tanenbaum, 2003).

NRL analyzer

How it works

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Question 1

A hardware security module is identified as a secure Crypto processor, which is liable for managing digital keys and accelerating the system, in terms of digital signals per second. Therefore, this provides a strong authentication to access some of the significant keys for server applications (White & Edward, 2007). It is essential to have the hardware security function since; they provide a foundation for data protection in an organization. This enables organizations to take advantage of rights movement, data encryption and digital signing within the organization itself (Safford, 2002).

On the contrary, this hardware security module is faced with certain challenges. Some of ...

Steganography is the science and an art of hiding information by embedding messages within other, apparently harmless Messages.it is protection or covering a file, image, pictures, message, or a video within another file. Steganography camouflages information or data hiding it and making sure that it is not detectable by even using a code breaker. Cryptography is a study and practice of scrambling a message so that it cannot be read for secure communication in the presence or third parties. It also ensures information security, data integrity, confidentiality, authentication and non-repudiation of information. Steganography is advantages over cryptography that the intended secret messages do not ...

Introduction3

Alternative 1: Technical Control3 Internet Protocol Cameras.3 Cloud-Based Security Services..4

Data Encryption Services4

Radio Frequency Identification Tags .4 Biometric Systems of identification4 Using Electronic Articles Surveillance5 Access Control Mechanisms5 Non-technical Approaches to Solving Employee Theft in Retail Business.6 Pre-Screening the Employees7 Demystifying the Process of Loss in the Organization 8 Training on the Prevention of Loss 9 The Adoption of the Open Door Policy.9 Imposition of Strict Penalties on Rogue Employees..9

The Use of a Buddy System and an Employee Tip Line.10

Recommendation.11 Conclusion.12

Works Cited13

Business Analytical Report Abstract This analytical is a comparative analysis of two courses of action ...

Ubuntu 15.04 Linux Implementation Proposal.

Introduction:

HACKD, LLC’s move to launch a new research and development group christened, CWE is a welcome move for the organization to streamline research operations, and to develop innovative products and services. The proposed CWE group systems are expected to run on the Ubuntu Linux 15.04 operating system that will access and share resources with the Microsoft Active Directory (AD) domain at HACKD, LLC. The AD domain comprises several servers running Windows Server 2012 R2 providing various services such as DHCP, DNS, file sharing, Microsoft Active Directory, printing and web services. HACKD, LLC also has a mix ...

Introduction

Debit and credit cards are used by customers for post paid and pre-paid transactions respectively. They promote cashless society since individuals do not carry their money with them while going to shop. The holder of the cards can use them to either debit or credit their bank accounts at any transaction terminal where the holder will have to produce the card for reading confirmation through the assistance of the system of computer before the actual transaction can be completed. The debit card for instance is a payment method which can be accepted at the terminal of transaction using PIN or ...

Computer security is an important issue and threats to the computer must be countered through various access controls and safety measures. Authorized accesses, avoidance of malicious software and prevention of applications from hackers are the steps that make a system secure. The fundamentals of computer security include an understanding of security policy stating laws, practices, and regulations to manage and protect sensitive information. Enforcing a devised security policy and assurance of policy implementation are other important aspects of computer security (Paulauskas and Garsva 84). Computer security has various characterizations. First comes the information technology (IT) security based on three key points: ...

Executive summary and an overview of the company

With the explosion of the internet or the World Wide Web in the last decade, many businesses and organizations have realized the need to tap into the internet resources to improve their businesses. There are many e-business ideas that are aggressive and geared towards improvement of products and services provided by these companies. Some of the companies have partially adopted the use of e-commerce strategies for some of their services and products, while some are purely e-commerce driven businesses. One such business is Amazon.com. Amazon.com is an American e-commerce company that is based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in ...

Security Policy to stop Sniffing and Man-in-the-middle attack

Man-in-the-middle attack is a type of an attack where a malicious individual inserts himself into conversation between two parties; this actor impersonates the parties and then gains access to transmitted information between the two parties. The MITM allows the malicious actor to intercept, send and receive data not meant to be sent or even sent between the two parties without the knowledge of any party. So as to help World-Wide Trading Company avoid becoming a victim of Sniffing and Man-in-the-middle attack, the following best practices must be followed: Implementing a very comprehensive solution for email security which can detect in real ...

