Essays on Intrusion

I. Physical Network Design

Introduction

A. Network Topology Business Needs In order to complete the needed full-time assignment efficiently and effectively, the University of Maryland University College will need a system in addition to tools to help the student attain their objectives. This entails new office space, a library, classrooms and computer labs will be able to achieve this capacity and optimize student learning potential

Proposed Topology

In order to plan for the facility of the network, I am proposing a star network topology for the facilities networking. This kind of network infrastructure is considered expensive due to numerous network devices that ...

Perhaps one of the most commonly known rights guaranteed by the first ten amendments to the Constitution is the Fourth Amendment’s “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches” (U.S. Const. amend IV). Interestingly, while the meaning of the term “unreasonable” might seem intuitive, the Framers of the Constitution did not provide a specific or detailed definition of it. However, after the Supreme Court; relying on the fact that Article III of the Constitution vested the Court with the judicial power to “all cases” that arise under the “Constitution, ...

Capstone Project [Phase]

Computer and Information Science Sharjah Higher Colleges of Technology Literature Review Introduction The project aims to create a website for a restaurant that is yet to incorporate online applications into its functional operations. It is imperative for the restaurant to have a website for allowing customers to see all the foods and drinks on offer without necessarily going to the stores and also for allowing them to pay for their orders on online platforms using their credit cards. Additional advantages the ability to view pricing of varied items alongside the delivery times and pictures of the varied food items ...

Incident Response (IR) Revamp

Introduction Incident response (IR) refers to a structured approach that manages and addresses the impact of an attack or a security breach. The main aim of the IR is to reduce the overall damage caused by the security breach in a cost effective manner and minimize the time for restoration. The success of incident response (IR) depends on to a greater degree the personnel and team structure, tools and utilities, and proper procedures. The paper will develop main efforts to revamp incident response in an organization addressing the aforementioned processes in the organization to ensure appropriate technology, best practices, ...

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 ...

I. Vulnerability Assessments A wireless connection in the 20-people organization has the same vulnerabilities that other wireless network. A wireless network has the characteristic that virtually anyone inside the radius of the wireless network could have access to the network, have unauthorized access and create problems with the information flow. The information technicians of the company must consider the following risks and vulnerabilities of the network: Default Keys: They are the passwords that manufacturer brings into the router by default. Several administrators and final users forget to change the default password creating a risk for the organization. The NETGEAR ...

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 ...

DESIGN PROPOSAL

1.0 PHYSICAL NETWORK DESIGN This design implementation must be on LAN systems because it is located in within the same building that has no structured facilities that aid data transfer from one network to another. Use of proper network topology helps in structuring the network with advantages such as cost reduction and less power consumption. The network nodes and connection lines are supposed to be designed in such a way that it reduces complexity and utilizes the available space properly. Currently, there are both physical and logical network topologies [3]. The physical aspect is defined as the actual geometric ...

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 ...

Part 1

One of the technologies that will have a great impact on telecommunications and networking security is quantum cryptography technologies. The quantum cryptography technology has been utilized in several ways in a bid to increase network security (Vazirani & Vidick 2014). For example, the Quantum Key Distribution is quite effective in increasing security during communication between two parties. QKD prevents eavesdropping by allowing sharing of a randomly-generated security key and detecting any third parties that may try to gain access to the communication network. Quantum cryptography has been used to detect Trojan horse-based attacks and blinding attacks. The technology has great ...

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 ...

In January 2009, Heartland Payment Systems announced that it had encountered a breach in its security system the previous year. The breach had compromised data of more than 130 million credit and debit cards transactions as the transaction data was being transmitted in an unencrypted form within its internal processing platform. The company was certified Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant and had implemented all the required controls, but could not avert the breach. This paper examines if compliance with standards is enough to ensure data security. The paper will suggest the approach to be taken ...

Intrusion Detection Systems

Different techniques abound for monitoring computer networks especially within the context of providing security for the network. Intrusion detection is one of such techniques used for security management of computers by analyzing and gathering information from the different areas of a computer network with the aim of identifying possible breaches in the security of the network (Allen et al., 2000). A system put in place to implement any of these techniques is referred to as an intrusion detection system. For the computer network of an organization, the source of breaches to the network can be from within the organization ...

Interview Questions

The interview was conducted at 10.30 am on 5th of August 2016 The person selected for the interview was called John Austin. He is the Network Administrator for Safaricom Telecommunications Company located in Texas.

Describe your present position and career progression for an individual to hold this type of position.

My present position at this firm entails network administration. That is to say, that I am a Network Administrator. It is my responsibility to ensure that the computer network of the organization is up to date and running smoothly. The position is very important in coordinating the several systems for most organizations that uses several software or computer platforms. As a Network Administrator, I am ...

