A basic cybersecurity introduction for managers, explaining how they and their organisation can guard against common types of attacks, based on the UK National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Essentials programme
:- Network security is protection of the access to files and directories in a computer network against hacking, misuse and unauthorised changes to the system.
:- Network security is protection of the access to files and directories in a computer network against hacking, misuse and unauthorised changes to the system.
VenkaSure Total Security+ offers complete protection for in-home and mobile users – including home or office networks, public Wi-Fi hotspots and cellular data networks.
VenkaSure Code Emulations proactively identify unknown malware in real-time. The complex Antivirus System acts as a single, unified scanning engine, providing comprehensive protection without compromising speed and stops zero-day threats as they emerge. VenkaSure Real-time Protection runs behind the scenes, inside the windows kernel, checking for malicious activity, preventing before it can execute. The Antivirus System also removes all traces of viruses, spyware, malware and other threats from process and registry.
Cyber crime, or computer-oriented crime, is a crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target. Cyber crime may threaten a person or a nation's security and financial health.
Compusecuraphobia – The Fear of HOPING Your Computer is Secure - Course Techn...Cengage Learning
Compusecuraphobia – The Fear of HOPING Your Computer is Secure - Course Technology Computing Conference
Presenter: Andrew Pond, Palm Beach State College
“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you”. Ever pause just a moment before clicking past that security warning about an unsafe email? What about installation instructions that explicitly state to turn off your firewall and virus protection? I think, well that can't be right… hmmm. Gain an understanding of which security essentials should be introduced to students. This session will cover best practices that keep your Windows 8 computer safe and survey some of the threats that are directed toward the corporate world. Be prepared for the next tech trivia challenge, when the category covers SSL, IPSEC, Spoofing, Encryption, and more. Between the pop-up alerts on your computer to paranoia from the news, each of us should be thankful that we get through the day without having our identity stolen and our computer destroyed. The TSA thinks we are all safer if we take or shoes off while traveling. Really? Let us not take a similar approach with our own computer security.
VenkaSure Total Security+ offers complete protection for in-home and mobile users – including home or office networks, public Wi-Fi hotspots and cellular data networks.
VenkaSure Code Emulations proactively identify unknown malware in real-time. The complex Antivirus System acts as a single, unified scanning engine, providing comprehensive protection without compromising speed and stops zero-day threats as they emerge. VenkaSure Real-time Protection runs behind the scenes, inside the windows kernel, checking for malicious activity, preventing before it can execute. The Antivirus System also removes all traces of viruses, spyware, malware and other threats from process and registry.
Cyber crime, or computer-oriented crime, is a crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target. Cyber crime may threaten a person or a nation's security and financial health.
Compusecuraphobia – The Fear of HOPING Your Computer is Secure - Course Techn...Cengage Learning
Compusecuraphobia – The Fear of HOPING Your Computer is Secure - Course Technology Computing Conference
Presenter: Andrew Pond, Palm Beach State College
“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you”. Ever pause just a moment before clicking past that security warning about an unsafe email? What about installation instructions that explicitly state to turn off your firewall and virus protection? I think, well that can't be right… hmmm. Gain an understanding of which security essentials should be introduced to students. This session will cover best practices that keep your Windows 8 computer safe and survey some of the threats that are directed toward the corporate world. Be prepared for the next tech trivia challenge, when the category covers SSL, IPSEC, Spoofing, Encryption, and more. Between the pop-up alerts on your computer to paranoia from the news, each of us should be thankful that we get through the day without having our identity stolen and our computer destroyed. The TSA thinks we are all safer if we take or shoes off while traveling. Really? Let us not take a similar approach with our own computer security.
How to Help Your Customers Protect Themselves from Ransomware AttacksSolarwinds N-able
Some troubling statistics are emerging surrounding ransomware and the broad effect it is having on the IT industry and its customers:
- Over 18 million dollars paid to ransomware thieves between April 2014 and June 2015.
- More than 6 million detected ransomware attack attempts in Q4 2015.
- 50% of all malware are now ransomware attacks.
Industry experts agree that a staggering 93% of phishing emails now contain encryption ransomware. Many are opened by end users who don’t understand they are the targets of carefully crafted social engineering.
Join Scott Parker and Bryan Zimmerman from SolarWinds N-able as they explore the rise of Ransomware and ways to educate and protect your customers.
