The document provides an information security audit report for the University of Florida Health Science Center. It examines the organization's user account and password management policies and provides recommendations for improvement. The audit found that while many policies were compliant or partially compliant with standards, some areas needed improvement, such as password management training for employees and clarifying consequences for non-compliance. The report concludes by recommending the development of additional policies to address contingency planning, data backup procedures, and human resources issues.
Third party datasecurity assurance questionnairePriyanka Aash
This document contains a questionnaire for a third party organization providing services to the University of Central Florida (UCF). It includes over 30 questions across various security domains including policies and procedures, disaster recovery, physical infrastructure security, data security, and identity and access management. The organization is asked to provide details on its security practices, staff roles, and ability to comply with UCF's security requirements for handling and protecting user data.
This document provides a supplier security assessment questionnaire to assist organizations in conducting security assessments of suppliers. The questionnaire is designed to be completed by suppliers as a self-assessment. It contains questions about the supplier's security policies, controls, and practices across various security domains to help the organization identify risks and prioritize on-site security audits.
In today’s agile world, every organization is prone to cyber-attacks, as most of the applications have been developed and deployed with more focus on functionality, end user experience and with minimal attention given to security risks. http://www.karyatech.com/blog/security-testing-in-the-secured-world/
The document discusses the increasing threat to electronic health record (EHR) security from hacking and theft of medical credentials. Health credentials are worth much more than credit card information on the black market. While most data breaches result from weak or stolen credentials, solutions that require complex passwords negatively impact users. The document recommends multi-factor authentication for EHR systems and remote access as required by regulations. It introduces aPersona's Adaptive Security Manager as an affordable and scalable adaptive multi-factor authentication solution that can be customized to meet security needs and compliance levels through additional authentication factors.
3rd Party Outsourcing Information Security Assessment QuestionnairePriyanka Aash
This document is a survey that assesses the security practices of third-party vendors who store or transmit a university's confidential information. It contains questions in several categories including company information, policies/standards, architecture, configurations, product design, compliance, and access controls. The survey is to be completed by the third-party vendor and reviewed by the university's information security team prior to finalizing any agreements involving confidential data.
EC-Council, a globally recognized cybersecurity credentialing body, offers the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT) certifications to help you acquire the skills you need to be a part of Red and Blue Teams. CEH is the most desired cybersecurity training program, upping your ethical hacking skills to the next level. CPENT takes off from where CEH leaves off, giving you a real-world, hands-on penetration testing experience.
NASA's Office of Inspector General conducted an audit of cybersecurity management and oversight at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The audit found multiple weaknesses in JPL's network security controls that increase the risk of cyber attacks exploiting NASA systems and stealing data. Specifically, JPL's inventory of IT assets was incomplete and inaccurate, its network was not properly segmented, and it lacked adequate security monitoring and incident response procedures. The audit also found NASA did not have sufficient oversight of JPL's network security practices. The report provided recommendations to strengthen JPL's security controls and NASA's oversight of JPL.
This document explains the need for information security for all organizations and also the standards to be followed for doing the same. It also gives vendor selection criteria for selecting a consultancy firm for information security. It gives guidelines as to how to stop ethical hacking of your web application, be it any critical data from getting hacked, scripts being run, without the knowledge of the owner.
Third party datasecurity assurance questionnairePriyanka Aash
This document contains a questionnaire for a third party organization providing services to the University of Central Florida (UCF). It includes over 30 questions across various security domains including policies and procedures, disaster recovery, physical infrastructure security, data security, and identity and access management. The organization is asked to provide details on its security practices, staff roles, and ability to comply with UCF's security requirements for handling and protecting user data.
This document provides a supplier security assessment questionnaire to assist organizations in conducting security assessments of suppliers. The questionnaire is designed to be completed by suppliers as a self-assessment. It contains questions about the supplier's security policies, controls, and practices across various security domains to help the organization identify risks and prioritize on-site security audits.
In today’s agile world, every organization is prone to cyber-attacks, as most of the applications have been developed and deployed with more focus on functionality, end user experience and with minimal attention given to security risks. http://www.karyatech.com/blog/security-testing-in-the-secured-world/
The document discusses the increasing threat to electronic health record (EHR) security from hacking and theft of medical credentials. Health credentials are worth much more than credit card information on the black market. While most data breaches result from weak or stolen credentials, solutions that require complex passwords negatively impact users. The document recommends multi-factor authentication for EHR systems and remote access as required by regulations. It introduces aPersona's Adaptive Security Manager as an affordable and scalable adaptive multi-factor authentication solution that can be customized to meet security needs and compliance levels through additional authentication factors.
3rd Party Outsourcing Information Security Assessment QuestionnairePriyanka Aash
This document is a survey that assesses the security practices of third-party vendors who store or transmit a university's confidential information. It contains questions in several categories including company information, policies/standards, architecture, configurations, product design, compliance, and access controls. The survey is to be completed by the third-party vendor and reviewed by the university's information security team prior to finalizing any agreements involving confidential data.
EC-Council, a globally recognized cybersecurity credentialing body, offers the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT) certifications to help you acquire the skills you need to be a part of Red and Blue Teams. CEH is the most desired cybersecurity training program, upping your ethical hacking skills to the next level. CPENT takes off from where CEH leaves off, giving you a real-world, hands-on penetration testing experience.
NASA's Office of Inspector General conducted an audit of cybersecurity management and oversight at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The audit found multiple weaknesses in JPL's network security controls that increase the risk of cyber attacks exploiting NASA systems and stealing data. Specifically, JPL's inventory of IT assets was incomplete and inaccurate, its network was not properly segmented, and it lacked adequate security monitoring and incident response procedures. The audit also found NASA did not have sufficient oversight of JPL's network security practices. The report provided recommendations to strengthen JPL's security controls and NASA's oversight of JPL.
