All pages tagged with incident
I Think Our Internet Connection is Down
The following is a case analysis of a real incident that was uncovered while trying to assist a small company with a supposed down Internet connection. The particular organization published ...
Written by: Raymond Hillen III and added on May 3, 2011The Use of Case Law in Negotiating the Acceptance of Post Secondary Computer Policies
One of the most important initiatives that an organization will undertake is the development of Acceptable Use Computer Policies. The Computer Security Specialist is usually confronted with a situation where ...
Written by: George B. Koszegi and added on May 13, 2011Ethereal and NMap
This is the first in a series of excerpts from chapter 7 of Incident Response, published in August 2001 by O'Reilly. This excerpt covers two tools used by hackers to ...
Written by: Richard Forno and Kenneth R. van Wyk and added on March 14, 2011Event Correlation in Security
In the deep and somewhat muddy sea of security marketing terms, correlation appears to be the current pack leader, closely chased by intrusion prevention. In this paper we will try ...
Written by: Anton Chuvakin and added on March 1, 2011Site Security Handbook
This handbook is a guide to developing computer security policies and procedures for sites that have systems on the Internet. The purpose of this handbook is to provide practical guidance ...
Written by: B. Fraser and added on March 25, 2011Computer Security Basics
<font size="3"><b>Computer security</b></font><br><br> <i>1. What is computer security?</i><br> Computer security is the process of preventing and detecting unauthorized use of your computer. Prevention measures help you to stop unauthorized users ...
Written by: Manu Arian and added on May 31, 2011A Holistic Approach to Incident Prevention
<b>Introduction</b><br><br> As IT Security professionals struggle to respond to the increasing threats posed against their networks, too often, the approach taken consists of various silo projects aimed at eliminating one ...
Written by: Stephen Hendrie and added on Jan. 16, 2011Defense Against the DoS/DDoS Attacks on Cisco Routers
<br><font size="3"><b>Abstract</b></font><br> <i> DoS/DDoS attacks are a virulent, relatively new type of Internet attacks, they have caused some biggest web sites on the world -- owned by the most famous ...
Written by: Hang Chau and added on July 6, 2011Network Security - Defense Against DoS/DDoS Attacks
<font size="3"><b>Abstract</b></font><br><i> DoS/DDoS attacks are a virulent, relatively new type of Internet attacks, they have caused some biggest web sites on the world -- owned by the most famous E-Commerce ...
Written by: Hang Chau and added on June 5, 2011Denial of Service (DOS) Attacks
During the release of a new software product specialized to track spam, ACME Software Inc noticed that there was not as much traffic as they hoped to receive. During further ...
Written by: Jeremy Martin and added on Feb. 16, 2011