Immediate Action Plan In light of the discovery that Slippery Slope’s application server has been compromised for some time now, the first step we will need to take is to isolate the server from the web server and database server. Keeping the server online any longer could potentially exacerbate the situation. The responsibility of this rests with Mike, as he is responsible for all the servers we have. Additionally, he’ll be required to take an image of the server in question so that we can conduct the necessary analysis to determine the root cause of this occurrence. Since taking the server offline would result in the website being brought down, we would require Jill to put up a page when users access our site, informing them that our services are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues. As it has been found that the credentials to access the database server were embedded in the application server code, it is quite possible that the data we have stored has …show more content…
Therefore, a reassessment of the controls we have in place would be necessary. Ed’s previously mentioned tasks, when completed, will lay the foundations for our revamped security system. To supplement this, we will need to rework our security policies and create an incident response plan. This will include creation of a RACI matrix so that everyone is aware what role they play in the successful implementation of this plan. As we are storing credit card data, we should also consider being PCI DSS compliant. This would require us to conduct an audit of our current systems and run it by a checklist to make sure we are up to the required standards of PCI. Furthermore, we will need to appoint a dedicated Chief Information Security Officer whose task will be to develop the company’s long term information security program which will align with the company’s
HSPD-5 is shortened for Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5. This directive states that the United States should be able to operate under a singular national incident management system. Its’ objectives ensure “… that all levels of government have the capability to work effeciently and effectively together…coordination with private and non-governmental sectors for adequete planning, equipment, training, and exercise activitites and to promote partnerships…the gathering of appropriate information and providing it to the public, the private sector, State and local authorities, Federal departments and agencies…” ( Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 2003).
For this final paper, I would like to discuss the historical failures that came into light when Mr. Clifford Stoll (the author of “Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage” book) stumbled upon a $ 0.75 accounting error and the revelations that followed, its potential findings, risks and costs associated and why it is important to address and fix those security holes. Cuckoo’s Egg is an interesting read and the author was successful in presenting to his readers the picture of beginning of Internet days (arpanet, then), network practices then. Despite of the fact that this book describes a real incident that in 1980’s, some of the findings are relevant and torment us even today.
It seems that the website the college has deployed has become a target of a DoS attack or other malware attacks. To help resolve the issue, it is highly critical to implement a trace route to see if all networks are intact and no network has been compromised. Next step would be to install anti-malware, anti-spyware as well as firewalls to help protect against the attacks. Other steps that could be implemented to protect against the attack would be to implement strong and lengthy passwords, even consider encrypting the passwords since it correlates to sensitive data. Other safe practices that can be looked into are security access control measures where students and faculty have inside exposure to the website or in other words to be able to read/write and outsiders just have limited input.
The National Response Framework is a guide designed to assist local, State, and Federal governments in developing functional capabilities and identifying resources based on hazard identification and risk assessment. It outlines the operating structure and identifies key roles and responsibilities. It established a framework to identify capabilities based on resources and the current situation no matter the size or scale. It integrates organizational structures and standardizes how the Nation at all levels plans to react to incidents. The suspected terrorist attack will have health, economic, social, environment and political long-term effects for my community. This is why it is essential that local government’s response is coordinate with all responders. Response doctrine is comprised of five key principles: (1) engaged partnership, (2) tiered response, (3) scalable, flexible, and adaptable operational capabilities, (4) unity of effort through unified command, and (5) readiness to act. An introductory word about each follows. (Homeland Security, 2008)
It is not uncommon for citizens, particular store or business owners to show their gratitude to officers by offering free cups of coffee, free meals, or discounts in exchange for their attentiveness and presence at the store. While the giving of a free cup of coffee may be an innocent gesture and certainly is not the sole contributor to ethical violations, or police corruption, the expectation, by the storeowner, of something in return is what establishes a “slippery slope” (Cheeseman, 2011). What makes a gift a gratuity is the reason it is given; what makes it corruption is the reason it is taken. The acceptance of even the smallest “perks,” such as free coffee, is problematic because it changes the mindset of officers. The slippery slope is corruption that begins with harmless, well intentioned practices and leads, over time, to all manner of crimes-for-profit (Delattre, 2004). If the reason the gratuity is given and taken leads to favoritism, impartiality, and prejudice, then this begins the downward spiral of unethical behavior.
