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Introduction To Information Security What is Information Security? Protection of  information resources Necessary for responsible individual or organization to secure confidential information Minimize business risk and consequences of losing cr... Wesley Qua
Week 1: Introduction Defining Security The security of a system, application, or protocol is always relative to: A set of desired properties An adversary with specific capabilities For example, standard file access permissions in Linux an... Annie Phan
Security Notes Security Basics Vulnerability -  A weakness in a security system i.e policy, procedure, design or implementation that may be exploited to cause loss or harm Attack surface - Sum of all vulnerabilities in a given ... Gaurav Sehgal
CyberSecurity Insights America's first national cybersecurity policy, National Security Decision Directives or NSDD 145, was implemented on September 17, 1984, inspired by the WarGames movie. This policy outlined a comprehensive directive t... Allison Jones-Turner
Comp System Sec Lecture One - T|M GOALS AND ADVERSARY Security, in general, is all about achieving some goal when there is an adversary present, The best way to think about security is to break it up into three parts Policy  &nb... Davie Crellin
Introduction Exploiting the vulnerability : Using the failure of the system to violate the site security policy.Unexpected behavior are considered "program security flaw" : Fault : Programming errorFailure : deviation from unexpec... Soul Blaze
Cyber Security What is cyber security? It's the protection of computer systems, networks and data from criminal activity. There are multiple processes, practices and technologies that are designed to protect networks, computer progr... Holly Howell
Untitled NETWORK AND INFORMATION SECURITY (CI7130) REVISION LECTURE Eckhard Pfluegel & Martin Tunnicliffe Announcements • The coursework is in the process of being marked • Should be ready early next week • Exam: Friday, May 1... ifesi.ogbuehi
Security Risk Management The primary security goals an objectives are contained within the CIA triad Confidentiality - Ensure data is accessible only to authorised users. Integrity - Ensure data has not been modified by unauthorised users Ava... CJ FORD
Computer Security Definition Computer Security deals withPREVENTION - taking measures to prevent asset from being damagedDETECTION - taking measures to detect who, how and where caused the damage to the assetREACTION - taking measures to recover ... Bhagya Prasad
Untitled unauthorised access/ hacking  black hat hacking  without owners permission remote sysyems White hat hacking is where companies pay hackers to find vunerabilities and hack the comany system Grey hat hacking i... Isabelle Trotter
Untitled Unauthorized access/hacking   unatuhorized access is where users attempt to gain access to remote systems without permission of the owner this is illegal and his called "black hat" hacking.hacking that is legally... Morgan Lessells
Untitled Physical security measures prevents user physically getting taccess to an it system and potentially stealing data includes electronic swipe cards, locking the devices to a secure cable, cctv Electronic swipe lock Stor... Isabelle Trotter
Data Breach Case Study - Equifax - created from Mind Map Vulnerability Exploitation Lessons Learned Vivek Sarkale
Untitled Security What is symmetrical encryption? ·          Secret key using numbers, words or random words that are applied to a text of a message to change the content. · &n... Rogerio Waldner
CyberSecurity CyberSecurity-1 - 24th August 2017 The key to realising  the dream of tre digital India by - Ankit Fadia   1.Tor -Orbot app is used to hide your identity and IP of the device and allows you to behave like an... Yogita Bugade
Untitled Shouldering  shouldering  is where someone looks over your shoulder or you look over their shoulder and collect important information. Blagging  blagging is the act of creating and using an in... Tegan Long
Untitled Taking stock of your information assets Before you can take steps to protect your corner of cyberspace, you need to know what information you have that needs protection: your information assets. Compile a list, perhap... maria is
Fundamental Design Decision First Fundamental Design DecisionIn a given application, should the protection mechanisms in a computer system focus ondataoperationsusers Second Fundamental Design DecisionIn which layer of the computer system should... Bhagya Prasad
Untitled unortharised access/hacking - users attempt to gain access, remote systems without permission, 'black hat' hacking   legally performed, testing security of digital systems 'white hat'. also 'gray hat' is where th... Macie Stow
Untitled_1 Experience has shown that the following factors are often critical to the successful implementation of information security within an organization: a) information security policy, objectives, and activities that refle... srikumar.cs
