Information systems have become rampant in current times and by default, the use of said technology has been widespread in the usage to manage countless items of personnel and organizational data. In fact, this data may contains items such as organizational proprietary information, financial information, and/or personal information that in the hands of others, can arguable be harmful to the data owner(s). It is well known that organizations rely and have increasingly become reliant on technology to conduct business operations (Herath, Herath, & Bremser, 2010). Consequently, security measures are necessary to protect organizational information from both inside and outside entities of an organization. The protection and security of organizational information is under constant threat and mitigation measures are necessary to ensure information is protected from unauthorized users. Additionally, governmental agencies have developed regulations that mandate minimal standards necessary for organizations to protect information.
Furthermore, organizations like the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, otherwise known as ISACA, have developed frameworks and communicate best practices that assist an organization in the development and implementation of security control measures tailored to protect organizational information for informational security threats. The author will provide the reader a brief synopsis of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002 and of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and other security regulations that pertain the protection of information and the management of risks. Furthermore, the author will provide a comparative analysis between FISMA and GLBA. Lastly, a summation will be offered describing the differences that occurred before and after the governmental regulations were enacted and provide an
The Patriot Act has been under scrutiny and opposition since its creation following 9/11. When 9/11 struck it was clear that Americas intelligence was lacking in some specific way, but it was translated that America needed greater allowance for gathering information. The Patriot Act was signed on October 26, 2001, very close to 9/11. It can be concluded that the Patriot Act was signed with such extreme ability’s applied, because of how close it was signed after 9/11. The Act Greatly expands the liberty’s if law enforcement in their efforts to gather information, which in turn imposes on the privacy of the American people. The FBI has the ability to study any citizen suspected of terrorism, and has access to all their information. Wire Taps and other invasive action are allowed and granted by the Patriot Act. Was the Patriot Act signed to quickly? Are its measures to extreme? When is the line drawn on how much power the government can have? Is the Patriot Act effective enough that it is necessary? Should we as Americans willing to trade freedom for safety? Can the Patriot Act effectively stop or hinder terrorist attacks; has its stopped enough attacks to be validated? Another question is does America want a government that has that much power, how much are we as Americans willing to sacrifice, and how much more liberty’s is the government going take. If the government can pass the patriot act, what other legislation can they pass? In reality it all comes down to the American people, we are democracy but do we have the power in are hands? When finding all these questions one asks do we need an act that is in fact this controversial? Is the Patriot Act a necessary evil? To find this answer we have to answer all the questio...
About 15 million United States residents have their identities and information used fraudulently each year. Along the use of their identities, they also had a combined financial loss totaling up to almost $50 billion. Major companies such as Apple, Verizon, Target, Sony, and many more have been victims of consumer information hacking. In each of the cases, millions of consumers’ personal information has been breached. In the article “Home Depot 's 56 Million Card Breach Bigger Than Target 's” on September 18, 2014, 56 million cards were breached due to cyber attackers. Before the Home Depot attack, Target had 40 million cards breached. Company’s information is constantly being breached and the consumers’ are the ones who end up having to pay the price. If a company cannot protect the information it takes, then it should not collect the information.
Security helps the organization meet its business objectives or mission by protecting its physical and financial resources, reputation, legal position, employees, and other tangible and intangible assets through the selection and application of appropriate safeguards. Businesses should establish roles and responsibilities of all personnel and staff members. However, a Chief Information Officer should be appointed to direct an organization’s day to day management of information assets. Supporting roles are performed by the service providers and include systems operations, whose personnel design and operate the computer systems. Each team member must be held accountable in ensuring all of the rules and policies are being followed, as well as, understanding their roles, responsibilities and functions. Organizations information processing systems are vulnerable to many threats that can inflict various types of damage that can result in significant losses (Harris, 2014). Losses can come from actions from trusted employees that defraud the system, outside hackers, or from careless data entry. The major threat to information protection is error and omissions that data entry personnel, users, system operators and programmers make. To better protect business information resources, organizations should conduct a risk analysis to see what
In the wake of September 11, many things happened very quickly. Along with the beginning of a '"'war'"' against terrorism, an act was passed to help prevent future terrorism in the USA. The name of this is the USA Patriot Act. The act legalizes many surveillance techniques that were once prohibited. The act has been passed without debate, and the new privileges given to our government have not been thoroughly examined. The law enforcers of our country are now capable of monitoring the citizens in ways most people are not aware of. Some of the surveillance laws are self-terminating after four years, but many of the more important laws are permanent. What will these new surveillance laws be used for after the war on terrorism is over? Lee Tien, the Electronic Frontier Foundation staff attorney, suggests that the new rights can be used to put America into a '"'police state'"'. There is a need for checks and balances in the USA Patriot Act to protect the American citizens.
We all love computers; people store important information on their computers whether it is a business or one’s home. Businesses have confidential information stored on their computers.
Every organization, big or small, should have some level of security policy to protect their proprietary information. While the intensity and depth of an organization's security policy depends heavily on the nature of their business, common guidelines are mentioned in this paper that apply to all policies. One of the most important things to remember is that employees are a critical component to a successful security policy. It is the organization's job to ensure that their security policy is widely distributed and understood.
Program will use a risk management approach to develop and implement Information Security policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures that address security objectives in tandem with business and operational considerations. The Information Security Program will develop policies to define protection and management objectives for information assets. The Information Security Program will also define acceptable use of PCS information assets. The Information Security Program will attempt to reduce vulnerabilities by developing policies to monitor, identify, assess, prioritize, and manage vulnerabilities and threats. The management activities will support organizational objectives for mitigating, responding to and recovering from identified vulnerabilities and threats.
The phrase ‘cyber risk’ means jeopardizing an organization’s financial status and revenue due to the advancement in technology (IRM, 2014). The concern with the increase growth in technology, it causes a high risk in security and privacy. Cyber risk may not only occur in big or small organizations, but also data breach in high-profile personnel’s or release of government documents. While businesses and society continue to engage in the use of technology, the potential cyber threat is really underestimated. Cyber risk management will help prevent the release of confidential and personal information to the attackers. Some examples of recent cyber attacks are the massive data breach at Target and the leak of confidential information in Panama.
Whitman, M., & Mattord, H. (2010). Management of information security. (3rd ed., p. 6). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
The uses of computer communications networks technologies have increased the incidents of computer abuse. Due to these incidents, most organizations are facing pressure to protect their assets.
b) Policy & Practice- proven methods and techniques are used to reduce risks and threats.
Nowadays, the information is the most treasured asset in an organization, due to it along with the experience represents the input necessary to take appropriate decisions and consequently to have success in the business. Almost all the information and knowledge related with the processes business, goods and services offered by a company, is processed, managed and stored through technology and information systems, thus the security of information has become increasingly important and plays a critical role in the enterprise government.
Privacy exist wherever personal information or other sensitive information is collected, stored, used, and finally destroyed or deleted – in digital form or otherwise. The challenge of data privacy is to use data while safe-guarding individual's privacy preferences and their personally identifiable information. The fields of computer security, data security, and information security design and utilize software, hardware, and human resources to address this issue.
This report aim to explain how is achieved risk control through strategies and through security management of information.
The first thing that we must consider about Information Security is that there is not a final destination at which we can arrive. IT Security is an ongoing set of processes and activities that requires attention and expertise on a daily basis. It is important to understand that systems are not secured by themselves and it is our responsibility to maintain and improve them periodically as required. It is of vital importance to establish the appropriate mechanisms and requirements in order to support the company’s CIA triad. The following report will provide you guidance about auditing and hardening techniques applied though the 7 Domains by utilizing IT Security Best Practices.