In the first place, many companies are currently on the same shape as International Produce, because they did not have a plan which can deal with confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) related incidents. Not only, International Produce has no regulatory requirements that would have made incident response planning a priority, but also this company needs to understand that Incident response is not a standalone item, but must rest on a foundation of policies and an ability to properly determine what an incident is and when one has occurred. Furthermore, “The purpose of security incident response is to bring needed resources together in an organized manner to deal with an adverse event known as an “incident” that is related to the safety and or security of the information system. The security incident response process is centered on the preparation, detection and analysis, containment, investigation, eradication, recovery, and post incident activity surrounding such an incident” (Johnson, 2013). Moreover, planning and preparedness must come before the incident, but in the case of International Produce is too late since the increase in networking traffic was not perceived as problematic until it was noticed that the traffic was not coming from Mongolia to Boston but was instead traveling from Boston to Mongolia. Given these points, an incident response consultant should assist to review available resource to solve this incident, organize step to take in order to properly assess the situation, and mitigate all legal arrangements involving theft of intellectual property.
First, business practices required a computer incident response team (CIRT) to ensure that there is a capability to provide help to users when a security ...
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...ken offline and the physical disk(s) stored properly, but also time is of the essence for collection procedures. Another factor in forensic is the evidence Retention, CIRT should establish a chain of custody to document who has had custody from time of discovery to presentation in court. Additional evidence such as logs from firewalls, IDS, and sniffers are useful, and all systems should use Network Time Protocol or other form of authoritative time stamps. Additionally, accountability is the foundation for incident response and forensics, and logging is the way to produce full accountability in case of an incident. Also, the primary way of protecting logs is via file-system permissions, and the process writing the log should only be able to write. Then, administrators should only be able to read logs. Other approaches include WORM media such as CD-ROM and printers.
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)
There were various emergency incidents occurred at the local, and national, as well as international level. In this, an incident related to the crime in which Joyce Mitchell is accused for providing contraband and charged with aiding two convicted killers in their Shawshank Redemption-style jailbreak can be considered as a serious issue in the communities. Additionally, the case of Joyce Mitchell that has been transferred back near to her old workplace to await trial will be moved from Rensselaer County Jail to the Clinton County Jail in Plattsburgh because of the criminal nature and planning to escape from the jail (Calabrese, 2015). This incident is starting from June 6 when Joyce Mitchell was allegedly planned to help Richard Matt and David Sweat to escape from Clinton Prison in Dannemora. However, Richard Matt was killed by a tactical team of law enforcement officers in Malone, N.Y. on June 26 and Sweat was captured and shot in nearby Constable on June 28.
Once the IR team arrives on the scene, they will investigate and determine if an incident should formally be declared. If an incident is declared, the IR team will notify upper management and the necessary emergency
It has over 25 offices in the United States and its website states St Moritz offers many different types of security services. This includes Security Guard Services, Loss Prevention Services, Jewelry Escort Services, National Services, Investigative Services, Special Event Services, ATM Escort Services and other Specialized Services. St Moritz Security Services Inc. conveys its mission statement as: “Security service is not the same for every customer; therefore, St. Moritz does not offer a generic, pre-packaged service. St Moritz develops security programs while working closely with the customer to develop the program that most fits their individual needs. Standard Operation Procedures can then be developed and implemented so the security officers may understand the security needs for that customer.”
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
The model of American governance is based on multiple levels authority that begin with local government, extend to state government, and finally expand to the federal government. Each level of government has different jurisdictions, responsibility, and spheres of influence. While they seemingly operate on different levels the servicers they are responsible for can often overlap creating an interdependence between them (Liesbet, 2003). This interdependence between the various tiers of government is especially critical when it comes to emergency management. A critical incident, such as natural disaster or terrorist event, requires a coordinated effort by local, state, and federal agencies to be effective. Additionally, governmental agencies rely on and need to work well with community, non-profit, and private entities to prepare and response to critical incidents (Sylves, R. (2015).