Abstract Page

Technology has improved the way firms conduct their operations. For instance, it has enabled firms to increase their marketing activities through social media platforms. Moreover, it has reduced operational costs since firms can maintain online enterprises that do not require brick and mortar setups (Gupta et al., 2012). Despite these benefits, technology has created new problems for business entities and people. This paper will identify all risks that arise from using peer to peer file sharing programs. The paper will also identify and discuss three viable technologically based solutions to deal with the risks. After evaluating the three viable ...

Discussion 1

Authentication will also be another vulnerability that will be an issue in the company because of the things that might go wrong in the end. Without authentication, there will be wrong people who are not allowed to use the data and information in the company. It will lead to data corruption within the company. One of the vulnerability is the unauthorized access. This vulnerability has high probability of happening because of the many people who are making use of the system and the database that is in place (Norman). One of the ways in which this will be audited ...

Abstract.

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems (SCADA) are a subset of Industrial Control Systems (ICS), and they are used to automate the control and monitoring of processes and sets of processes. Such processes include industrial production lines, power grids, rail switching and other critical infrastructure. Traditionally, these systems were isolated and thus secure from cyber-attacks. However, modernization has led to increased complexity, interconnectivity, and digitization. In this regard, today's SCADA systems need to communicate and transfer data from one site to another via communication networks that are at times public e.g. The internet. This development has created security vulnerabilities for ...

Question One

The most ideal access control for accommodating these permissions in the ACME Inc Human Resource department is the role based access control. The Role Based Access Control approach to securing access to the Human Resource management system bases access control decisions on the functions that a particular user is allowed to perform. The approach is widely used for non military enterprises with several employees with different roles and functions (Ferraiolo, Sandhu, Gavrila, Kuhn, & Chandramouli, 2001). Role Based Access Control method of access control is ideal for these permissions since the users are categorized and assigned different roles in the ...

Pedro J. Gonzalez

ISSC456 American Military University I. Introduction. The use of wireless network has increased due to its low cost and accessibility. Many businesses have switched to the use of wireless networks because of convenience and the ability of their employees having access to data while on the road. Although it is convenient, it does have some vulnerabilities. There are several modes of unauthorized access to wireless networks such as man-in-the-middle attacks, Denial of Service (DoS), identity theft (MAC spoofing), network injection, etc. With an increase of unauthorized access to networks, there are several security measures administrators can ...

Introduction

With the phenomenal growth of the Internet witnessed today, the greatest concern for the modern user is the security of their private data. Computers all over the world have interconnected to form a global network of personal, institutional, business, and corporate systems sharing massive amounts of data. The Internet has provided a platform for sharing personal, financial, medical, and many other forms of very important private data. The users transmit this data from one computer to the other through the public telecommunication links and systems such as telecommunications. This is where serious danger in terms of data theft, exposure of ...

The technology that I have selected for this paper will be that of cloud computing. The utilization of cloud computing in associations helps in the entrance of data, for example, client information, remedy, and earlier analysis. As indicated by Augusto, Huch, and Kameas (2012), cloud computing has basically enhanced the registering environment of a few associations and subsequently expanded proficiency. This is on account of the whole buzz around there of cloud about-faces to centralization. The way data and information are put away in association has additionally changed. The cloud computing realized cloud storage. Cloud storage is the place the ...

Assignment

Introduction The security plan proposal is intended for Maryland hospital, to help the hospital management in safeguarding the information of their patients that are stored in the computer systems. Patient records are stored on a mainframe computer that processes data through HP CICS. The system has been encrypted with a password (Azari 67). The transactions and records of the patient are stored based on the patients’ names, illnesses and insurance companies. The system uses an SRU network system to create communication between staff and the mainframe system.

There is physical security that is maintained by staff members where all staff ...

Abstract

Patients put immense trust in the healthcare providers, and in return expect safety in their hands. Healthcare Informatics, and electronic health records in particular goes a long way in ensuring their safety. The EHR improves care through safer, more accurate and complete information being shared among all the healthcare providers. Wait times for appointments - procedures, and access to community care facilities - are reduced. So are for the laboratory test results and clinical diagnosis. The electronic systems also ensure enhanced security of health information through encryption. It also allows doctors access to secured patients’ information. These include patient physicals, ...

Introduction

Throughout human history, there is an array of revolutionary technological innovations. One such innovation is cryptography that brought about a revolution in the society by facilitating privately encrypted messages. I got very much interested in this technology after learning that all the secured data transaction is encrypted. There are majorly two basic types of encryption used asymmetric and symmetric key encryption.

What is RSA encryption?