This document explains the need for information security for all organizations and also the standards to be followed for doing the same. It also gives vendor selection criteria for selecting a consultancy firm for information security. It gives guidelines as to how to stop ethical hacking of your web application, be it any critical data from getting hacked, scripts being run, without the knowledge of the owner.
Building HIPAA Compliance in service delivery teamsGaurav Garg
If you work with healthcare providers, you need to weave HIPAA compliance in your DNA. In this presentation, I share my approach for building a consulting team focussed on Healthcare clients.
The document provides an introduction and agenda for a 3-day security operations center fundamentals course. Day 1 will cover famous attacks and how to confront them, as well as an introduction to security operations centers. Day 2 will discuss the key features, modules, processes, and people involved in SOCs. Day 3 will focus on the technology used in SOCs, including network monitoring, investigation, and correlation tools. The instructor is introduced and the document provides an overview of common attacks such as eavesdropping, data modification, spoofing, password attacks, denial of service, man-in-the-middle, and application layer attacks.
The document discusses logging, monitoring, auditing, and the importance of management review controls. It provides details on:
- What a security audit involves, including assessing physical, software, network, and human aspects of an information system.
- How security auditing works by testing adherence to internal IT policies and external standards/regulations.
- The purpose of monitoring security logs to detect anomalies and threats, given the large volume of logs generated.
- The benefits of logging, monitoring and reporting which include stronger governance, oversight, security and compliance.
- How management review controls are important for an effective control environment and ensuring accuracy of key security documents.
This document is a proposal for a network vulnerability assessment of ABC Card Corporation submitted by Dave Sweigert Consulting. It proposes assessing 200 servers and 5 applications for vulnerabilities. The assessment will scan the IP address range and ports to identify vulnerabilities but will not test for specific web vulnerabilities. It defines vulnerabilities as exploitable problems or errors and limits of the assessment. ABC Card Corporation must provide network access for the assessment tools. The cost proposal is in a separate document.
Optimizing Security Operations: 5 Keys to SuccessSirius
Organizations are suffering from cyber fatigue, with too many alerts, too many technologies, and not enough people. Many security operations center (SOC) teams are underskilled and overworked, making it extremely difficult to streamline operations and decrease the time it takes to detect and remediate security incidents.
Addressing these challenges requires a shift in the tactics and strategies deployed in SOCs. But building an effective SOC is hard; many companies struggle first with implementation and then with figuring out how to take their security operations to the next level.
Read to learn:
--Advantages and disadvantages of different SOC models
--Tips for leveraging advanced analytics tools
--Best practices for incorporating automation and orchestration
--How to boost incident response capabilities, and measure your efforts
--How the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and CIS Controls can help you establish a strong foundation
Start building your roadmap to a next-generation SOC.
CompTIA exam study guide presentations by instructor Brian Ferrill, PACE-IT (Progressive, Accelerated Certifications for Employment in Information Technology)
"Funded by the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Grant #TC-23745-12-60-A-53"
Learn more about the PACE-IT Online program: www.edcc.edu/pace-it
1. Security operations aim to increase collaboration across teams to integrate security practices throughout the development lifecycle. This helps ensure stronger security.
2. Key goals of security operations include earlier detection of threats, increased transparency, continuous security improvements, and raising threat awareness across teams.
3. Security operation centers are responsible for continuous network monitoring, incident response, forensic analysis, and maintaining threat intelligence to help prevent and respond to security events.
Rothke rsa 2012 building a security operations center (soc)Ben Rothke
This document discusses building a Security Operations Center (SOC). It outlines the need for a SOC to provide continuous security monitoring, protection, detection and response against threats. It then discusses the key components of an effective SOC, including real-time monitoring, reporting, post-incident analysis and security information and event management tools. Finally, it examines the considerations around choosing to build an internal SOC versus outsourcing to a managed security service provider.
3rd party information security assessment guidelinePriyanka Aash
This document provides guidelines for organisations and third party assessors on their roles and responsibilities during an information security assessment. It discusses the assessment process in three phases: pre-assessment, during assessment, and post-assessment. For each phase, it outlines key responsibilities for both the organisation and the third party assessor to ensure a successful assessment. Checklists of responsibilities for organisations and assessors are also provided in the appendices for easy reference during the assessment.
This document provides summaries of several NIST publications related to computer security:
1) SP 500-299 describes a NIST Cloud Computing Security Reference Architecture framework that identifies security components for securing cloud environments and operations.
2) SP 500-304 defines a conformance testing methodology for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011, a standard for biometric data interchange.
3) SP 800-1 is a bibliography of selected computer security publications from 1980 to 1989 covering access controls, auditing, cryptography, and other topics.
This document provides 20 questions for directors to ask management about information technology security in their organization. It covers topics such as security governance, formalizing security through policies and frameworks, conducting risk assessments and mitigating risks, establishing a security function and organization, and monitoring security operations and compliance. The questions are intended to help boards of directors evaluate how well their organization is addressing IT security issues and managing related risks.
The Legal Case for Cybersecurity: Implementing and Maturing a Cyber Risk Mana...Shawn Tuma
was delivered as a webinar to the State Bar of Texas Women and the Law Section on February 15, 2018, by Shawn Tuma, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Attorney at Scheef & Stone.
Balaji Jagannathan has over 10 years of experience in information security, risk compliance, business continuity planning, and delivery. He has worked as an information security auditor and consultant for TCS, Genpact, and Standard Chartered Bank. His experience includes deploying security programs, conducting security audits, vulnerability assessments, and ensuring compliance with standards like ISO 27001. He maintains various security certifications and has strong communication, client facing, and technical skills.
Incident response methodology involves responding to and managing cyber attacks through investigation, containment, eradication, recovery and lessons learned. A well-developed incident response plan is needed to minimize damage from attacks and data breaches, and recover as quickly as possible. Key aspects of incident response include detecting incidents, formulating response strategies, investigating through data collection and forensic analysis, and reporting findings. The goal is to understand attack methods and prevent future incidents.
