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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 ...

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 ...

It has to be reckoned that the Puritan Dilemma was one of the major religious issues that overshadowed the 17th century English society. The Puritans living in the country went on to face the dilemma that made them think of a viable way in which the Church of England could be saved. They were undecided about sticking by the system and endeavoring to reform the things needs from within. The people also pondered about the viability of separating themselves from the Church of England so as to be able to escape from the various acts of corruption and sins ...

Part 1: Once physical access is obtained by an intruder all security is lost is true because physical access provides an entry even to a reasonable expert to hack and gain access to the network, unencrypted terminals and servers. Wireless networks have not completely decreased the need for hackers to gain physical intrusion as there are vulnerabilities as similar to the wired networks. The systems are exposed to negative forces due to the lack of proper safeguards, as in the case of wireless LANs . Comparing wireless vs. wired security, it is vital to secure a wireless network than to ...

Information System Security Plan for a Bank

Executive Summary The information security plan applies to AmeriBank, its auxiliaries, employees, information, system, processes, data, and networks collectively referred to as the Bank. AmeriBank is committed to protecting critical assets and securing information to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) of the information, preventing damage to the network and systems that are vital to the bank’s business to ensure business continuity, and minimize risk to the businesses. This is achieved by implementing administrative, technical, and physical controls such as information security policies, software, and hardware controls, which have to be implemented, monitored, and improved upon to ...

Abstract

Digital forensics is a critical component of forensic discipline that includes crimes and misconducts with respect to computer systems. The use of computers to investigate online crimes led to the development of this new field known as Digital forensics. The field provides new ideas for understanding and betterment of concepts and directing future concepts in Digital Forensics. Over the last few years, with the advent of latest electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops, the concept has gained popularity over the span of few years. This has resulted in a shift of thefts from real time to ...

It needs to be taken into account that literature goes on to reflect the true nature of the society of this world. The stalwart literary artists have for long engaged in portraying the dynamics of the interpersonal relationships in their works, and the theme of domination and its subsequent subversion has come to find commonality in the works of many literary artists of the world. If one closely introspects on some specific works, it would be easier to gauge how the thematic content of domination has been portrayed in the literary texts over the span of the history of ...

IT Incident Policy

1. Policy Statement The Wind Farm IT Office will ensure that it reacts appropriately to the release of any secure information, whether intentional or unintentional, within the custody or control of Wind Farms. 2. Purpose The aim of this policy is to ensure that Wind Farms IT Office’s response to any actual or suspected data breach of any relevant information, data, or files is timely, appropriate, and effective. 3. Objectives The object of this policy is to provide information, guidance, and assistance on what needs to be done in the event a data breach occurs at Wind Farms ( ...

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Question #1

The difference in depth is the use of multiple defense mechanisms in a layered format to protect internal systems, data, and users on a network infrastructure. The defense-in-depth strategy is required to use multiple defense systems that act in a fail-safe manner. The defense-in-depth strategy consists of security policies that protect both the business and employee information. The policies are a set of rules, compliance, and enforcement and provide authorization levels for various network activities. Some of the layers of a defense-in-depth strategy consist of authorization layer, ...

La Jetée (1962) is a short science fiction film by Chris Marker. It is twenty-eight minutes long, totally in black and white, and it is comprised of a series of photos. The film describes a post-war experiment using time travel from the past to the future and vice versa in post-apocalyptic France. The director uses time travel by employing two techniques: the power of memory through a fairy tale’s illusion and the effect of photography. Like ‘Snow White’ and ‘Briar Rose’, La Jetée is a fairy tale, a political fairytale. It begins with a story of ...

In this chapter the author shows how the different landscapes of the nature are representative of the various types of emotions of the human heart. As such, this can be deemed to be a very philosophical approach to the human psyche as well as nature. The chapter shows the relationship between humans and the natural world. How does the author delve into the notion of human identity by exploring the various issues in the eleventh chapter of the text? Through the explication of the narrative in this chapter, Sander endeavors to explore the notion of individual identity. The author ...

Literary works have always been the mirrors of the society, and many of them have come to critique the subjugation of women. One can take into consideration the literary works, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House that delve into the influences of the society and the family in oppressing women. The respective narratives would lead to a better comprehension of the intricate influences and experiences that finally pave the way of the emancipation of the characters of Edna and Nora from the shackles of patriarchy and subjugation. A comparative analysis of the ...

The film, A Brand New Life (2009), directed by the celebrated cinematic artist, Ounie Lecomte, is a South Korean work that can surely be deemed as a fine work of art. The film is one of the best examples of the cinematic work directed by a woman director as the filmmaker exudes her aesthetic quintessence and perfect use of the cinematic techniques to leave a lasting impression in the minds of the avid audience. This is a very sensible film about this 9-year old girl who is left at an orphanage by her father who has remarried. Before coming ...

Introduction to Information Security and Risk Management

Risk management is a process of determining the vulnerabilities that are present in an organization’s information system. It is done by taking carefully planned out steps to assure confidentiality, availability and integrity of all the components inside the organization’s information system (Whitman & Mattord, 2003). Managing risks is not an easy task with limited resources and the changing landscape of threats and vulnerabilities in the system. This makes mitigating all the risks impossible that is why it is important that professionals must have the right tools to help them to be consistent in managing the uncertainties present in ...

Sony is an electronics and entertainment large size organization based out of Japan. There have been two major hacks against Sony. The first one was in 2011where an unknown user hacked the play station network accounts and accessed all the user IDs and passwords. This was a very big risk for the users as there was a threat of access to other personal information like credit cards, email and physical address, telephone numbers etc. Second was according to a published work by Biddle, (2014), there is a very famous and big hacking ‘tragedy’ with this company. In the year ...

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Lack of Vendor Visibility in Cloud

James Bourne in his article presents an imminent problem that the cloud providers are facing with regards to customer satisfaction. The article highlights data from SANS Institute to back the claims that cloud vendors are having a hard time in keeping their customers happy. The article by Bourne further makes its premise by a report by CloudPassage where an interview with 485 IT professionals was conducted. The article “Lack of Vendor Visibility” highlights the pain points of customers that have come up in a study. The article states responses from customers and gives a percentage for highlighting the dissatisfaction ...

Non-Profit Organization Report: Doctors Without Borders Introduction On Monday, February 15, 2016, in northern Syria, a 30-bed hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders was destroyed by two targeted airstrikes. Nine staff members and sixteen patients and their caregivers were killed. Later updates confirmed U.S.-led forces hit the facility four times (Dettmer; “At Least 25 Killed”). This event may be your only reference to this private, independent non-profit organization. It is important to know it provides extensive independent and impartial global medical humanitarian aid to those affected by epidemics, armed ...