Explain how the concept of whole community is used at the local level of government to mitigate against risk.
January 31, 2017 marks the official end of the investigation regarding the St. Louis Cardinals’ hacking of the Houston Astros’ database. The investigation revealed that the hacker, Chris Correa, worked alone, using a master password list from former Cardinals employees to gain access into the Astros’ system. Many consequences result from this hacking, so the communications team has provided several recommendations to address stakeholder concerns and to ensure that a similar incident will not occur again.
What specific problems does Ball identify that ultimately would make U.S. escalation in Vietnam unsuccessful?
The Healthy Body Wellness Center requires an Information Security Management System (ISMS), in order to implement a plan to maintain and audit the company 's information system security objectives. This necessitated outlining the scope of the ISMS plan as well as an evaluation of the risk assessment conducted by We Test Everything LLC (WTE). We Test Everything LLC was contracted by the Healthy Body Wellness Center 's (HBWC) Office of Grants Giveaway (OGG) to provide a risk assessment of the Small Hospital Grant Tracking System (SHGTS).
Most American citizens, if asked, would say that sex trafficking is an issue that happens on foreign land, not here in America. Many American’s believe that slavery was abolished years ago, but modern day slavery is happening in this country and internationally every day right under our noses. The startling fact, is that sex trafficking happens within our borders, and in our very own towns at a much higher rate than anyone would imagine. Sex trafficking occurs when people, usually women and children, are coerced into the sex trade against their will (TVPA, 2013). Many traffickers target weak, vulnerable people who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and have a history of abuse; however anyone can potentially be trafficked (The Polaris Project, 2014). Many traffickers lure their prey in with false promises of love, money, or security, and then the victims are instead faced with lies, debt bondage, violence, physical and mental manipulation, and abuse (The Polaris Project, 2014). In today’s world many of our social issues, such as human trafficking, are made worse by the general lack of education, resources, and information available to the public and to victims. I propose a policy that will help 180 Turning Lives Around provide comprehensive and much needed services to victims of sex trafficking, as well as educate the community and law enforcement officials in order to help end modern day slavery in America.
The twenty-four recommendations that were listed in Guarding the Gate to Thwart Cyber Attacks, by Kevin Hamel, reflects similar points stated by Servidio and Taylor in Safe and Sound: Cybersecurity for Community Banks. Some of these recommendations includes using a hardened PC for online banking, reviewing banking transactions daily, and applying limits to eliminate financial losses. A company must first create a program to ensure the customer can rely and trust the safety measures established. Cybersecurity incorporates several individuals whom work together to protect the privacy of others. Customers also play an important role in developing their own safety. Its recommended that they continue to check their account history and background
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
Unfortunately, hacktivists that were threatening DTL Power managed to penetrate our defenses and take over part of our system. This threat actor was not in our system for a long period of time but was still able to affect the uptime of our system.
The Schlieffen Plan was devised by Count Alfred von Schlieffen, the Chief of the General Staff in the German army in 1905. There were a number of different aspects to the Schlieffen Plan, and all were aimed at defeating France as quickly as possible, preferably in under 6 weeks. The Germans believed this was possible because they had defeated France in Alsace and Lorraine in the 1871. The main aim of the Schlieffen Plan was to knock out and capture France and then attack Russia in order to avoid fighting a war on two fronts at the same time.
As established by PCI DSS, our company needs to include different aspects to securely handle and store credit cards information. From the perspective of the Information Security Analyst we must to consider the following points: