Essays on National Institute Of Standards AND Technology

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 ...

Abstract

The discussion over the advantages and disadvantages of the cloud computing is being held over the years. There are three models that are used in order to define has this technology will be used, such as SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. This paper provides the overview of the differences of those models and cover the concerns that are associated with the use of the cloud computing. Even though the future of any technology is not easy to predict, we try to analyze the current market of cloud computing and based on that try to predict how it will evolve with ...

Approval Draft 1: Acceptable Use Policy.

Executive Summary. The AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) for IT systems by employees is designed to protect Red Clay Renovations, our clients, partners and the employees themselves from any sort of harm arising from the misuse of our IT systems, data and other resources. Misuse covers both inadvertent and deliberate actions. The consequences of misusing Red Clay’s system can be severe since the potential damages range from but are not limited to malware infections, data breaches, legal and financial implications due to data leakages, and productivity losses arising from network downtimes. This policy covers Red Clay’s IT systems ...

In the technology design requirements, it is important to factor in the business needs of the firm that drive the technology applications and provide a rich picture that details the concerns of stakeholders involved. In this case, the end users/staff, managers, brokers, and IT heads are the major stakeholders in the new systems. In the system, security, reliability, authenticity, scalability, and effectiveness in data transfer are the major concern areas, considering that the network system handles important and sensitive company information and deals with the security policies set. This is considering that WWTC is an online broker and online ...

Cloud Security Solutions

Private and public cloud solutions have been gaining much popularity however there are security issues that have gained a higher priority. Cloud security is a vital part of CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability) triad for data security. The cloud functionality in itself is robust and well-paying for customers; however operational security is a concern that is being addressed by vendors. The adaptation of cloud technology has been rapid and fast paced. Cloud security issues over the cloud environment have hindered the growth of cloud industry resulting in a far lesser growth as was expected of the new technology (Donovan).

Emergence of Cloud Security Standards

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