Not only Ashley Madison, but most of the high profile companies reported data breach in recent years. For instance, in March, health care insurance provider Premera Blue Cross reported the hack which had compromised 11 million customer details including financial information such as bank account. Even in the case of Ashley Madison the motivation was different but eventually data, credit card information was compromised. After reviewing the case of Ashley Madison, Here are some of the recommendations gathered from online and text book.
Developing Security program: Security program describes plan, policies, individuals and initiatives related to security. The one and only one mission of security program is to contain the risks to the information asset of the organization. Now this depends on the culture, size, and security personnel budget. Considering Ashley Madison size and most of its operations is performed online, it should have rigorous training platform for both technical and non-techincal staff. Programs offered by professional agencies such as SANS, ISSA and CSI provides or subsidizes these resources.
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Following compliance guide line provided by NIST SP 800-16 that describes security and training requirements is another way to boost the awareness of the employees. These kind of training and follow of compliance emphasize on roles rather than fixed content providing flexibility, adaptability, and longevity. Furthermore varying method of training with respect to different users is also beneficial. For example training for general users, training for managerial users and training for technical users which can be categorized by job category or job functions. According to the text book Management of Information Security by Whitman and Mattord- there are seven steps methodology to implement
This project must meet the requirements of DoD security policies and standards for delivery of the technology services. The first requirement we are to discuss is Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) which is a United States legislation that defines a comprehensive framework to protect government information, operations and assets against natural or man-made threats. FISMA assigned the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the responsibility of defining standards and security procedures to be followed and must be complied. There are nine processes NIST outlines to be in compliance with FISMA:
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
Software application development at my company was initiated first out of security concerns. There were increasing numbers of security breaches reported in hospitals, banks, Yahoo, and other places that paused potential hazards (Snyder, 2014). We are in the financial Industry with huge volumes of sensitive data. Our Information Technology department expressed concerns that our SQL server was an easy target to those that may want to hack the system. Existing security measures and periodic training were very strict but they were not enough to protect customers from hackers.
Issa utilizes statistics to suggest ideas. He says, “The Office of Personnel Management’s security breach resulted in the theft of 22 million Americans’ information, including fingerprints, Social Security numbers, addresses, employment history, and financial records” (Issa). Issa also adds that, “The Internal Revenue Service’s hack left as many as 334,000 taxpayers accounts compromised‑though just this week, the IRS revised that number to o...
Physical and environmental security programs are generally considered to be a collection of mechanisms and controls put into place that help ensure the availability of information technology capabilities. These programs protect an organization from fire, flood, theft, power failure, intentional, and even unintentional damage through negligence. Implementation of these programs at the organizational level can take place in a number of ways but most organizations choose to follow the application of a body of standards, usually set forth by an organization such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Once such body of standards put forth by ISO/IEC is 27002, Information technology – Security techniques – Code of practice for information secur...
Whitman, M., & Mattord, H. (2011). Reading & cases in information security: law & ethics. (2011 custom ed., p. 264). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
The topic for week 3 of Computer Ethics was based upon an IT security policy in relation to a company’s ethics. The discussion board began with how training as well as education needs to be implemented throughout the business to ensure confidential information is not sent out without encryption or following other procedures put in place. This not only maintains the integrity of the company, but also makes the employees accountable as well. This can be accomplished by a well defined security policy and procedures which outlines the plan of action and the implementation. Many agreed a well documented plan needs to be kept updated as well as conveyed to the rest of the staff so everyone knows what their role is. In addition, Dawan pointed out that a security policy is a “living document” which is one that is forever changing to try and keep up with hackers. Many also agreed it is imperative everyone in the organization needs to be trained on the security policies at an organization.
What happened: In possibly the most publicized attack of the year, more than 30 million accounts on affair-site Ashley Madison, owned by Avid Life Media, were hacked and released to the public.
Security helps the organization meet its business objectives or mission by protecting its physical and financial resources, reputation, legal position, employees, and other tangible and intangible assets through the selection and application of appropriate safeguards. Businesses should establish roles and responsibilities of all personnel and staff members. However, a Chief Information Officer should be appointed to direct an organization’s day to day management of information assets. Supporting roles are performed by the service providers and include systems operations, whose personnel design and operate the computer systems. Each team member must be held accountable in ensuring all of the rules and policies are being followed, as well as, understanding their roles, responsibilities and functions. Organizations information processing systems are vulnerable to many threats that can inflict various types of damage that can result in significant losses (Harris, 2014). Losses can come from actions from trusted employees that defraud the system, outside hackers, or from careless data entry. The major threat to information protection is error and omissions that data entry personnel, users, system operators and programmers make. To better protect business information resources, organizations should conduct a risk analysis to see what
The 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,
One of the biggest issues Tinder faces is its reputation. Founded with the intent of connecting like minded individuals, Tinder’s reputation has been reduced to an app for hook-ups and one night stands. Tinder has done many things right like easing the way people communicate with potential matches, wherein people no longer have to be in social situations that encourage conversations. Users could be sitting on a couch and opt-in to flirt instead of having to drink at a bar. But owing to the reputation that Tinder has, there is a big fear of “What if someone recognizes me off Tinder?” and subsequently labels the user a “slut”. Subsequently, owing to the fact that Rad has had a sexual harassment
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Management buy-in, establishing policies and updating them regularly, identifying and communicating the security awareness goals and message clearly and often are some of the ways which organizations can achieve higher levels of security awareness a stronger security
This report aim to explain how is achieved risk control through strategies and through security management of information.
The first thing that we must consider about Information Security is that there is not a final destination at which we can arrive. IT Security is an ongoing set of processes and activities that requires attention and expertise on a daily basis. It is important to understand that systems are not secured by themselves and it is our responsibility to maintain and improve them periodically as required. It is of vital importance to establish the appropriate mechanisms and requirements in order to support the company’s CIA triad. The following report will provide you guidance about auditing and hardening techniques applied though the 7 Domains by utilizing IT Security Best Practices.