Redspin HIPAA Security Risk Analysis RFP TemplateRedspin, Inc.
RFP Template for healthcare organizations to use when looking for a qualified information security assessment firm to perform a HIPAA Security Risk Analysis as defined in the HIPAA Security Rule 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(A).
Identifying Code Risks in Software M&AMatt Tortora
Strategic fit and table stakes KPIs aren't the only things acquirers evaluate during the software M&A process. A software code review is one of the many components that is often overlooked by sellers.
The document provides information on various security certifications ranging from entry-level to advanced levels, including certifications focused on general security, forensics/anti-hacking, and specific security domains. It describes the purpose and requirements of each certification, as well as the organization that administers it. Many certifications require passing an exam, while some also require work experience, training, or other prerequisites.
In order to bid on Department of Defense (DoD) contracts, hundreds of thousands of organizations will need to be assessed for their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level. But how exactly does that process work?
Watch the free session here: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/webinar/cmmc-case-study-assessment/
What We’ve Learned Building a Cyber Security Operation Center: du Case StudyPriyanka Aash
The cybersecurity landscape is rapidly evolving, with new threats and threat actors emerging, and traditional security operations centers (SOCs) need to be augmented accordingly. This session will detail the journey of du in building and continually enhancing its SOC, physically and philosophically, to best deal with attack detection (offensively and defensively) and response.
(Source: RSA Conference USA 2017)
The document discusses the need for organizations to have real-time, actionable intelligence to prevent cyber attacks and security breaches. Without adequate threat intelligence, a business can suffer losses from financial data and customer data theft, compliance penalties, lost revenue and customer confidence. The document cites statistics showing that the majority of organizations have outdated tools for threat detection and are often unaware of attacks until notified by external parties. It promotes the benefits of advanced security analytics and machine learning for rapidly detecting, analyzing and responding to threats.
Post 11. Long term GoalThe Group’s goal is to offer attranhcrowley
The document discusses long term goals, balanced scorecards, and lead and lag measures for an automotive company. The company's long term goal is to offer attractive, safe, and environmentally sound vehicles that can compete globally and set standards in their class. The balanced scorecard includes financial measures like profit margins and returns, customer measures like market penetration and customer loyalty, and internal business process measures like improvements to property and equipment. Balanced scorecards help managers develop efficient policies to achieve organizational goals. Lead measures guide current decisions that yield future results, while lag measures are outcomes of past management decisions.
The document discusses various topics related to security management practices including change control, data classification, employment policies, information security policies, risk management, roles and responsibilities, security awareness training, and security management planning. It provides details on each topic, such as the importance of change control and different tools that can be used. It also discusses how to classify data, conduct background checks, develop effective information security policies, and assess risks both qualitatively and quantitatively. The document emphasizes the importance of security management planning and identifying potential losses, costs, and benefits of implementing proper security.
Building HIPAA Compliance in service delivery teamsGaurav Garg
If you work with healthcare providers, you need to weave HIPAA compliance in your DNA. In this presentation, I share my approach for building a consulting team focussed on Healthcare clients.
The document provides an introduction and agenda for a 3-day security operations center fundamentals course. Day 1 will cover famous attacks and how to confront them, as well as an introduction to security operations centers. Day 2 will discuss the key features, modules, processes, and people involved in SOCs. Day 3 will focus on the technology used in SOCs, including network monitoring, investigation, and correlation tools. The instructor is introduced and the document provides an overview of common attacks such as eavesdropping, data modification, spoofing, password attacks, denial of service, man-in-the-middle, and application layer attacks.
The document discusses logging, monitoring, auditing, and the importance of management review controls. It provides details on:
- What a security audit involves, including assessing physical, software, network, and human aspects of an information system.
- How security auditing works by testing adherence to internal IT policies and external standards/regulations.
- The purpose of monitoring security logs to detect anomalies and threats, given the large volume of logs generated.
- The benefits of logging, monitoring and reporting which include stronger governance, oversight, security and compliance.
- How management review controls are important for an effective control environment and ensuring accuracy of key security documents.
This document is a proposal for a network vulnerability assessment of ABC Card Corporation submitted by Dave Sweigert Consulting. It proposes assessing 200 servers and 5 applications for vulnerabilities. The assessment will scan the IP address range and ports to identify vulnerabilities but will not test for specific web vulnerabilities. It defines vulnerabilities as exploitable problems or errors and limits of the assessment. ABC Card Corporation must provide network access for the assessment tools. The cost proposal is in a separate document.
Optimizing Security Operations: 5 Keys to SuccessSirius
Organizations are suffering from cyber fatigue, with too many alerts, too many technologies, and not enough people. Many security operations center (SOC) teams are underskilled and overworked, making it extremely difficult to streamline operations and decrease the time it takes to detect and remediate security incidents.
Addressing these challenges requires a shift in the tactics and strategies deployed in SOCs. But building an effective SOC is hard; many companies struggle first with implementation and then with figuring out how to take their security operations to the next level.
Read to learn:
--Advantages and disadvantages of different SOC models
--Tips for leveraging advanced analytics tools
--Best practices for incorporating automation and orchestration
--How to boost incident response capabilities, and measure your efforts
--How the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and CIS Controls can help you establish a strong foundation
Start building your roadmap to a next-generation SOC.
CompTIA exam study guide presentations by instructor Brian Ferrill, PACE-IT (Progressive, Accelerated Certifications for Employment in Information Technology)
"Funded by the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Grant #TC-23745-12-60-A-53"
Learn more about the PACE-IT Online program: www.edcc.edu/pace-it
1. Security operations aim to increase collaboration across teams to integrate security practices throughout the development lifecycle. This helps ensure stronger security.
2. Key goals of security operations include earlier detection of threats, increased transparency, continuous security improvements, and raising threat awareness across teams.
3. Security operation centers are responsible for continuous network monitoring, incident response, forensic analysis, and maintaining threat intelligence to help prevent and respond to security events.
