All pages tagged with infosec
Introduction to the NSA Infosec Assessment Methodology (IAM)
On May 22, 1998 President Clinton signed Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PPD 63). This directive outlined the civilian and governmental responsibility of protecting the US Critical Infrastructure and established the ...
Written by: Mitchell Rowton and added on April 2, 2011The security risks and ways to decrease vulnerabilities in a 802.11b wireless environment
<font size="3"><b>Introduction</b></font><br></br><br> This document explains topics relating to wireless networks. The main topics discussed include, what type of vulnerabilities exist today in 802.11 networks and ways that you can help ...
Written by: Richard Johnson and added on May 6, 2011Application of the NSA INFOSEC Assessment Methodology
This paper will look at the structure of the NSA INFOSEC Assessment Methodology and provide an example of the use of the IAM for a fictitious firm, GIAC International Schools, ...
Document added on Feb. 8, 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, 2011Global war on local Administrator
All seemed to be going well. The users' privileges have been minimized. User was not able to log on another user's workstation. No other programs than business-purposed were installed on ...
Written by: Sergey V. Gordeychik and added on May 11, 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, 2011Information Security, The New Niche
<b><font size="3">Introduction</font></b><br><br> Information is now not being stored in hardcopy format in boxes upon boxes of paper and kept in light and humidity controlled rooms somewhere beneath the earth. It ...
Written by: Philip Buckley and added on April 4, 2011