Create a team with the following areas of expertise: Human Resources (HR), Legal, Technology, and other key business lines. The HR, Legal, and Technology team members will have a good understanding of the current policies related to information security. Moreover, such a team will be a fair representation of each area of the organization. Information Security Awareness needs to be an organizational-wide effort and must be presented in the same manner. (Wilson, M. & Hash, J,2003)
This team main duty is to help a company handling some major’s issues such as power outage, computer and networks failure, data breaches, and much more. Kim and Solomon (2018) also stated that “This group is responsible for protecting sensitive data in event of natural disasters and equipment failure, among other potential emergencies” (p.183). An incident response team role is not just limited to handle a negative event. This team also will conduct an after-action review to find out any deficiency for improvement. Ruefle (2007) emphasized that “computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) are also involved in improvement activities.
When it comes to protecting an infrastructure, careful planning and coordination needs to take place. Protecting an infrastructure takes an important security initiative called Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP). The United States critical infrastructure is protected by the Department of Homeland Security.
Infrastructure Protection Plan Jasmeih Green Theories of Security Management July 23, 2017 Infrastructure Protection Plan Phase 1: Memo To: Chief Information Officer From: Information Systems Security Director Date: July 23, 2017 Subject: National Infrastructure Protection Plan As an “ Information Systems Security Manager” I find that the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) provides the binding structure to the reconciliation of the existing and future Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) insurance endeavors and flexibility techniques into a national program that will allow to accomplish this objective. The NIPP structure underpins the prioritization of protection and versatility activities, and speculations
In the contemporary world, organizations are increasingly under pressure to secure their systems against cyber-attacks that could cripple their operations. While advancements in information technology have enhanced business efficiency and profitability, they have also exposed businesses to new and emerging threats. Currently, they allocate millions of dollars to purchase and maintain programs aimed at preventing virus and malware attacks against their systems. Inevitably, technology-dependent organizations should embrace security awareness as part of their corporate culture. In the modern context, security lapses could cost organizations lots of money, valuable data, and crippled operations.
The use of computers in homes, schools, offices, and other places has increased in the past few years due to technological developments. As computers have become important components of modern communication, their increased use has also led to the emergence of computer crimes. Computer crimes basically involve the use of a computer system to carry out an illegal activity. In attempts to lessen the frequency and impact of computer crimes, law enforcement agencies use computer forensic to investigate these offenses. Actually, computer crimes are governed by specific laws and dealt with through conducting a computer forensic investigation (Easttom & Taylor, 2011, p.337). Notably, a computer forensic investigation is usually carried out through the use of computer forensic tools, which help in collection of evidence based on the specific offense.
What did they do ? Before we talk about it any further, we have to know some definitions that we use in digital forensics and digital evidence, not only two of them but the others too. This chapter will explain about it . Before we talk about it any further, we have to know the definition of what we are talking about. In the introduction we already know what digital forensic and digital evidence shortly are. In this chapter, we will more explore what they are, and some state that we found when we search about digital forensic and digital evidence. Computer forensics is a broad field and applied to the handling of crimes related to information technology. The goal of computer forensic is to securing and analyzing digital
To establish accurate metrics is very critical, which is mostly required for an organization’s incident response capability to obtain the proper budget required. In most of organizations ultimate users may report an incident through one of three avenues. This three avenues may be their immediate supervisor, the corporate help desk (or local Information Technology department if there is no formal help desk), or an incident hotline managed by the Information Security entity. Typically, employee-related issues are reported to a supervisor or directly to the local Human Resources department while end users report technical issues to the help desk.
The nation has become dependent on technology, furthermore, cyberspace. It’s encompassed in everything we deliver in our daily lives, our phones, internet, communication, purchases, entertainment, flying airplane, launching missiles, operating nuclear plants, and implicitly, our protection. The more ever-growing technology empower Americans, the more they become prey to cyber threats. The United States Executive Office of the President stated, “The President identified cybersecurity as one of the top priorities of his administration in doing so, directed a 60-day review to assess polices.” (United States Executive Office of the President, 2009, p.2). Furthermore, critical infrastructure, our network, and internet alike are identified as national assets upon which the administration will orchestrate integrated cybersecurity policies without infringing upon and protecting privacy. While protecting our infrastructure, personal privacy, and civil liberties, we have to keep in mind the private sector owns and operates the majority of our critical and digital infrastructure.