Essays on USB

Q 1- Current event

Locate a recent news item (less than one month old) that deals with an issue of Data Security. Summarize the data security incident and then state what principle(s) of data security was violated or ignored. Include a link to the news item. (http://blog.alertsec.com/2011/03/new-data-breach-incident-at-leicester-city-council/) Data Security: Data security is very important as it ensures that data of a given company or institution is protected against the deliberate or accidental access of data by unauthorized people. Breaching of data security can bring a company or an institution down to its knees. Care should therefore be taken to ensure that data security is taken ...

1. Introduction

Computer hard disk drives are storage devices for digital data. The digital data is stored on high-speed rotating magnetic surfaces. They are non-volatile and use the random access technique to access data stored on them. It consists of fast rotating discs which have magnetic surfaces onto which data is stored. They are permanently mounted on the computers and cannot be easily detached like floppy disks. It is known as hard disk drive as both the disk and the drive are contained inside the same unit. The costs of hard disk drives have fallen in the last few years and ...

Qsn 1

In order for the above updates to be done, the following infrastructure is to be put down. Updates using Web forms need codes for creating forms, in the codes there is need to implement the use of javascript which will be taking care of the delay and the automatic updating.

The computers which are to be used for the updates are 12 in total. Each computer has two CPUs and there is one main server which is quad core (has four processors). It handles the operation of all the other computers in the system. Out of the twelve computers, ...

Introduction

Computer forensics is a growing branch in the field of computer science and information technology. Occasionally, organizations, big or small, would require an audit of their information systems (Carrier, 2005). This is where the computer forensic experts come in.

This paper is meant to give a clear understanding of some of the tasks involved in computer forensics. Description of activities and tasks involved in investigation, documentation as well as reporting has been captured in the paper. The last part of the paper is a brief analysis of expert witness’s challenges as well as a sample courtroom scenario.

Types of equipment that should be packed in a field tool kit and the rationale behind the choices

The tool kit for the ...