Symmetric key encryption has one weakness that its integrity is dependent on the exclusive sharing of its private keys. Here, different encryption scheme is needed that is asymmetric or public key encryption. Public key cryptography is a mathematical approach valuable ...

LITERATURE REVIEW PART 2

Introduction This literature review is based on the discussion regarding the security of data through the mismanagement of information in the various informational management platforms. Passwords form a very important and greatly essential part in individuals’ lives in this current world technology. Given the ever increasing storage of information on online databases and secured internet databanks, there is the need for this information to be protected from malicious and ill intent computer internet hackers. This review majorly focuses on the assessment of the various works regarding password protection and data security or encryption. Password protection of systems is ...

There has been an epidemic in computer security breaches in healthcare service organizations which has been rising more than 32% over the years. These cost an estimated 6.5 billion per year. Moreover, study conducted by the Ponemon Institute found that nearly 96 % of all the healthcare providers who participated in this study feel they have had at least one data breach earlier primarily due to employee sloppiness, including stolen computer devices (Premier Inc, 2014), third party errors, unintentional employee actions like:Nurses logging in with their passwords and leaving the system open and runningOfficials and Doctors displaying their password, * Fax ...

Telnet is a network protocol used in LAN or via the web to provide bi-directional interactive text-oriented communication framework using virtual terminal connection. Data is interspersed in-band with Telnet control information, usually in an 8-byte oriented data communication over TCP. Telnet program runs on a computer and connects you PC to a server on the network. Commands are entered into Telnet program and can execute them as if they were entering them directly on the server console. This implies that you can control the server and communicate with other servers on the network. Telnet traffic refers to a user command and an ...

OVERVIEW

An international pharmaceutical company is headquartered in New York, NY and has other six operational locations. The corporate headquarters in New York has 1000 employees while the other centers have a considerable number of employees and remote workers. San Diego has 250 employees, Houston has 750 employees in central research, Madrid has 500 employees, India has 50, and London has 150 while China has 300 employees and 500 remote sales workers. There is a diverse computing department with no universal standard. There is a combination of devices and operating systems in place. There are also different data center centers in operation. The ...

Charges against Gorski

According to the case at hand, Gorski has a lot of federal charges against him. As the U.S. Attorney responsible for the case, the federal charges that one is most likely to levy on Gorski are as follows: - Using encryption in aid of a crime: The scenario poses a situation whereby Gorski refused to provide the authorities with the encryption key. As such, he appears to hinder the investigation process. Any instances whereby an individual knowingly refuses to comply with authorities in the investigation are likely to attract charges of non-compliance. The particular instance may have such charges levied on ...

ABSTRACT

The advancement in technology has made the mobile market the most expanding market in the world. The mobile is a device of choice world over in this age because of its accessibility fueled by cheap prices. Short Message Service in mobile phones together with Multimedia Message Service has emerged to fulfill most of the user requirements and subsequently become an effective communication and information delivery model. The use of mobile extends beyond the personal needs and can be used to access sophisticated applications in a convenient and secure environment. Technologies such as Near Field Communication provide the phone with an interface ...

Security and hacking

We had the privilege of hosting a guest speaker who gave us a lecture on “security and hacking” on the 20th day of November. The scope of the lecture was security on the internet and privacy. For IT enthusiast the speaker was very interesting as he linked theory with the real world experiences. He first introduced Robert Schifreen who is a self-proclaimed hacker. The captivating Robert reaffirmed the fact that with the internet revolution, we are all connected in one way or another; it is now easier than ever to talk to anybody irrespective of their geographical positioning. Also information and data ...

Introduction

Mobile applications are software programs designed for use on mobile devices such as a phones and tablet computers. Mobile applications provide similar services to those offered by programs on personal computers. When mobile devices were introduced, they were used mainly for sending and receiving voice calls. Technology advanced rapidly, and mobile applications were introduced owing to the need for more functionality in mobile devices. Mobile devices are accessed by billions of people and have become necessary for daily living. The great number of mobile devices in use today has spurred the growth of mobile applications. The applications allow users to ...

Introduction

The Internet is known for its vast access to information. However, not all kinds of information are suitable for viewing and reading by all kinds of audiences. Content containing such information tend to offend the beliefs and disturb the impressions of users. Thus, it has become a practice by website owners and web administrators alike to conceal specific kinds of information, explained or unexplained, in a move currently known as censorship. Censorship, however, is not a viable means of preventing websites from offending and disturbing users, as such could result to the misrepresentation of information that can be deceiving to them. Given ...