During my internship I worked in the Network Security Operations Center (NSOC), which is in charge of the network stability of the network. NSOC’s focus is to ensure the integrity of MCI’s network and systems as well as the protection of its strategic and intellectual assets through an ongoing concerted program of prevention, detection, investigation and response to fraud and abuse. There is also a team that was more involved with inside of NSOC which is called the Incidence Response Operations Center (IROC). The projects that I took place in were to respond specifically to network security alarms generated by the intrusion detection sensors that are located within the MCI network. These sensors examine packets of data and determine suspicious activity based upon past experience as well as customized triggers. The IROC response capability allows all network security incidents to be analyzed and the appropriate responses initiated as determined by the event’s level of risk. In addition, the IROC security knowledge base, which stores previous incident resolutions, resides within one organization and helps the planning of future security solutions as determined by trending of the actual security alarms. The IROC security analysts utilize an alarm system that presents the alarms with detailed information. It includes the sensor location, signature number, a description of the alarm, a source and destination IP address, severity level, and the date and time stamp. The security analyst investigates the alarm starting with the knowledge base entry if this exists. A knowledge base entry is a resolution that was previously implemented to resolve this type of alarm. If there is no knowledge base entry then the analyst begins to investigate ... ... middle of paper ... ...ures that they use to monitor the network and they felt like several of them which was created years ago may not be needed are might even needed to be modified to fit the network operations of today. This was very difficult starting off trying to apply the knowledge about signatures that I was taught and what I read. I had to rely on a few of our senior engineers to help get through the first couple of signatures and then after I got the hang of it became evident of what I need to do. I was in charge of dissecting thirty signatures and on twenty-two of them changes was made to them regarding the results of my project. There are hundreds of thousands alarms a day and through my results that cut the IDS from triggering on over ninety-five thousands plus alarms. With this such of decline in false positive alarms will make the job for the IROC team easier after I am gone.
Your final report should be a complete report of your internship experiences under the title “How I Evaluate Myself as a Future Criminal Justice Worker,” and may not exceed five typed pages. Describe the extent to which the theoretical knowledge included your course work at the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University contributed to your field practice experience during your internship. Cite at least two SHSU courses. Show what you have learned, indicate how your ideas have changed or been supported, and why. List your strengths and weaknesses and grade yourself on job performance.
Internships completed by students in certain degree programs are quite popular in most colleges and universities. An internship is used so classroom based learning in a degree program can be applied to practical situations in the real world (Jordan, Burns, Bedard & Barringer, 2007). When students are placed with an agency, there is a real possibility that a portion of students will witness actions they believe is unethical or illegal. During a study conducted within four universities, many students that participated in an internship program within the criminal justice system reported that they had observed behavior they suspected to be illegal behavior for a law enforcement agency. (Jordan et al. 2007). Due to this ongoing problem, colleges
Cyber security is the designing, creating, using, and repairing most technological and mechanical equipment. This includes programing and creating new technology before it is mass produced in order to insure safety and quality. It also cover the use of programs to protect and fix technological and mechanical equipment from malfunctions, viruses, and hackers. Lastly, cyber security includes the repairing and upkeep of most electronically designed systems. This job is important because most of today’s world is entirely made up of system that need to be protected, maintained, and constantly improved. This jobs needed in order to keep developed countries stable and able to keep developing,
...ed on how to respond to information security breaches. Regardless of an organization size, there is always the risk of information breaches.
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 1980, James Anderson’s paper, Computer Security Threat Monitoring and Surveillance, bore the notion of intrusion detection. Through government funding and serious corporate interest allowed for intrusion detection systems(IDS) to develope into their current state. So what exactly is IDS? An IDS is used to detect malicious network traffic and computer usage through attack signatures. The IDS watches for attacks not only from incoming internet traffic but also for attacks that originate in the system. When a potential attack is detected the IDS logs the information and sends an alert to the console. How the alert is detected and handled at is dependent on the type of IDS in place. Through this paper we will discuss the different types of IDS and how they detect and handle the alerts, the difference between a passive and a reactive system and some general IDS intrusion invasion techniques.
The security awareness team should review current policies and procedures to ensure that they are satisfactory and current. Strengths and weaknesses of each existing policy should be assessed. If there is an absence of sufficient policies, new policies should be developed. Policies must have a scope, intended audience, a clear instruction, and reasonable disciplinary action for violation of policy. (Wilson, M. & Hash,
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.
This would include developing a process for security collaboration among participating organizations. If a working group of security officers has been formed, this group might continue to meet in order to compare notes on possible security threats to the RHIO, review of activity reports, or to discuss real or alleged incidents involving the data exchange systems. Collaboration among security officers will probably require them to focus on an agreed-upon definition of security incident. The group probably will want to prioritize their limited time to deal with significant threats to the system, not just review reports that have little or no security significance. It is almost inevitable that as a result of human error, a technical failure or a novel attack that some security incident or privacy breach will occur. It is extremely important that the RHIO has agreed upon procedures for incident response, reporting and
When I first applied for my internship at the Public Defender’s Office I had thought that the interaction among the jailers and other jail administrators would be the most relatable to the material discussed in class. Unexpectedly, I discovered that the interaction among the legal staff at the office was particularly relevant to my studies, epitomizing the interplay between the legal and public professions; all of the caveats, exceptions, and limitations that are associated with operating in the public sector melded with the intricacies and absurdities of criminal defense law. Elements of budgeting, ethics management, and personnel management were demonstrated in the office, ranging from the resignation of an attorney to the scarcity of essential office furniture and equipment. In addition to the administrative aspects of my work at the office, the opportunity to interview potential clients at the county jail helped expand my world view.
Although Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) have been grouped together here (IDPS), there are distinctions between them. On the most basic level, both will monitor the network...
Business internships are helping students gain real world experience while they are not actually out in the real world yet. Internships are becoming more and more popular with college students in today’s world. An internship is basically when a student in college goes to a company or business and works while they are still enrolled in school and still getting academic credit. The main purpose of the internship is for the student to gain valuable on the job work experience. But there are also other things that a student can get from internships. Internships help the student decide whether or not this line of work is correct for them. Since the student works in an occupation in which they are highly interested in it really helps them get a bigger picture of the outside world.
When someone suspects that an unauthorized, unacceptable, or unlawful event has occurred involving an organization’s computer networks or data-processing equipment Computer security incidents are normally identified. Initially, the incident may be reported by an ultimate user, detected by a system administrator, identified by IDS alerts, or discovered
Throughout my one hundred and twenty-hour experience with the Gloversville Police Department, I learned many skills, values and the ways of this Police Department. Many of the calls and situations I went to often could relate to a certain theory that I learned in any of my law classes. I would recommend any student majoring in Criminal Justice to try to take an internship with a local law enforcement agency. I am currently signed up for the civil service test for Gloversville Police Department, If I do qualify for the Police I believe that this internship will give me a huge head start.
The quarter has finally come to an end, and with that, I close out my internship and this class that went along with it. It was a great experience and I leave equipped with a new set of skills that are preparing me for the world ahead. As I write this reflection paper, I think back to the very first week when I set up two goals for myself to focus on and hope to achieve throughout the following weeks. My first goal was to develop a better understanding of myself within the work place, and my second was to develop a strong network to jumpstart my career. Both of my goals were achieved, however, I don’t feel that either of my goals will ever be complete. I believe that you can always formulate a better understanding of yourself, and you can always network to develop a stronger tree of connections. I know for a fact, however, that I reached satisfaction with both of my goals at this internship at MKI and know whole-heartedly that I did everything in my power to exhaust my resources in