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Cyberspace Policy Review

timsteiner — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:06:34 +0000

According to the homeland security page of the whitehouse.gov web site the president has concluded a cyberspace policy review. On February 9th of this year the president directed a sixty day policy review of the current programs and policies throughout the government that address cyberspace. The review is used to develop strategy to ensure that [...]

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Quality Approach to Measurements and Metrics: Doing it Right the First Time

timsteiner — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:51:37 +0000

Quality Approach to Measurements and Metrics: Doing it Right the First Time Tim W. Steiner Wilmington University Metrics are defined as “A quantitative measure of the degree to which a system, component, or process possesses a given [...]

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Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

timsteiner — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:33:11 +0000

Systems Analysis and Design in the Systems Development Life Cycle Timothy W. Steiner Wilmington University The Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), sometimes also referred to as the Software Development Life Cycle, is the logical process used to develop an information system. In its simplest form SDLC is a project management method that breaks complex projects [...]

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Sample Acceptable Use Policy

timsteiner — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:09:58 +0000

Acceptable Use Policy 1.0 Overview The intention for publishing an Acceptable Use Policy are not to impose restrictions that are contrary to LedGrafix’s established culture of openness, trust and integrity. LedGrafix is committed to protecting ‘s employees, partners and the company from illegal or damaging actions by individuals, either knowingly or unknowingly. Internet/Intranet/Extranet-related systems, including [...]

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Computer Forensics Case Analysis: Kucala Enterprises, Ltd. v. Auto Wax Co., Inc.

timsteiner — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:22:00 +0000

Tim Steiner SEC 220 02/15/08 Computer Forensics Case Analysis: Kucala Enterprises, Ltd. v. Auto Wax Co., Inc. INTRODUCTION There are many computer forensics products on the market today claiming the ability to recover lost/deleted files and obtain electronic evidence (e-evidence) to be used in court. Encase is a popular tool used by many law enforcement [...]

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Computer Forensic Product Analysis: HELIX

timsteiner — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:31:00 +0000

Tim Steiner SEC 220 02/06/08 Computer Forensic Product Analysis: HELIX INTRODUCTION Computer Forensics products and methods are the keys to a successful forensic investigation. If the products used have not been fully tested, they may damage or destroy electronic evidence. Furthermore, it is very important to select good forensics tools; doing so can make or [...]

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Wireless Router Max User Review

timsteiner — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:06:00 +0000

Wireless Router Max User Review I did some research and it seems all wireless routers have a limit of 253 users. This makes sense because a class C IP address with the mask of 255.255.255.0 (this is usually the default) can only allow 256 addresses, -2 for the network and broadcast address leaves 254 host [...]

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White Paper: Legal Liabilities of an IT Professional

timsteiner — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:46:00 +0000

Tim Steiner LES 330 12/05/07 White Paper: Legal Liabilities of an IT Professional INTRODUCTION As an IT Security Professional your main focus is to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) of sensitive company and client information. This means that the information is only seen by its intended viewer, it is not tampered with, and available [...]

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Is Intrusion Detection Important?

timsteiner — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:44:00 +0000

Tim Steiner SEC-330 Structured External Assignment Intrusion detection is essential in today’s world of insecure networks and the need for data confidentiality is steadily increasing. Unfortunately there is only a small percentage of small to mid-sized organizations that employ host based or network based intrusion detection systems (IDS). It is no longer enough to just [...]

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Snort EULA Analysis: The de facto standard for intrusion detection/prevention

timsteiner — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:39:00 +0000

Tim Steiner LES 330 11/19/07 EULA Analysis: The de facto standard for intrusion detection/prevention INTRODUCTION As the IT manager of a small accounting firm, you are in charge of keeping the local network and confidential information secure from unauthorized parties. After examining the network log, you notice that there is a computer on your network [...]

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