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The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) went into a law in 1986. The original law as introduced to address…
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The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
The Gram-Leach-Bliley Act, also known as the Financial Modernization Act of 1999, requires financial institutions to develop privacy notices and…
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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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