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Topic #17 IT Security ITSecurityIncidentsA.docxjuliennehar
Topic #17
IT Security
IT Security Incidents: A Worsening Problem
Security of informa:on technology is cri:cal
§ protect confiden+al business data, including customer and
employee data
§ protect against malicious acts of the5 or disrup6on
Security concerns must be balanced against other business needs
(ethical decision regarding IT security):
§ Pursue prosecu6on at all costs or maintain low profile : to avoid
nega6ve publicity!!
§ how much effort and money should be devoted to security?
§ if firm produces SW with security flaws, what ac6ons should it
take?
§ what if security safeguards make life more difficult for
customers and employees: will it result in lost sales and
increased costs?
2
Number of IT Security Incidents Are Increasing
Computer Emergency Response Team Coordina6on Center
(CERT/CC)
§ Established in 1988 at the So5ware Engineering Ins6tute (SEI)
§ SEI: federally funded R&D center at CMU
§ Charged with
§ coordina6ng communica6on among experts during
computer security emergencies
§ helping to prevent future incidents
§ study Internet security vulnerabili6es
§ publish security alerts
§ develop informa6on and training for organiza6ons
3
Increasing Complexity Increases Vulnerability
Compu6ng environment is enormously complex
Con6nues to increase in complexity:
§ networks, computers, OSes
§ apps, Web sites
§ switches, routers, gateways
§ all interconnected and driven by 100s of millions of LoC
(Lines of Code).
Number of possible entry points to a network expands
con6nuously as more devices added,
§ This increases possibility of security breaches
4
Increased Reliance on Commercial SoDware with
Known Vulnerabili:es
Exploit: An a\ack on an informa6on system that takes advantage of a
par6cular system vulnerability. Typically due to poor system design or
implementa6on SW developers quickly create and issue patch:
§ a “fix” to eliminate the problem
§ users are responsible for obtaining and installing patches
-which they can download from the Web
§ delays in installing patches expose users to security breaches
Zero-day aIack: Takes place before a vulnerability is discovered or fixed
U.S. companies rely on commercial so5ware with known vulnerabili6es.
IT orgs con6nue to use installed So5ware “as is” (e.g. IE, RealPlayer, JRE)
§ Since security fixes could make SW harder to use or eliminate
“nice to have features.”
5
Number of Vulnerabili:es Reported to CERT/CC
6
Rate of
discovering
So5ware
vulnerabili6es
Exceeds 10/day
AIack of the Giant Worm
• On November 2, 1988, a worm began to thread its way
through the Internet. Once installed, it mul6plied, clogging
available space, un6l computers ground to a halt. The worm
exploited UNIX holes in sendmail and fingerd. Around 2500
computers were infected.
Within 12 hours, the Computer Systems Research Group at
Berkeley developed ...
In this Presentation i have detailed about what is network security and what are the types of viruses available in network and should we overcome .I have also explained about Firewall with a video .
Should the European Union require the largest social networking services (like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) to be interoperable with competitors? I explain why and how they should. Originally presented to the European Parliament’s Digital Markets Act working group of MEPs and staff in Brussels, on 24/5/23
Transatlantic data flows following the Schrems II judgmentblogzilla
Brief summary of Ian Brown and Douwe Korff’s study for the European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee, presented at a committee hearing on 9 November 2021
Lessons for interoperability remedies from UK Open Bankingblogzilla
The UK’s Open Banking programme is a world-leading experiment in requiring banks to open up customer accounts (with their explicit consent) to third-party providers. What lessons can be learnt from this case for legislation that would require dominant platforms to provide similar functionality?
Introduction to Cybersecurity for Electionsblogzilla
Slides for a 15-minute introduction to Cybersecurity for Elections: A Commonwealth Guide on Best Practice, by Ian Brown, Chris Marsden, James Lee and Michael Veale, published 5 Mar 2020
Where next for the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act?blogzilla
Talk at Open Tech 2015 on legal reform of UK interception and surveillance laws, including a comparison of the Intelligence and Security Committee and David Anderson reports.