Product Development is the design of new products, or new features in old products that is meant to offer better benefits to the target users (Ulrich and Eppinger, 2012). Product Development goes further to involve the marketing of the created product. Several factors determine the success of Product Development. Broadly categorized, such factors include type of product in question, state of the target market and economy, the characteristics of the target customers among other factors within and beyond the company. All these factors constitute part of the risks faced by company involved in product development (Towey, 2013). Factors that ...

Abstract

The Fourth Amendment Act was set in place in the US constitution to ensure and assure privacy for the citizens. The Act and its application have been subject to scrutiny as to whether it is a broken promise or not. Terrorist activities have interfered with security globally and in the US particularly since the 9/11 attacks that claimed the lives of many Americans not to mention other victims. War on terrorism has been beefed up globally for the purpose of combating the crime. However, the said war on terror has been used as an excuse for the intrusion to ...

Intrusion management tools and related ethical issues

Intrusion Management Tools and Related Ethical Issues Information technology is an area, which faces numerous ethical challenges in our society today (Debatin, 2011). People in this information age rely on IT systems to store personal data, but it is not always a guarantee that the information is secure and private (The Center for Ethical, 2016). Cyber security issue is one of the ethical concern today as people’s data, company data, federal security data get hacked every day, questioning the issue on morals in the society today. Information technology personnel have developed network-based (NIDS), for instance; “security Union” and ...

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Question: With the onset of FRT), what happens now to our privacy?

In the normal lives of people, they expose their facial image and personal data voluntarily or not. We fill out raffle forms and create Facebook accounts. We also allow ourselves to be photographed and documented when we get our driver’s licenses, as just one among several government regulatory requirements. In fact, FRT has already been implemented long before with CCTV, albeit crudely. Without high- resolution imaging and a database, it required a positive identification from a reliable person who is not always available. In effect, our privacy in public has already been compromised by CCTV ...

At one point during the life of a small business, the owners find themselves with the decision of whether or not to change from a manual system to a computerized system. There is an incentive for small business owners to automate the processes. Among other reasons, automation eliminates the mundane tasks that take up the time of the employees (Moore and Justin 536). For instance, the generation of reports by an accountant can be laborious when done manually. However, a computerized system will allow the accountant to generate reports quickly and allow more time for other tasks. Additionally, automation ...

Set of Requirements for the Network Solution

For this case, the attorneys will need to access the company network both from within their offices and when they are on site. The set of requirements for this will be the provision of a corporate WAN network that will only allow the authorized personnel to access it within the office. The second requirement for the mobile network is the provision of a Virtual Private Network that will allow the mobile users to access the company resources outside their offices while still maintaining security of the firm’s information. The access to the network will need to be secured ...

The primary difference between a data warehouse and a database is the that a data warehouse is a repository of data that has been obtained from different sources over time, and that is stored in a unified schema and is typically used for decision support and analysis. On the other hand, a database is a representation of the presented status of particular data that has been stored and is mainly used to handle live quires and online transactions. The similarities between a database and data warehouse are that they are both means of storing large amounts of data. Characterization ...

Business Torts and Ethics

Business Torts and Ethics

The intruder has attempted theft in the apartment that is located in University Heights Apartments and has caused physical injuries on the residents. The resident manager and resident are badly wounded by the intruder whereas, the intruder is not wounded or assaulted in any manner. The actions of the intruder are considered highly illicit because he entered the apartment by force, which was also a private property and accounts for trespassing. The intruder also attacked the residents and considering this situation, this attack could also have been lethal for the residents. Civil actions incorporate such ...

Research Paper Draft: The Hospitality Law and Privacy

Introduction Privacy, including information privacy, has become one of the great concerns of our modern information society. Each day, without much difficulty, one can find a news story or report concerning some question of privacy. The main focus of these questions, however, have centered around the age-old debate between what is the best balance between security and privacy. That is to say, very little public, media or government attention has focused on other equally important areas of privacy including privacy in the private sector, such as in the hospitality industry. Nowadays, the hospitality industry increasingly has access mountains of ...

Politics of nature

There is a new tendency nowadays. Practically each person is eager to lead such a lifestyle that is closer to nature. We try to use natural material for our needs, spend more time in the open air, eat products which don`t contain GMO, replace some habitual things with the help of some new environmentally benign. We are accustomed to a cleaner technology of making the products. We call ourselves «new generation that is in harmony with the natural surrounding». Do we really know what the real nature is? There will be a constant barrier between the humanity and ...

Possible infrastructure vulnerabilities:

A computer network is made up of two or more electronic media that are able to communicate with each other through a predetermined way. Computer networks are very important to the world at present. Network vulnerabilities can be described as any security exposure that exposes the network to undesirable activity or unauthorized access. Network vulnerability has the possibility to lead to unauthorized access to information and resources of the network, altering the activities of the networks and even to the total denial of the network (EC-Council Press, 2011). Network vulnerabilities can be categorized into two main categories; application or ...

