Without human factors, random passwords, system-selected passwords, and long passwords can be considered as secure as compared to passwords based on names, passwords selected by user, and long short passwords. In addition, the habit of forcing users to make changes to password frequently and requisition for users to have different passwords for different entries should be adequate in efforts to fighting unsecure access. However, human factor is an issue that cannot be ignored in the contemporary society. This is because when the above restrictions have been implemented on a system, the users are forced to write down their passwords in order to be able to retrieve them whenever they seem to forget. Either on yellow stickers pasted on stations, cheat slip in the user's upper drawer, or on a file in the hard disk, the users find it hard to resist the urge to write down the passwords thus exposing their systems further.
Hence, this implies that in designing websites access, designers and security administrators need to consider most of the users who have limited memories. In any case, the only people who are known to be able to remember many extended strings of arbitrary elements are
…show more content…
However, it has been largely underestimated in the modern society with 85% of firms in the modern times being forced to experience an internal incident regarding their information security and websites. These incidences are sometimes serious as some firms end up losing their sensitive information to unauthorized individuals and others having their systems destroyed. Some surveys done in the recent past by Panko (2008) reveal that the most common types of threats to system security from inside a firm involve vulnerabilities and flaws existing in software applications, unintended leaks of data due to errors caused by human beings, and the theft or the loss of mobile and handheld
• Describing Property – The initial term that would have to be given prominence in the search warrant, is describing the property to be searched. In the present case, it is computer and it shall be identified and described. Such a description would require that details be given that the computer model is "serial number: AL1002001; model: XYZ2" and it has been logged as an evidence in relation to the case against Miranda. Further inclusion has to be made of the fact that it is presently "stored at the Anywhere Police Department located at 123 Anywhere Street, Anywhere, VA 12345". • Data related to computer – The second term that needs to be considered in the search warrant is the data which can stored and removed from a digital media.
now if we use hash and because of its onewayness it is impossible to get back the password. If we use pure hash in the password and encrypt it, it can be broken easily by exhaustive search so that is why we have add some randomness to the password before the hash function is applied. The randomness is stored with the password hash. So now instead of pure hash and pure password we store the hash o/p of password chosen by me and some random number chosen by the system. From now whenever we use the password the system associates with the random number and gives access.
In addition, the business data will be stored on these devices, being or not protected only by the individual security awareness of each employee. Therefore, it is likely that the confidentiality of corporate data will be compromised if an employee’s device is lost or stolen. Take Godiva, a chocolate manufacturer, as an example. On November 25, 2014, they notified employees of the company of a data breach when a Human Resources employee, who was traveling to retail sites, had a briefcase stolen from a car. The briefcase contained a laptop that had employee information on it.
When creating a password it must be complex enough to not be guessed easily. It is believed that strong passwords they are based on length and being random. When creating a password you should use the following: • Personally identifiable information ( your dog's name,
This infrastructure is also not ideal in that every system uses the same username and password. In a production infrastructure each system should have unique and secure
Access Issues 2. Mitigating risk 3. Messaging security 4. Corrupt Data 5.
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.
I’m thinking of my thoughts as I write my thoughts on this paper and, I’m aware of my thoughts as I imagine you reading this paper. This, in a nut shell, is what metacognition is about. This paper will formally define metacognition and give examples.
Q5) (a) Password policy: SQL Server verification server login and secret key approach can apply. Login and secret word are not the same regarding security is extremely viable. SQL new businesses • SQL server administration studio gives three choices for the above logins • Implement secret key strategy • Keeping in mind the end goal to keep up the security of information, we can change the secret key or are made, when the need to put a touch befuddling. • at the point when the approach is empowered all the prerequisite ought to be meet • Eight characters ought to be in the secret word •
In the year 2009, Verizon Business RISK team submitted a Data Breach Investigation Report [2], this report analyzed 90 data breaches occurring in the year 2008. According to nonprofit consumer organization Privacy Right Clearing house [3], the United states have a total of 227,052,199 records of confidential personal information between the year January 2005 and May 2008.Organizations require a set of laws and rules to protect their confidential information. Some of the laws are Sarnes-Oxley Act (SOX) [4], HIPPA [5], and Gramm-Leach Bliley act [6]. All these laws focus on specific type of business information. Some recent leakage incidents selected from [4].All these data leakage incidents point out that, organizations should focus more on their security
We domicile in a digital era where computer technology is rapidly advancing and reshaping the cyber world, both government and private sectors are heavily reliant on information systems/ computers to execute everyday operations. As time progresses private/government sectors and business are encountering emit cyber threats which penetrate and compromise network databases in all entities. However, with each mandated patch designed to encapsulate the vulnerability follows a newer more sophisticated version of the latter threat. Even then entities continue overlooking the severity of operating infrastructures with diminutive security and no systematic measures; when consumer proprietary and sensitive data are developed, contained, and transmitted
This makes the management a very severe cyber threat.
It is essential that non-technical managers fully understand the importance of the three main areas of accountability, with regards to their company’s information security. Gelbstein (2013, p.27) points out that one of the difficulties with this is that a company’s management is usually in different organizational structures, and do not always get to talk to one another. The three main areas of accountability that I will discuss further are data related, systems related, and people related. Each area is an important element needed to defend companies’ data against unauthorized access, disclosure, use, deletion, etc.
The evolution of computers and technologies used in communications has prompted the wide-ranging use of computers in relatively every part of life in the world. Computers today are linked with every facet of life from the government, education, commercial industries among others. Accessibility of internet services has also added to the spread of computer use by people at home. In any case, because of the expanded access to the internet by people, computers create opportunities for security issues, for example, identity theft and hacking by criminals.
People from different sections of the universe are interacting, collaborating, socializing and doing other different activities via internet, which in turn exposes their personal information in cyberspace. Lack of knowledge and cyber security awareness makes these people to be vulnerable to hackers and other malicious players who use the cyber environment. These has been supported by Furnell, Bryan, Phippton, (2007) when they argued that personal or individual internet users are highly exposed to security threats while using their own home computers. It is therefore important that internet users should have clear understanding of all the risks of using internet, the importance of protecting their personal information and the outcome if this is not done