Introduction:-
Today organizations are facing with a wide range of potential threats to their information security (IS), are increasingly interested in high level security of it. One of the best ways to estimate, achieve and maintain security of information is an Information Security auditing. Auditing is a complex and many-stpes process involving high-qualified experts in IS, what makes it a quite expensive process. There are many types of audit, including certain security standards (e.g. ISO 27K) compliance audits. Generally, information security audit is conducted in the following steps:
1. Scoping and pre-audit survey: finding the main area of focus; establishing audit objectives.
2. Planning and preparation: usually made an audit plan/checklist.
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The knowledge in expert systems, commonly represented in form of IF-THEN type-rules, may be either expertise or knowledge that is generally available from written sources. We think that in IS field, along with human knowledge, security standards’ (ISO/IEC, COBIT and ITIL, in particular) recommendations can also serve as a source of expertise and may be translated into rules. Some of advantages of the use of expert systems, particularly in IS field are: • Reduced cost. Development of an expert system is relatively inexpensive. Taking into consideration an opportunity of repeated use by multiple organizations, the cost of the service per client is greatly lowered.
• Increased availability. Expert knowledge becomes available using any suitable device at any time of the day. Web-based expert systems open up ability to access expertise from any Internet connected device.
• Multiple expertise. Using knowledge from multiple sources increases total level of expertise of the system. In case of IS, a combination of number of security standards’ recommendations and knowledge of several independent specialists could be
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“Figure 1” shows the overall picture of the considered expert system, which consists of five parts: Database, interface for experts, interface for risk managers, interface for analytics and interface for information security officers. At first, we will get started with the description of Database. It contains questions, the list of users, answers, question weights, risk levels, recommendations, analysis results and tools. It is a main component of the Expert system, as each other component directly interacts with it. Top of the figure above is an interface for the target company. Employees are divided into categories. Interface for Information security experts/professional is shown on second part. Experts pass authorization phase, after that they determine the ranges for questions as set of linguistic variables like LOW, MEDIUM and HIGH that is relevant to set of numeric values. Third part presents an interface for risk managers. It is the same as for experts: the authorization and evaluation of risk level for questions. Fourth part shows the interface for analytics: authorization and own interface, in which analytics can run different calculations of results and take output results. Interface for providing recommendations based on the outputs by the Information Security Officer is shown in sixth
Hi, Todd, how do you do? I hope my message finds you well. Regarding your request, we - GI_SSC_OM_S1 and GI_SSC_MFGPTS_S1 squads - only will be able to answer the Security and Risk questionnaire after we access the environment of our clients, that only will occur when Chris Maurer validates the data we sent to him from application owners and he informs us how we must to procede to start the access procedures without violate the export regulations rules from IBM. As we only receive part of the list that we sent to application owners (AO) yet, we have two situations right now: some data still under verification by AO and others under validation of Chris, as the graph bellow: Our PO and SLL are aware of this situation.
Goal In this lab the goal was to set GPOs and PSOs for the Windows Server 2012 box that we had set up in the previous lab. Group policies allowed us to manage the settings and configurations on the domain bound machines as well as fine tune the password complexity requirements. I had already set up multiple GPOs for my machines prior to starting this lab, so all I really had to do was add in any additional GPOs as well as create the Password Setting Objects. Windows Server 2012:
Do we have a backup power system for our offices? Protection of customer personal information (in addition to security measures stated elsewhere in this audit checklist) 54. Do we only giving access to personal information to a person who is verified to be able to receive that information? 55.
With widespread use of internet services, the network scale is expanding on daily basis and as the network scale increases so will the scale of security threats which can be applied to system connected to the network. Viruses and Intrusions are amongst most common threats that affects computer systems. Virus attacks can be controlled by proper antivirus installation and by keeping the antivirus up to date. Whereas any unauthorized access in the computer system by an intruder can be termed as Intrusion and controlled by IDS. Intruders can be grouped into two major categories which are external and internal Intruders.