Mitigation of cyber attacks

Introduction The development of internet technology has both advantages and limitations on global development. The major drawback associated with advancement in internet technology is the cyber crime, which is globally on a rise (Weimann, 2006). Cyber terrorism poses serious threats to the security of both private companies and government institutions. Cyber attacks involve unauthorized access to critical information as well as the infrastructure of business organizations and public institutions (Weimann, 2006). The resultant effects of cyber attacks are numerous, and they make both private and public entities more vulnerable to collapse (Osipenko, 2004, p 46). Thus, these institutions adopt ...

Differences and Similarities between Sharia’a Law and American Law in Adverse Possession

Trespass to the land is basically a common tort that is committed when an individual enters into the land or property of another without lawful excuse. The party whose property was entered might sue even though no actual harm was done. The court system will then determine the damages that the possessor of the land suffered and order payment as a way of remedy. In this section, the aim will be to highlight the main differences and similarities between the American Law and the Sharia Law in the diverse possession doctrine. It will address the legal theory of vesting ...

Introduction – The Media:

The mainstream media had been used as a tool for propaganda for centuries, the ruler and governments over a period of time, have been using the media in different forms to primarily communicate the messages, with the intention to influence and control the masses. In an era of technological advancement, a digitized world has taken shape, the influence of media in different shapes and forms has increased significantly, and the advent and phenomenal success of the social media channels, the influence of public behaviour has become more controlled since, swaying public opinion is being utilized by people in control ...

Sovereign Statehood Is A Modern Fiction That Has Been Universalized Through Imperialism And Decolonization. Critically Analyze This Statement Using Examples From More Than One Part Of The World

Introduction

Sovereignty in international relations is a concept that indicates that a state is constitutionally independent. In politics, a state is considered sovereign if it exists in a legal, absolute, and unitary condition where the state is equal to other states in international law and is not answerable to any other foreign state (Biersteker and Weber, 1996). A sovereign state has clearly defined borders within which people reside and the government of ...

Brief Summary

In recent years, technology has moved so fast that since the advent of Google Earth, less than five years later, there are now companies that have sent their satellites into space to capture real-time images of the earth as reported by NOAA Satellites and Information (2016). This trend even received the attention of high profile celebrities and has been endorsed by George Clooney, who has collaborated with the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) to help document crimes against humanity in the conflict-ridden Sub-Saharan region. (Tovrov, 2012). Cheaper, higher resolution, and complex satellites are being sent into the earth's stratosphere, some ...

It was not long after the social websites like facebook and Instagram were introduced that people are starting posting their personal information and pictures quite freely for their friends and acquaintances to see. To be fair, the motive of these platforms was to find a way to socialize with friends through the use of the internet and for the longest time; these sites also took care of that particular wish of ours. We also have to consider here that after these websites had come out, in the beginning, the better part of us had more faith that the parties ...

The United States judicial system offers certain protections for criminal suspects who are at risk of arrest or a search without a warrant. One of the most important safeguards afforded under the U.S. Constitution is the 4th amendment, which prevents government officials from illegally searching individuals or seizing property without following standard procedure. The concept has evolved over time, and the exclusionary rule is now the primary way to defend people from illegal search and seizure by government officials. However, history has shown that this is an ineffective solution because it allows those who would have been convicted to ...

Introduction

The religion and politics are two mutually exclusive aspects of an individual’s life are not supposed to pragmatically overlap because they control different institutions which are structurally independent of each other. However, the religious groups are generally associated with the politically secular organizations and this bivalence in their association causes the complications of religion interfering with the political regimes. It is also true that most of the ethical considerations are driven by religious faith which cannot demarcate itself from the political realms of diplomacy and opportunism. This research paper aims at exploring various historical incidents and political scenarios ...

The DBIR 2015 is the ninth one from Verizon, and similar to the others, it highlights patterns and trends present in an aggregated incident data set. The report begins by emphasizing that there are few unique breaches in the cyber-world, and that the likelihood that an intrusion mechanism has been applied previously is relatively high. Furtherance, the DBIR informs against the presumption that victims of data breach believe they are in isolation; it is this falsehood that impedes on information sharing on attack patterns, which could collectively help prevent future intrusions. Verizon has managed to develop a classification for ...

The following analysis of Persona and Solaris reveals how movies from unlike countries and of different genres portray the development of opposite human personalities while losing or gaining humanity under the external influences and internal self-recognition. The attempts to create a fine movie about internal and external of human life do not often impress much, especially nowadays when we experience an endless flow of visual images. Probably, it inspires people to look back at the classic works that not only represent the unusual transformations in the forms of self but also produce extraordinary rhythms in the scenes (Tarkovsky 113). ...