Rothke rsa 2012 building a security operations center (soc)Ben Rothke
This document discusses building a Security Operations Center (SOC). It outlines the need for a SOC to provide continuous security monitoring, protection, detection and response against threats. It then discusses the key components of an effective SOC, including real-time monitoring, reporting, post-incident analysis and security information and event management tools. Finally, it examines the considerations around choosing to build an internal SOC versus outsourcing to a managed security service provider.
3rd party information security assessment guidelinePriyanka Aash
This document provides guidelines for organisations and third party assessors on their roles and responsibilities during an information security assessment. It discusses the assessment process in three phases: pre-assessment, during assessment, and post-assessment. For each phase, it outlines key responsibilities for both the organisation and the third party assessor to ensure a successful assessment. Checklists of responsibilities for organisations and assessors are also provided in the appendices for easy reference during the assessment.
This document provides summaries of several NIST publications related to computer security:
1) SP 500-299 describes a NIST Cloud Computing Security Reference Architecture framework that identifies security components for securing cloud environments and operations.
2) SP 500-304 defines a conformance testing methodology for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011, a standard for biometric data interchange.
3) SP 800-1 is a bibliography of selected computer security publications from 1980 to 1989 covering access controls, auditing, cryptography, and other topics.
This document provides 20 questions for directors to ask management about information technology security in their organization. It covers topics such as security governance, formalizing security through policies and frameworks, conducting risk assessments and mitigating risks, establishing a security function and organization, and monitoring security operations and compliance. The questions are intended to help boards of directors evaluate how well their organization is addressing IT security issues and managing related risks.
The Legal Case for Cybersecurity: Implementing and Maturing a Cyber Risk Mana...Shawn Tuma
was delivered as a webinar to the State Bar of Texas Women and the Law Section on February 15, 2018, by Shawn Tuma, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Attorney at Scheef & Stone.
Balaji Jagannathan has over 10 years of experience in information security, risk compliance, business continuity planning, and delivery. He has worked as an information security auditor and consultant for TCS, Genpact, and Standard Chartered Bank. His experience includes deploying security programs, conducting security audits, vulnerability assessments, and ensuring compliance with standards like ISO 27001. He maintains various security certifications and has strong communication, client facing, and technical skills.
Incident response methodology involves responding to and managing cyber attacks through investigation, containment, eradication, recovery and lessons learned. A well-developed incident response plan is needed to minimize damage from attacks and data breaches, and recover as quickly as possible. Key aspects of incident response include detecting incidents, formulating response strategies, investigating through data collection and forensic analysis, and reporting findings. The goal is to understand attack methods and prevent future incidents.
Redspin HIPAA Security Risk Analysis RFP TemplateRedspin, Inc.
RFP Template for healthcare organizations to use when looking for a qualified information security assessment firm to perform a HIPAA Security Risk Analysis as defined in the HIPAA Security Rule 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(A).
Identifying Code Risks in Software M&AMatt Tortora
Strategic fit and table stakes KPIs aren't the only things acquirers evaluate during the software M&A process. A software code review is one of the many components that is often overlooked by sellers.
The document provides information on various security certifications ranging from entry-level to advanced levels, including certifications focused on general security, forensics/anti-hacking, and specific security domains. It describes the purpose and requirements of each certification, as well as the organization that administers it. Many certifications require passing an exam, while some also require work experience, training, or other prerequisites.
In order to bid on Department of Defense (DoD) contracts, hundreds of thousands of organizations will need to be assessed for their Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level. But how exactly does that process work?
Watch the free session here: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/webinar/cmmc-case-study-assessment/
What We’ve Learned Building a Cyber Security Operation Center: du Case StudyPriyanka Aash
The cybersecurity landscape is rapidly evolving, with new threats and threat actors emerging, and traditional security operations centers (SOCs) need to be augmented accordingly. This session will detail the journey of du in building and continually enhancing its SOC, physically and philosophically, to best deal with attack detection (offensively and defensively) and response.
(Source: RSA Conference USA 2017)
The document discusses the need for organizations to have real-time, actionable intelligence to prevent cyber attacks and security breaches. Without adequate threat intelligence, a business can suffer losses from financial data and customer data theft, compliance penalties, lost revenue and customer confidence. The document cites statistics showing that the majority of organizations have outdated tools for threat detection and are often unaware of attacks until notified by external parties. It promotes the benefits of advanced security analytics and machine learning for rapidly detecting, analyzing and responding to threats.
Post 11. Long term GoalThe Group’s goal is to offer attranhcrowley
The document discusses long term goals, balanced scorecards, and lead and lag measures for an automotive company. The company's long term goal is to offer attractive, safe, and environmentally sound vehicles that can compete globally and set standards in their class. The balanced scorecard includes financial measures like profit margins and returns, customer measures like market penetration and customer loyalty, and internal business process measures like improvements to property and equipment. Balanced scorecards help managers develop efficient policies to achieve organizational goals. Lead measures guide current decisions that yield future results, while lag measures are outcomes of past management decisions.
The document discusses various topics related to security management practices including change control, data classification, employment policies, information security policies, risk management, roles and responsibilities, security awareness training, and security management planning. It provides details on each topic, such as the importance of change control and different tools that can be used. It also discusses how to classify data, conduct background checks, develop effective information security policies, and assess risks both qualitatively and quantitatively. The document emphasizes the importance of security management planning and identifying potential losses, costs, and benefits of implementing proper security.
With 2014 being noted as “The Year of the Breach,” many businesses are still unprepared or not properly protected from numerous security threats. So what can your business do to help keep sensitive data safe? Check out the following slideshow to learn how to protect yourself and your business from threats. Contact the IT Security experts at MTG today to protect your organization!
