IT Security
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): is a regulation that mandates national standards and procedures for the storage,…
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Cookies and Attachments
Cookies and Attachments: Cookies are texts files that a browser maintains on the user’s hard disk in order to provide…
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ACL: Access Control Lists
Access Control Lists: Related to permissions is the concept of the access control lists (ACL). An ACL is literally a…
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Malicious Insider Threats
Malicious Insider Threats: One of the most dangerous threats to any network is an insider who is intent on doing…
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Managing Spam to Avoid Viruses
Managing Spam to Avoid Viruses: Although spam is not truly a virus or a hoax, it is one of the…
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How Viruses Work
How Viruses Work: A virus, in most cases, tries to accomplish one of two things: render your system inoperable or…
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Social Networking and Information Gathering
Social Networking and Information Gathering: One of the best sources for information is social networking. Social networking has proven not…
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Finding the IP address of a Website
Finding the IP Address of a Website: This exercise will show you how to obtain the information about a website…
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Intrusion Prevention and Intrusion Detection Systems
Intrusion prevention & Intrusion detection systems: Intrusion prevention system (IPSs) and intrusion detection systems (IDSs) are important considerations for any…
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Hacking: Generic Example of Cyber Crime
Generic Examples of Cyber Crime: Hacking is by no means a new phenomenon; it has existed in one form or…
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