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5. Physical Security Devices a) Employee Identification Badges / Smart Cards: The company should provide employees with picture identification badges with a smart chip and magnetic strip. The company will provide unique public-key infrastructure (PKI) certificates on the employee’s smart chip, which will allow user access to the company network. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) capable cards should not be used. While they are more convenient for access control than swipe cards, an…

MIS101 – Assignment Template – Trimester 1, 2015 Your Name: Costa Banias Student Number: 215162709 Deakin Email: cbanias@deakin.edu.au Assignment – Part A Question 1: Provide a brief explanation of each of the following security terms and provide an example of each. (~250 Words) o Something the user is, also known as biometrics is a type of authentication system that examines person’s natural physical characteristics. There are various applications that can be undertaken such as retina scans,…

includ-ing termination of employment or referral for criminal prosecution. c. Password Policy: Upon exploiting the vulnerability of the target system the pen tester can extract the passwords and crack them to login to other systems. Hav-ing a strict password policy will help reduce this vulnerability. 1. Scope: This policy is designed to protect the organizational resources on the network by requiring strong passwords. This policy applies to all personnel who have any form of computer…

4.5.4 Pin, Gesture and Password. Similarly to iOS, Android supports a four digits long (from 0 to 4) to gain access to the system. Android gives the opportunity to use a password of variable length, and is able to include numbers, symbols, and letters. Gesture is a pattern between symbols given; It is necessary to repeat the same gesture previously saved to gain access to the system. (Abalenkovs et al. 2012). The use of the PIN access is probably the most extended method to protect the phone…

H. (2004). The domino effect of password reuse. Communications Of The ACM, 47(4), 75-78. doi:10.1145/975817.975820 This is a brief cautionary article on the dangers of reusing a password across multiple applications. The authors give several examples of security breaches, but do not do a good job of illustrating that those security breaches were the direct or indirect result of a password re-use. Indeed, some of the incidents were a clear case of passwords being stolen and then used. While…

Is There a Right Password Years ago people use to worry about their homes been burglarized or getting robbed in the store by pick pockets, but, today that is not the case. With the rapid growth of technology every day, cybercrime has taken over from pick pockets and burglars. “crimes conducted via the internet or some other computer” (Evans, Kendall and Poatsy). With all the dilemmas that the society has to deal with, creating a secure password to protect our personal information from cyber…

Password strength Password complexity policies are designed to deter brute force attacks by increasing the number of possible passwords. When password complexity policy is enforced, new passwords must meet the following guidelines: • The password does not contain a dictionary word or the account name of the user or company. • The password is at least eight (8) characters long and can be up to 128 characters long. • The password contains characters from three of the following four categories: o…

In “Why Asking For a Job Applicant’s Facebook Password is Fair” by Alfred Edmond, discusses a major topic that is happening almost everywhere applicants are being hired. Should the people hiring have the right to ask for the applicant password in order to be consider as a new hire. He provides evidence to both side, but strongly agrees with the side the allows company to ask for people's passwords. It was not long ago when this type of practice was happening during the hire process. When…

In his essay “Why Asking for a Job Applicant’s Facebook Password Is Fair Game,” the author, Alfred Edmond Jr., argues that “business owners should be able to ask job applicants for their Facebook passwords” (132). He presents logical evidence to his argument by giving examples of why requesting a Facebook password is important when a potential employer is going thru the hiring process which moreover appeals to the readers’ emotions. He feels that if future employees post something to Facebook…

Acar, T., Belenkiy, M., & Küpçü, A. (2013). Single password authentication. Computer Networks, 57(13), 2597-2614. doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2013.05.007 This qualitative analysis illustrates the authors’ proposed protocols for a password authentication system requiring the user to remember only one login and password. Their protocols would allow access to either a cloud server or mobile device to handle all authentication needs. They analyze how the protocols would be resistant to online…