My presentation at the IGov2 conference at the University of Oslo, 9 Sept 2014. Gave shorter version at Norwegian Board of Technology hearing on 10 Sept 2014. Related journal article at http://ijlit.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/09/01/ijlit.eau007.abstract
Audio at http://www.jus.uio.no/ifp/english/research/projects/nrccl/internet-governance/events/dag-2-del-2-norrm-mp3.mp3
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
3. NOTPETYA, “THE MOST DEVASTATING
CYBER ATTACK IN HISTORY”
• Malware which rapidly spread across networks, locked and encrypted machines,
originating from Russian military via Ukraine
• It “hit at least four hospitals in Kiev alone, six power companies, two airports, more than
22 Ukrainian banks, ATMs and card payment systems in retailers and transport, and
practically every federal agency.”
• Maersk, “responsible for 76 ports on all sides of the earth and nearly 800 seafaring
vessels, including container ships carrying tens of millions of tons of cargo, representing
close to a fifth of the entire world’s shipping capacity, was dead in the water.”
• Estimated costs: Maersk $300m; Merck $870m; FedEx $400m; Mondelēz $188m. US
assessed total damages around $10bn
• Source: Andy Greenberg, Wired, Sept. 2018
• See also WannaCry, which cost UK NHS £92m in 2017, probably originating with the North
4.
5. HOW CAN USERS PROTECT THEMSELVES
AGAINST SECURITY BREACHES?
1. Secure settings and passwords
2. Protect devices/networks using firewalls
3. Control access to data and software
4. Protect against viruses and other malicious software
5. Keep devices and software up to date
6. Watch out for phishing e-mails
6. SECURE SETTINGS
• New devices are often configured to be open and “easy to use”
– but therefore hackable – as possible. Make sure you disable
or remove any functions, accounts or services you don’t need
(e.g. “guest” accounts on laptops)
• Always password/PIN-protect your computers and devices –
they allow access to your data and your online accounts
• CHANGE DEFAULT PASSWORDS
8. SECURE
PASSWORDS
• Use password managers where possible
(generate strong random passwords for
every account)
• Make passwords from three words (not
related to you, like family/pet names,
favourite teams, significant dates – these
might be discovered from social media or
elsewhere)
• Don’t share passwords between accounts
• Don’t force users to change passwords
unless they have been breached
• Use multi-factor authentication for sensitive
accounts
Source: Sueheim on
Wikimedia
9.
10. ACCESS TO DATA AND SOFTWARE
• Don’t use administrator accounts for normal work – if you are
hacked, an attacker can then do much more damage
• Restrict the software that can be installed on devices – use a
whitelist or approved sources, such as Google Play or Apple’s
App Store (which screen apps for malicious code)
11. DEVICE AND
NETWORK
FIREWALLS
• Firewalls block unauthorised
traffic from a network onto
your device – can protect
against both external hackers,
and compromised internal
machines
• Most PC operating systems (eg
Windows, macOS) contain
them – make sure they are
turned on, especially for
devices that access public WiFi
• Can also be configured in your
network’s gateway(s) to other
networks (and the Internet)
12. VIRUSES AND
OTHER
MALICIOUS
SOFTWARE
• Malicious software such as
viruses and ransomware can
come in e-mail attachments,
from websites, public WiFi
networks, and even USB sticks
• Protect against it using built-
in operating system tools,
such as Windows Defender
and macOS XProtect
• Use tools with sandboxes,
which contain malicious
software and stop it accessing
the rest of your system
• BACKUP data frequently
13. KEEP SOFTWARE
AND DEVICES UP
TO DATE
• It’s essential you enable
automatic updates for your
operating system, software,
apps etc.
• Once manufacturers stop
providing updates for
systems, you should
replace them
14. AVOID PHISH
• Fake e-mails, trying to “hook” users
to click on a website or malicious
attachment that will infect their
system or steal passwords
• “Spear” phishing uses targeted
messages, often sent to senior staff
15.
16. CHECKLIST
Configure software and devices securely, and use strong passwords
Use firewalls on devices and networks
Control access to data and software by separating administrator
accounts and using whitelists and app stores
Protect against viruses and other malicious software by using tools
such as Windows Defender, macOS XProtect, and sandboxing
Keep devices and software up to date, and stop using out-of-date
software
Watch out for phishing e-mails
Editor's Notes
Q – what is the largest breach suffered to date in terms of numbers of people’s data compromised?
https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/
Large breaches can happen by targeting large centralised databases – but also by infecting many PCs and local systems