Overcoming Hidden Risks in a Shared Security ModelOnRamp
Risk management, compliance, and security are a shared burden between your organization and your vendors. Standards such as NIST (Publication 500-292) and regulations like HIPAA and PCI-DSS provide considerations for compliance and security but do not account for the nuances of your unique business or your infrastructure. Guidelines are written as though one party is responsible for compliance and security, but you rely on multiple vendors. Outsourcing can lead to ambiguous delegation of compliance responsibilities, lack of data governance and security practices, and difficulty in achieving data protection—ultimately risking non-compliance and leaving your infrastructure vulnerable.
Join our expert panel as they share insights into closing the gap on who’s responsible for what in data security and best practices for improving your security posture.
Takeaways:
Who owns the responsibility of compliance and security?
How to find and mitigate hidden risks in a 3rd party ecosystem
How to map your requirements to owners, policies, and controls
Expert recommendations for PCI, HIPAA, FERPA, FISMA and more.
The document outlines best practices for user authentication based on recent high-profile security breaches. It recommends implementing a layered authentication approach that matches the solution to business needs and risk levels, and includes technologies like one-time passwords and certificate-based authentication. Strong password policies and key management practices are also advised to securely store authentication data. Context-based authentication can complement other methods as part of a comprehensive security framework.
Enterprise Security Plan Strategic
CMGT 430
Enterprise Security Plan Strategic
This enterprise security plan is being created to discuss core principles that can improve the overall enterprise system.
Data loss prevention
Data damage is a risk that Auburn Regional does not have the luxury of overlooking. Patient data is sensitive and needs to be secured in the most efficient manner possible. Staff members themselves pose the biggest vulnerability because of their access to patient data. There is a plethora of information that is obtained when a person visits a hospital, and staff members have access to the information. Having all the specifics in a patient record not only gives the staff members access to medical data but typically they will also have entrance to social security, contact information, home addresses, employer information. With all this information, staff members can also steal one's identity. Abuse of power is a very huge threat, and the only mitigation is to hire qualified individuals who pass their background checks and are provided policies and procedures to maintain data safety.
Access controls
Understanding who has access to what locations is mandatory when trying to ensure that a system is secure. Controls like key cards are great tools for access control. Key cards let the company let the employees have access to the building and sometimes different parts of the building. This gives certain people access to different things that way you can have a more secure building. Then also you can monitor who is where within the building, then also who is on what computer too. All of those are to improved security around the projects being work on. Physical access to computers, visitors, and patient records are another vulnerability identified. Physical security is important to the safety of our employees, our data, and has even been shown to improve productivity. With security monitoring data systems and their various entrances, we increase the physical security of our systems and the data that the house. Employees will feel more safe and secure as they enter and exit the building daily and as they move from department to department. There has also been some research that shows that campus-wide surveillance systems increase productivity because when the employees know that their actions may be scrutinized throughout the day then they tend to work harder and more efficiently.
Data management
3rd party software has become a common usage today and this may interfere with existing configurations within the organization's systems. The probability and threat are media, and the mitigation strategy can easily be to test software on controlled systems for compliance prior to allowing users to download or use the software. Preventing the use of 3rd party software is another means, but if the software is needed, then the approach to testing prior to allowing the usage is the best mitigation strategy.
Risk management
.
Enterprise Security Plan Strategic
CMGT 430
Enterprise Security Plan Strategic
This enterprise security plan is being created to discuss core principles that can improve the overall enterprise system.
Data loss prevention
Data damage is a risk that Auburn Regional does not have the luxury of overlooking. Patient data is sensitive and needs to be secured in the most efficient manner possible. Staff members themselves pose the biggest vulnerability because of their access to patient data. There is a plethora of information that is obtained when a person visits a hospital, and staff members have access to the information. Having all the specifics in a patient record not only gives the staff members access to medical data but typically they will also have entrance to social security, contact information, home addresses, employer information. With all this information, staff members can also steal one's identity. Abuse of power is a very huge threat, and the only mitigation is to hire qualified individuals who pass their background checks and are provided policies and procedures to maintain data safety.
Access controls
Understanding who has access to what locations is mandatory when trying to ensure that a system is secure. Controls like key cards are great tools for access control. Key cards let the company let the employees have access to the building and sometimes different parts of the building. This gives certain people access to different things that way you can have a more secure building. Then also you can monitor who is where within the building, then also who is on what computer too. All of those are to improved security around the projects being work on. Physical access to computers, visitors, and patient records are another vulnerability identified. Physical security is important to the safety of our employees, our data, and has even been shown to improve productivity. With security monitoring data systems and their various entrances, we increase the physical security of our systems and the data that the house. Employees will feel more safe and secure as they enter and exit the building daily and as they move from department to department. There has also been some research that shows that campus-wide surveillance systems increase productivity because when the employees know that their actions may be scrutinized throughout the day then they tend to work harder and more efficiently.
Data management
3rd party software has become a common usage today and this may interfere with existing configurations within the organization's systems. The probability and threat are media, and the mitigation strategy can easily be to test software on controlled systems for compliance prior to allowing users to download or use the software. Preventing the use of 3rd party software is another means, but if the software is needed, then the approach to testing prior to allowing the usage is the best mitigation strategy.
Risk management
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Penetration Testing is interesting and difficult work.
The main result of this work is Report. It can be used for Customer Presentation, Vulnerabilities Mitigation and Audit Compliance. Report is final proof of completed work and good overall score of Security Status.
Syllabus CIISA ( Certified Internasional Information System Auditor ).pdfYoyo Sudaryo
This document outlines the Certified International Information System Auditor (CIISA) course. The 3-day course covers topics related to information system auditing including IT audit processes, governance, infrastructure lifecycles, service delivery, information asset protection, business continuity, and case studies. The goal is to provide participants a comprehensive understanding of information system auditing practices and prepare them to take the CIISA professional certification exam. The course is designed for IT managers, security managers, auditing staff, and IT operations staff.