ISP REMOTE:

ISP REMOTE INTRODUCTION ISP is an acronym for Internet service provider. The term is used to describe a company that can provide one with the ability to access the internet. The ISP provides a gateway to the large interconnected pool of computers that a make up the worldwide web. The connection to the internet can be achieved through different approaches (Fonseca, M. and Agoulmine, N., 2015. p.n.d).These approaches include: Dial-up services: this is a service that provides connectivity to the Internet through the use of the telephony network. It works by connecting the telephone line to the computer ...

Lab Report: Groundwater Sustainability

Lab Report: Groundwater Sustainability

The purpose of the study was to investigate if a non-change in the current trends in human development will affect groundwater.

Introduction

The indiscriminate and excessive use of groundwater has in the recent past raised questions regarding its sustainability (Ponce, 2006). Both the removal, destruction and impairment of the natural environment in the drive to meet the demands of human development are some of the greatest causes of perilous impacts on the sustainability potential of our natural underground water resource base. This problem is worsened by the fact that unlike surface water, ground water does not ...

Cloud technology has gained wide acceptance across multiple industries and is often touted as the future way of doing business. The company in consideration here- Better Payments Incorporated is a multinational payments organization that provides electronic payment cards to its customers. The company’s CIO has been entrusted with the immediate goals of reducing cost, increasing security and driving a technology enabled geographical expansion. This case study analysis paper will look into the ways and means for the company to achieve its goals through the adoption of cloud technology. The roadmap for the CIO to help the company achieve ...

Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967) Privacy issues remain one of the key issues in criminal law and entire legal justice system. Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967) is one of the famous cases that highlights the nature of the right to privacy and provides legal definition of a legal search. The court’s ruling refined the former definition of the legal search and legal seizure clauses of the Fourth Amendment to consider infringement with any kind of communication technology as a search (Brandon Garrett, The right to privacy (Rosen Pub. Group) (2001) (Garrett, 2001). ...

In contrast to all the drivers for Facebook use, there are some barriers that exist that may be detrimental to Facebook use for current and future use. The privacy issue on Facebook is a unique one, one hand the user takes measures to share information with a group of selected people which could be shared individually and stored privately. On the contrary, the user takes an active step to ensure privacy from intrusion. This is much relevant to a situation where, after sharing his thoughts on Facebook, one of my friends ended up exposing all the information because an ...

Computer technology is very crucial in everyday human activities. Computer crimes have tremendously grown, which makes computer forensics very relevant. Some of the computer crimes include unauthorized intrusion and financial fraud. Based on the case study, computer forensics have the potentials of obtaining digital information. NFAT (Network Forensics Analysis Toolkit) can view, collect and monitor intrusion of information on a computer. NFTA is an active sensing system that enables investigators to isolate, scrutinize and reply an intrusion. NFAT look at the logs on the computer and replay the features on how the event took place. Also, the system can ...

Introduction

Growth of the online market and developments in online platforms have given rise to new media marketing, which refers to the use of social media, mobile platforms, and search engines to reach out to customers (Herman, 2011). New media tools facilitate exchanges of information between marketers and consumers. Easy transmission of customer information on the Internet has led to the issue of consumer privacy (Hann et al., 2007). Consumer privacy refers to the prerogative of consumers to be left alone or be free from unsolicited intrusion, consumer control over access to personal information they share online, and concealment of ...

Introduction

Invading the privacy of businesses, institutions, and people, social engineering creates criminal acts using telephones, illegally accessing private information via computer accounts called "hacking", stealing bank account information, as well as eavesdropping are social engineering crimes. Two types of social engineering exist, including, human and technological based (Peltier, 2010). Social engineering uses deception, manipulating people into giving them personal information including social security and bank account numbers (Halles, 2008). Social engineers use tactics to extract private information including appealing to people's vanity, authority, look, over peoples' shoulders while entering pin numbers, and eaves drop. In his article, "Mitigating the ...

The connectivity of a computer to other of networks that allows communication with other computers presents many risks to the computer. According to Kallol Bagchi, (2003), internet security involves mechanisms and procedures taken to protect and secure files and data in the computer connected to the internet against intrusion by other internet users. The internet being insecure mediums of exchanging information presents high-risk attacks which results in loss of data or files, destruction of computer software or access of information by unwanted or unknown computer users. To protect the transfer of date via internet several methods such as encryption have ...

Introduction

Culture can be termed as the process of modifying or inventing way of life transmittable to another in a consistent pattern in relation to stylistic features which can recognized. The patterns spread within social units of a given population having intergenerational enduring meaning the acquired patterns must be retained .on the other hand, technology is the integration of made used, modified and known tools, techniques ,machines, systems, crafts and organizational methods to solve or advance already existing solutions to societal problems. The interaction between culture and technology is a contestable argument and the debate on which factor (culture and technology) drives the ...