Essays on Symantec

Abstract

Web servers are the building blocks of this generation distributed systems and plays a major role in the enterprise application architectures. Due to the flexibility and openness that these Web server centric computing model offers, though makes this ubiquity possible, it also opens up corporate data and processes to security threats. This paper focuses on the security of the public Web servers. There are many different vulnerabilities such as exploits utilizing software bugs in the underlying operating system, denial of service, unauthorized access of confidential information, man-in-the middle attacks, subvert the Web server and use it as a bot ...

Abstract

In this paper, the author identifies at least three security-related threats and various recommendations how they can be addressed. So far, there were three man security threats that were identified. The first one was the outdated-ness of GFI’s front end system. The recommendation for this was for GFI to invest more in the creation of a team that would develop a dynamic, high quality, and more secure front end system, one that is suited to today’s speed and design standards. The second risk was the presumed use of a common cryptographic passphrase for all of its departments. ...

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 ( ...

Everybody knows that the ubiquitous nature of the Internet, the richness true-to-life images, and convenient ways to connect to mass media is here to stay. When Steve Jobs died five years ago, whom many considered the genius and driving force behind Apple, haunting shockwaves of disbelief reverberated worldwide. In his Los Angeles Times article of October 5, 2011, Hiltzik wrote “His legacies include making the human factor,” in terms of the look and feel of computerized communications devices, “an indispensable element of consumer electronics design, refining the distribution and display of digital content” to a level which pushed the ...

Free malware protection options come in various forms. They can be applications that offer specific protection against specific malwares [example is the Brontok removal tool by Symantec laboratories] or software that offer protection against a wide range of malwares [example is the windows malware removal tool]. They can also be in the form of free versions of well established antivirus programs. These include free versions of AVG antivirus, Avast antivirus, Panda antivirus. I have had to use these entire malware removals tool at one time or the other since I began using a computer. I remember the time my laptop ...