Risk Management Process for Healthcare OrganizationsCalance
We know the healthcare environment where security in not optional. We know the common risks associated with healthcare; Emerging technology, Data and information , explosion , Wireless world, Care continuum, Patients expect , privacy, and Compliance fatigue. We address the three main components of Risk Management: People, Process and Tools. Our process ensure the compliance with HIPAA.
Importance of Information Security and Goals for Preventing Data Breacheskimsrung lov
The document discusses the importance of information security for financial services companies. It outlines goals for preventing data breaches including protecting customer trust, legal compliance, and competitive advantage. Key goals of information security are discussed as confidentiality, integrity and availability. Specific security measures are recommended like access controls, encryption, employee training, and continuous improvement. The importance of monitoring and evaluating the security program is emphasized.
The document discusses the need for organizations to improve their governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) posture to address expanding data regulations and cyber threats. It outlines key parameters for an effective GRC strategy, including identity-based authentication and authorization controls, understanding business and regulatory drivers, and stakeholder participation. The document also notes specific GRC challenges with legacy applications like PeopleSoft, such as limited logging and visibility, lack of granular access controls and monitoring, and exposure of sensitive data. It introduces the Appsian Security Platform as a solution to enhance PeopleSoft's security and help meet compliance requirements through features like detailed logging, activity monitoring and analytics, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and contextual access controls based on
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Project: Access Control Proposal
Purpose
This course project is intended to assess your ability to comprehend and apply the basic concepts related to information security management, such as the following:
The ability to discern when a risk assessment should be performed and carrying out the task
Understanding user or customer access requirements, whether remote or local
Using a layered security approach to establish and maintain access controls
Working with other departments, such as the human resources department, to identify and implement methods to prevent unwarranted exposure to information by inappropriate personnel
Your ability to execute the tasks within these information security domains and others will be evaluated against the learning objectives as identified and described in previous lessons of instruction for this course. Required Source Information and Tools
Web References: Links to Web references in this Instructor Guide and related materials are subject to change without prior notice. These links were last verified on August 2, 2014.
The following tools and resources will be needed to complete this project:
· Course textbook
· Access to the Internet
· Access to the library
· Text sheet: Integrated Distributors Incorporated (access_project_ts_integrateddistributors)Learning Objectives and Outcomes
Successful completion of this project will ensure that you are capable of supporting the implementation and management of an information systems security framework. To be able to do so, you need to be able to do the following:
Relate how an access control policy framework is used to define authorization and access to an information technology (IT) infrastructure for compliance.
Mitigate risks to an IT infrastructure’s confidentiality, integrity, and availability with sound access controls.
Relate how a data classification standard influences an IT infrastructure’s access control requirements and implementation.
Develop an access control policy framework consisting of best practices for policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines to mitigate unauthorized access.
Define proper security controls within the User Domain to mitigate risks and threats caused by human nature and behavior.
Implement appropriate access controls for information systems within IT infrastructures.
Mitigate risks from unauthorized access to IT systems through proper testing and reporting.Project Checkpoints
The course project has a checkpoint strategy. Checkpoint deliverables allow you to receive valuable feedback on your interim work. In this project, you have four ungraded checkpoint deliverables. (See the syllabus for the schedule.) You may discuss project questions with the instructor, and you should receive feedback from the instructor on previously submitted work. The checkpoint deliverable ensures refinement of the final deliverables, if incorporated effectively. The final deliverable for this project is a professional report and a PowerPoint presenta ...
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External: Annual scans by external vendor
Patches/Updates: Patches and updates applied within 30 days
Penetration Testing: Annual external penetration testing
Monitoring: Network and systems monitored 24/7 by IT staff
Incident Response: Formal incident response plan and team
Logging/Auditing: Critical systems and firewalls centrally logged
Change Management: Formal change control process for systems
Business Continuity: Documented business continuity and disaster recovery plans tested annually
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Security Auditing
1. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT
BLUE TEAM
NIKITA K. KOTHARI
JIGISHAARYYA
ZDENEK R. JAKS
2. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
ABSTRACT
This outline gives an investigation of the approach and offers proposals to improve the
arrangement have security. To compress, the arrangement lessens security breaks and makes the
framework more secure with records and passwords for care. It ensures the information of the
client and the organization because exclusive individuals with records and passwords in the
organization can login and get to the information. The strategy helps in setting the benefits of
clients considering their approval level. It is found that the secret key length and the multifaceted
nature of passwords shifted for various clients, which helped in setting their approval level.
A survey of the standard arrangement of "Client Account and Password Management" and
standard approach of "Secret word Complexity" was finished. The standard strategy was then
contrasted with the University of Florida approach and upgrades that could be made to the
current UF arrangement was found. Proposals include:
● Improve the openness of clients by helping them login in various stages in the meantime.
● Improve security by rolling out client’s improvement passwords often.
● Improve security by making clients with more approval experience a larger number of steps as
opposed to simply making them utilize a more drawn out or a more intricate secret key.
● Improve security by every now and again going-over strategies and making overhauls.
In short,to have security.
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access.
3. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A record review was performed for the University of Florida Health Care Information Security
Department. The strategy that was evaluated was the User Account and Password Management
approach under the Technical Security classification. The purpose of the review is to enhance the
arrangement that the University of Florida (UF) utilizes for their User Accounts and Password
Management. Here is the rundown of goals that ought to be secured:
● Improve secret word qualities.
● Assign distinctive parts to clients.
● Assign benefits to clients considering parts.
● Use the Policy standard to advance enhance current arrangement.
This review will give a correlation with the present approach and the models. Inability to
recognize and execute the exhortation of the review can prompt to information ruptures of
touchy data.
