All pages tagged with disruption
Will Your Network Pass a Security Audit?
It is a well-known fact that in the Internet-connected world network perimeter vulnerabilities do exist that allow unauthorized individuals access to networks and provide the ability to disrupt business continuance. ...
Written by: Michael Bruck and added on June 22, 2011Disaster Recovery Plan Testing: Cycle the Plan, Plan the Cycle
From a management perspective, the primary objective of Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) testing is to evaluate whether or not the DRP is capable of restoring one or more business-critical processes ...
Written by: Witney Krocker and added on May 22, 2011Corporate Incident Handling Guidelines
Incidents are an unfortunate fact of life in any systems environment. They can be extremely visible and disruptive (eg: widespread virus outbreaks) or entirely unnoticed but extremely damaging (eg: loss ...
Written by: David Theunissen and added on June 13, 2011Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part II: Combat Strategies
This is the second part of a two-part series devoted to social engineering. In Part One, we defined social engineering as a hacker's clever manipulation of the natural human tendency ...
Written by: Sarah Granger and added on Feb. 19, 2011Protecting Your Organization From Electronic Message Viruses
The most important thing to remember about virus protection is that no system is infallible. No matter how good your anti-virus (AV) software is, and how stringent your security processes ...
Document added on April 21, 2011Information System Security Evaluation Team Security Insurance?
Information systems are becoming more complex and ubiquitous. Consequently, the opportunities for compromise increase. Networks once found only in relatively large offices are now found in the smallest of offices. ...
Written by: Bruce Swartz and added on Jan. 28, 2011Slammer: Before, During and After
The internet was built to provide flexibility and easy connectivity, however, these qualities of the Internet raise major security concerns that they could be exploited to disrupt our daily lives. ...
Document added on March 21, 2011Fighting Cyber Terrorism - Where Do I Sign Up?
The only knowledge that we need to be imparted with is to know that every critical system is secured from these cyber terrorists. We need to know that these types ...
Written by: Unknown and added on Feb. 5, 2011The Future of Information Warfare
The present war against terrorism, precipitated by the decidedly low-tech use of airplanes on September 11, is raising the awareness of corporations and individuals in regards to the security of ...
Written by: Carter Gilmer and added on April 8, 2011Securing IP Routing and Remote Access on Cisco Routers
Cisco equipment comprises a large part of the InternetÂ’s infrastructure and is used by many large companies. Routers provide physical connectivity between networks by virtue of their physical attachments to ...
Document added on March 4, 2011