Untitled_2 Experience has shown that the following factors are often critical to the successful implementation of information security within an organization: a) information security policy, objectives, and activities that refle... srikumar.cs
b v Shouldering :     Shouldering is when you appear over someone's shoulder to steal data/info this mainly happens at cash point .       Blagging : Ruby-Anne Taylor
CYBERCRIME - created from Mind Map Cyberbullying Grooming Sexting Angie Castillo
internal threats black hat hacking is when you are unauthorised to be on the system  white hat hacker is when you legally paid to find security weaknesses grey hat hacking is when you hack the system but don't take advantage of i... James Anderson
Untitled attack systemms for thrill or achievement of breaking through a system gain prestige from peers when hacking into overly secure systems cybercrime has no effecive boarders, so everything can be stolen cheaper version ... Isabelle Trotter
Pears of Wisdom - Security Concepts Brainstorm Security Concepts Passwords Phishing/Social Engineering Credit monitoring Network Security OS Security Application Security Penetration Testing Physical Security Multi-factor authentication Authentication/A... Alex Poiry
passwords Disaster recovery: default password: first password given to a user software audit: security policies  staff are expected to behave,  responsibilities  designated individurals who are responsible for di... James Anderson
Untitled Benfits and Drawbacks of using physics security measures    benfits: eletronic swipe cards are only given out to people who are authorized and most likely trusted within the company meaning that it is a secu... Morgan Lessells
reasons for a cyber attack fun/challenge - hackers may attack for the thrill, would like to challenge more higher security things, gain prestigeness from peers and achievement   industrial espionage- steal ideas through finding  there... Macie Stow
Untitled hackers enjoy the process of hacking for the thrill of it, enjoy doing something illegeal. they consider the prestige from their friends an achievement cybercrime has no effective borders so businesses are able to hav... Marcus Langelier
Untitled hackers may attack systems for the thrill,adrenline rush or sense of personal achievment.they may view increased security as a technical challenge  they may get reputation if they are able to hack into secure sys... Morgan Lessells
Untitled 1.) What are the main components of the Internet Security?2.) What is Browser Security3.) What is Network Security4.) What is Information Security5.) Please name 3 of the biggest viruses in computer history6.) How it ... luchipof
security terminology - created from Mind Map Adversary(threat agent)an entity that attacks, or is a threat to a system Attackan assault on system security that derives from an intelligent threat. Countermeasurean action, procedure or technique that reduces a thr... syazwana ali
Controls Internal Program Controls  DBMS access limitationsO/S and Network Controls  Different Users, Different RightsIndependent Control Programs  Virus, Scanners, password checkersDevelopment Controls  Qu... vossashley56
cyber security - created from Mind Map cyber defences encryption cyber attacks Joshua Glover
cybersecurity - created from Mind Map cyberdefences cyberattacks encryption henry hunter
CyberSecurity - created from Mind Map Elements Fundamentals Information security Test Training
Untitled Cyber Security Course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGNZcJ87shQ In this video on Cyber Security Course, you will learn Introduction to cyber security, data security & end point, Installing Kali linux, basic networki... My google Mail

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Computer Security Definition is a useful starting point for the language of prevention, detection and response. For a closer look at security goals, Security Risk Management introduces confidentiality and integrity as part of the CIA triad. Introduction To Information Security also covers the triad, alongside assets, threat actors and risk responses.

Other notes take different approaches. Security Notes includes security basics and vulnerabilities, while the data breach case study on Equifax looks at exploitation and lessons learned. These give you a choice between definitions, wider topic notes and a case study.

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Computer Security Definition is a useful starting point if you want to review basic terms. It sets out prevention, detection and response in relation to computer security. From there, Security Risk Management introduces security goals, including confidentiality and integrity, as part of the CIA triad.

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The notes cover security definitions, risk management, vulnerabilities and threat actors. There is also a data breach case study on Equifax, with material on exploitation and lessons learned. You can choose a broad introduction or focus on a particular topic that appears in the list.

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