# BS ISO IEC 17799: 2005 Section Level of Compliance
1. Security Policy Compliant
2. Organization of Information Security Compliant
3. Asset Management Compliant
4. Human Resources Security Compliant
5. Physical and Environmental Security Compliant
6. Communications and Operations Management Partially compliant
7. Access Control Partially compliant
8. Information Systems Acquisition, Development and
Maintenance
Compliant
9. Information Security Incident Management Compliant
10. Business Continuity Management Partially compliant
11. Compliance Compliant
4. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
BACKGROUND
USER ACCOUNT AND PASSWORD MANAGEMENT
PURPOSE:
To set up a standard for client record and secret word administration. Client confirmation is a
way to control who has admittance to an IT Resource. Get to picked up by a non‐authorized
element can bring about loss of data secrecy, uprightness and accessibility. This may bring about
loss of income, obligation, loss of trust, or it can make shame HSC. Here is the rundown of
norms that ought to constantly be utilized.
1. Records and passwords should not be shared.
2. Confined or Sensitive data should have a programmed log-off element.
3. Pointless pre-arranged or default accounts must be expelled or changed.
4. Passwords to essential default accounts must be changed before joining the framework to the
system.
5. For circumstances including the utilization of passwords as a confirmation system, UFHSC
Units must embrace a secret word design intelligent of the way of the data or data asset got to.
6. Put away passwords might be scrambled or generally defended with non-reversible hash or
another comparative component.
7. Clients must not evade secret word passage with auto logon, utilization of uses recollecting
passwords, inserted scripts or hard coded passwords in customer programming.
PASSWORD COMPLEXITY
PURPOSE:
To determine if the proper prerequisites were met in the complexity of new and in-use
passwords.
1. Password development qualities for every secret key strategy level are chosen to accomplish
the predetermined least entropy.
5. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
2. Password rules require the incorporation of 3 of the 4 taking after character sets: lowercase
letters, capitalized letters, numerals and uncommon characters.
3. For all approach levels, the determination of a passphrase of no less than 18 characters kills
the secret word synthesis standards and lexicon check. Passphrases are liable to insignificant
tests to counteract utilization of basic or trifling expressions.
4. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) might be offered for use with strategy levels P3-P5, and is
required for P6.
While secret word is the most ordinarily utilized strategy for confirming clients entering PC
frameworks, passwords are every now and again focused by assailants needing to break into
frameworks. It is important that this first line of guard against unapproved get to is successful by
thoroughly rehearsing great secret key administration arrangements. Diverse passwords ought to
be utilized for various frameworks concerning the security prerequisites and the estimation of
data resources the should be ensured. Make utilization of different get to control components to
encourage secret word administration and decrease the exertion required by clients in retaining
an extensive number of passwords. This ought to be upheld with great security arrangements and
rules, bolstered by client mindfulness preparing and instruction on the prescribed procedures in
picking and taking care of passwords.
What's more, for viable data security administration, thought ought to likewise be given in zones
including yet not constrained to physical security, information and application security, organize
security, and advancements for reinforcing security insurance, for example, firewalls, VPN and
SSL.
Distinctive data frameworks will have diverse security prerequisites, contingent upon the
utilitarian qualities and arrangement of information on every framework. When in doubt,
validation components ought to be conveyed with various levels of modernity, proportionate
with the estimation of data resources that should be secured. For example, an inward application
taking care of grouped data requires tight get to control, while an Internet application for general
data seeking may permit mysterious logins.
6. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
FINDINGS OF FACTS
AUDIT QUESTIONNAIRE AND RESPONSES
RATING SCALE: 1 =YES 2 = Being Implemented 3 = In Development 4 = NO
Response items: Preliminary Score, Action Item, Final score, Notes (if any)
Password Management Audit questions and findings
➔ Are passwords difficult to crack?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: Highly restricted rules are in place for making passwords difficult to crack
➔ Are adequate cryptographic tools in place to govern data encryption, and are tools
properly configured?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: Link to policies in place - http://www.it.ufl.edu/policies/web-related/develop-applications-
for-secure-deployment/
➔ Are passwords and accounts being shared?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: Passwords are encrypted and not shared or stored in scripts or unprotected configuration
files.
➔ Have employees been trained on proper password management?
Rate: 4 – interim score
Note: No clear indication of password management training to employees.
➔ Are users of all company-provided network resources required to change the initial
default password?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: Properly specified in the guideline:
7. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
https://security.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/TS0005.02-User-Account-and-Password-
Management-Standard.pdf
➔ Are the passwords required to use current tools as secure as the tools allow them to be?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: There are 9 total guidelines for creating strong passwords. Without meeting those the
passwords are not accepted by the system.
➔ Do terminating employees have their calling cards and voice-mail passwords disabled?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: Calling cards are returned and voice mail passwords are terminated after 90 days.
➔ Does the organization has a published policy on prosecution of employees and outsiders
if found guilty of serious premeditated criminal acts against the organization?
Rate: 4 – interim score
Note: No policy specifying that.
➔ Are employees made aware of their responsibility to keep remote access codes secure
from unauthorized access and usage?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: As per project doc. “Policy will be implemented to minimize the number of laptops
authorized for use with confidential data. Full disk encryption will be required on all laptops
used with confidential data. Remote data destruction and tracking software will also be required.
Policy implementation will be verified at least annually”.
Source: http://www.it.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/risk-assessment-standard.pdf
Application code and network security
➔ Are there access control lists (ACLs) in place on network devices to control who has
access to shared data?
Rate: 1 – final score
8. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
Note : Clear definitions available at icc.ifas.ufl.edu/ITAC/.../Lenel-IT-Standards-and-
Procedures(rev2).doc
➔ Are there audit logs to record who accesses data?
Rate: 4 – final score
Note: No evidence that user name or ID is logged.
➔ Are audit logs reviewed?
Rate: 1 – final score
➔ Have custom-built applications been written with security in mind?
Rate: 1 – final score
➔ How have custom applications been tested for security flaws?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: Automation and documented code for testing and review are in place.
➔ How are configuration and code changes documented at every level?
Rate : 1 – final score
➔ How are these records reviewed and who conducts the review?
Rate: 1
Note: With parsed log files. Application Developers and System Administrators review the code.
➔ Are the desktop platforms secured?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: Automated tools for review and testing used to detect vulnerabilities in desktops and
servers.