Marques Underwood INSS 391 Security and the Future With the transition of companies leaning towards advancing through the usage of big data, cybersecurity and the trends in technology are creating an increase in threats. The goal is to protect the databases and devices used at these companies before they are hacked and compromised for unwanted reasons. We’ll see the general concerns with security in the IT field, and steps that specific companies are taking to prevent and adopt to the landscape of the future in security. Devices are increasing at a rapid pace these days, meaning the more data is being expanding.
They also handle all aspects of information security. This includes teaching others about computer security, inspecting for security violations,
It also helps in performing forensic analysis on networks and computer systems and make recommendations for remediation. Implementation involves application, maintaining and analyzing results from intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention system, network mapping software and other tools that can be used to protect, detect and correct information security-related vulnerabilities and laws. Implementation can also be said to provide audit data to appropriate law enforcement or other investigation agencies to include corporate security elements. The implementation also involves coordinate dissemination of forensic analysis findings to appropriate
1. Policies governing the network insecurities which include Email and communications policy, Remote Access Policy, BYOD Policy and Encryption policy 2. User accounts management through training and assigning of user roles depending on their access levels to information in the organization. 3. Setting up workstations and assigning every user a workstation.
The Information Security Manager reports in their capacity to the CEO. Company officers, executives, directors, employees, contractors and third party service providers cooperate and work with the Information Security Manager to ensure the protection of customer’s non-public information and Licensee’s Information Assets. Policies, such as Enterprise Antivirus Program, Network Access, Software Development Security Standards, Physical Security, Vendor Manangmenet Ativirus, Mobile Computing/Remote Access, Inromation Security Risk Assessment, Social Media, Data Loss Prevention, and Secuiryt Incident Response Policies have been implemented to protect customer’s non-public personal information and company Information
I need go through last year audit file and report to gain understanding of the entity, its nature, the principal activities carried on, accounting policies, and critical audit area And test checked trial balance, balance sheet and profit or loss statement to general ledger to ensure they are agree to each other because there is possible clients make changes in general ledger after financial statement has been prepared. I also need checked the opening balance of balance sheet items with last year audit report to ensure the amounts are agreed with last audited figure. Before do the audit, I need fill in audit control sheet then do audit planning and planning materiality
An IT audit is the examination and evaluation of an organization's information technology infrastructure, policies and operations. Information technology audits determine whether IT controls protect corporate assets, ensure data integrity and are aligned with the business's overall goals. 1.2.2 Objectives IT audit objectives concentrate on substantiating that the internal controls exist and are functioning as expected to minimize business risk. These audit objectives include assuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, as well as the confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Expertise is important in the sense that it allows individuals to establish themselves in the society. Not only does expertise help people make a living, but also allow people to make achievement and earn respect. In the articles, the three authors share their insights on the path to gain expertise and the pitfalls to avoid. One point that all three authors agree upon is that expertise is the specialized knowledge or skill acquired through lots of training and practices.
Tasks:2 Make a critical reflection on any two areas of knowledge (knowledge base) in International social work practice. Social workers are often very concerned even when faced with situations that require effective decision-making. To achieve this, more information and knowledge must be obtained so that the quality of decisions taken is the most effective in the best interests of its clients.
h. Preventive controls such as proper training and educating employees so they understand to never use a USB if they don’t know where it came from or what is on it. Antimalware or spyware software can be used for security protection. i. Preventive controls such as proper training and implementation of CIRT so that employees know where to go when an attack occurs. Corrective controls such as practicing the incident response plan and alert process can help when attacks occur and help identify gaps in the plan so they can be fixed for when a real attack happens. j. Preventive controls such as testing the systems and securing access by requiring proper verification of the users attempting to obtain dial-in access.
3-How is infrastructure protection (assuring the security of utility services) related to information security? The organization has to set regulation and have clear parameters when to protect itself. Transparent goals and objectives will lead to a better protection regarding to the information security. 5-What are