➔ Are host systems and servers as well as application servers secured?
Rate: 1 – final score
9. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
Note: Both are connected to networks and are secured with authentication, encryption and using
temporary files.
Account Management audit
➔ Are unsecured user accounts (e.g., guest) still active?
Rate: 1 – interim score
Note: Guest accounts are automatically deleted after 7 calendar days. Process for getting a
temporary guest account:
http://identity.it.ufl.edu/identity-coordination/training/creating-a-gatorlink-guest-account/
➔ Are temporary user accounts restricted and disabled in a timely fashion?
Rate: 4 for restricted access and 1 for disabling in a timely fashion
Reason: No proper guidelines and description has been mentioned for restricted access provided
to guest account holders, but they are disabled after a fixed amount of time.
Storage backup and business continuity audit
Purpose:
The purpose of this policy is to protect University Data from loss or destruction by specifying
reliable backups that are based upon the availability needs of each unit and its data.
➔ How is backup media stored? Who has access to it? Is it up-to-date?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: System administrators. http://www.it.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/user-removable-
media-guidelines.pdf
➔ Is there a disaster recovery plan?
Rate: 1 – final score
➔ Have the participants and stakeholders ever rehearsed the disaster recovery plan?
Rate – 1 final score
10. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
Policy
➔ Is there an information security policy in place?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: Covers almost all the aspects in detail.
➔ Does the policy state what is and is not permissible?
Rate: 1 – final score
➔ Does the scope of the policy cover all facets of information
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: “Guidelines provide additional information for handling information and information
systems in a secure manner to insure confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and
information..”
➔ Does the policy define and identify what is classed as "information"
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: there is a Data classification policy in place.
➔ Does the policy support the business objectives or mission of the enterprise?
Rate: 1 – final score
Note: This is available in the home page of the official website
➔ Does the policy identify management and employee responsibilities?
Rate: 1 – final score
➔ Does the policy make clear the consequences of non-compliance?
Rate: 4 – final score
Note: Not available readily.
11. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Overall, our team feels that The University of Florida Information Security Department has some
very good policies in place, but there are many policies in several areas that need to be addressed
for several important reasons. We feel that attending to some policies that may be outdated, not
complete, or not thorough enough are of vital importance to the university’s operations going
forward.
There are key aspects of UF’s contingency planning that pass with an appropriate policy, but
there are many that fail.
There needs to be better and more recently revised policies for all of those that were stated
above, as contingency planning is a crucial aspect when disaster strikes, or when something
unprecedented happens in the organization.
There is an effective storage and backup plan, with only the right system administrators who
would need access to that information, have access.
There is an not appropriate recovery plan in the event of a system-wide emergency. It does not
explicitly state what steps would be taken in the event of an emergency shutdown or data loss.
The human resource policy for taking appropriate corrective actions against those violating the
policies is also not specified very clearly in the policies.
Hence we recommend to add policies in the above mentioned areas.
12. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
APPENDICES
Reference documents:
1. https://www.sans.org/media/score/checklists/ISO-17799-2005.pdf
2. http://www.it.ufl.edu/policies/web-related/develop-applications-for-secure-
deployment/
3. http://identity.it.ufl.edu/identity-coordination/training/creating-a-gatorlink-guest-
account/
4. https://security.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/TS0005.02-User-Account-and-
Password-Management-Standard.pdf
Terms and definitions:
1. Risk management is the way toward distinguishing, evaluating and controlling dangers to
an association's capital and earnings. These dangers, or dangers, could originate from a wide
assortment of sources, including budgetary vulnerability, lawful liabilities, vital
administration blunders, mishaps and normal debacles. IT security dangers and information
related dangers, and the hazard administration systems to lighten them, have turned into a top
need for digitized organizations. Therefore, a hazard administration arrange progressively
incorporates organizations' procedures for recognizing and controlling dangers to its
computerized resources, including exclusive corporate information, a client's by and by
identifiable data and scholarly property. Risk administration norms have been created by a
few associations, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the ISO.
These guidelines are intended to help associations distinguish particular dangers, evaluate
one of a kind vulnerabilities to decide their hazard, recognize approaches to lessen these
dangers and after that actualize chance decrease endeavors as indicated by hierarchical
system.
2. Intellectual property alludes to manifestations of the astuteness for which a restraining
infrastructure is relegated to assigned proprietors by law. Intellectual property rights (IPRs)
are the securities conceded to the makers of IP, and incorporate trademarks, copyright,
licenses, modern plan rights, and in a few locales exchange insider facts. Creative works
including music and writing, and in addition disclosures, developments, words, expressions,
images, and plans can all be ensured as protected innovation.
13. INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT REPORT - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
While protected innovation law has developed over hundreds of years, it was not until the
nineteenth century that the term licensed innovation started to be utilized, and not until the
late twentieth century that it got to be distinctly typical in most of the world. The expressed
target of most protected innovation law (except for trademarks) is to "Advance progress."By
trading constrained restrictive rights for exposure of innovations and imaginative works,
society and the patentee/copyright proprietor commonly advantage, and a motivator is made
for designers and creators to make and reveal their work. A few pundits have noticed that the
goal of licensed innovation officials and the individuals who bolster its execution gives off an
impression of being "supreme assurance". "In the event that some protected innovation is
alluring in light of the fact that it supports advancement, they reason, more is better. The
reasoning is that makers won't have adequate motivating force to imagine unless they are
lawfully qualified for catch the full social estimation of their developments". This supreme
insurance or full esteem see regards licensed innovation as another sort of "genuine"
property, commonly receiving its law and talk. Other late improvements in protected
innovation law, for example, the America Invents Act, stretch worldwide harmonization. As
of late there has likewise been much verbal confrontation over the allure of utilizing licensed
innovation rights to secure social legacy, including immaterial ones, and additionally over
dangers of modification got from this possibility. The issue still stays open in lawful grant.