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Disaster Recovery Requirements

May 26, 2010

Set the institution’s definition of “disaster” Driven by Business Impact Priority of Mission Critical Applications   Priority of Mission Critical Business and IT Services Define Requirements Set Threshold for Recovery Questions to Consider: What is the threshold on recovery time (RTO) and recovered data (RPO)? What is the objective during...

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High Level – High Availability

May 25, 2010

HA offers Application Resiliency Critical Applications can remain active even when the primary hardware they rely on goes down Applications can remain active through maintenance cycles and backups HA offers the promise of minimal down time Staff can remain working on HA equipment almost transparently Customers can keep using...

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Disaster Recovery Considerations

May 23, 2010

What is it “Ability to recover from the loss of a complete site, whether due to a natural disaster or malicious intent.” “A plan of action to recover from an unlikely event of a severe or catastrophic business disruption.” It’s NOT a planning for Mean-Time-To-Recovery (MTTR) from daily operational...

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What is a Blended Threat ?

May 22, 2010

Any threat that uses multiple means of propagation AND requires an integrated response from more than one technology Discovering Vulnerabilities How vulnerabilities are discovered: By accident or chance Browsing through CVS entries, software development, bug databases, or change logs Using source code scanning tools ITS4, Flawfinder, or RATS Utilizing...

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Data Archive Strategy

May 21, 2010

The best backup strategy starts with the Restore! Determine what data needs to be archived Create a plan Base backup Incremental backup Differential backup Frequency and speed of data restore Consider your network environment Operating systems (Windows, Unix, etc.) Firewalls (bandwidth, etc.) Routers, Switches Carefully consider the backup media...

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Log Management SIM / SEM Justification

May 15, 2010

Background Companies are suffering from an overwhelming influx of security data from an array of software and hardware solutions, including antivirus software, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, access control, identity management, single sign-on, authentication and many more. A typical enterprise has one or more of each of these solutions deployed,...

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Sample Qualys Statement of Work (SOW)

May 13, 2010

Business Need / Problem Statement The current Vulnerability Assessment is inadequate and requires a large number of customization and man-hours to produce any meaningful report data. Current system is lacking key features such as centralized management, role-based access control, limited data export formats and lacks the reports that management...

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sample-it-spreadsheets , security

Vulnerability Management Process

May 12, 2010

New Assets, Technologies, Patches, Configurations Discovered Tracked by: Spreadsheets Asset Inventory System New Vulnerabilities and Threats Discovered Validated by: Alerts Web Site Research Information Collected and Validated Remediation: Database Spreadsheet Validation Tests Correlate Vulnerabilities to Assets Deployment Validated by: Risk Analysis Tools Develop Critical Vulnerability and Threat Risk-Ranked List...

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Defense In Depth – Another Interpretation

May 7, 2010

Identify and potentially mitigate risk at all layers Perimeter Defenses: Packet Filtering, Stateful Inspection of Packets, Intrusion Detection Network Defenses: VLAN Access Control Lists, Internal Firewall, Auditing, Intrusion Detection Host Defenses: Server Hardening, Host Intrusion Detection, Auditing Application Defenses: Validation Checks, Verify HTML / Cookies Source, Secure IIS Data...

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Security Event Management

May 7, 2010

Security Event Management Proactively discover and detect intrusive activities/vulnerabilities Provide real-time prevention Provide a multi-layered approach to intrusion defense (Host/Network) Correlation & Visualization Integrate any event from the enterprise Collect, consolidate, and normalize events  across the enterprise Filter events, alert and notify personnel, execute countermeasures Response, Reporting – Forensics...

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Vulnerability Management the correct way

May 6, 2010

Proactive, not reactive! Enhance your process: Capability, Deployment and Sustainability Access to assured and validated content Risk-based for work prioritization Step-by-step remediation instructions Real-time asset and technology inventory Task completion and tracking in enterprise reports

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Vulnerability Management Obstacles

May 4, 2010

Inaccurate inventory of system configurations and software patches. Complexity of integrating/managing existing tools. Inefficient/unreliable research capabilities/methods. Lack of resources and cycles. Inability to quantify metrics. Costly resources and tools. www.bestitdocuments.com

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The Typical Patch Process

May 3, 2010

Scan or poll network to determine vulnerabilities Real-time Network Defense System Change Alerts Identify “unmanaged” nodes on network Receive frequent vulnerability updates Ongoing monitoring for baseline compliance, vulnerabilities, and threats Prioritize vulnerabilities and patch deployment Standards-based interface to firewall, anti-virus and intrusion prevention systems to support rapid shielding Test...

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Sample – Document Sharing Business Requirements

May 2, 2010

Integration with Existing Windows Operating Systems and MS and Third party applications. Create Folders Create libraries Collect documents Organize & manage content Organize & manage – File properties Organize & manage – metadata Organize & manage – Content types Locate & understand documents Search – Sorting grouping (Windows 200x,...

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Password Synchronization Technology

May 1, 2010

Business Issues Passwords are a reality and are here to stay Increased security risks in large enterprises A need to effectively manage user identities in increasingly complex environment The larger the enterprise, the greater support that is needed Help desks are required to support more complex enterprises with the...

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Defense Against SYN Flood

April 29, 2010

Increase size of connection table Add more servers Trace attack back to source Ask your ISP to filter malicious packets Add firewall Typically “SYN proxy” Partial solution was “SYN-cookies” Reply to SYN with SYN-cookie Allocate no resources until SYN-cookie is returned Egress filtering restricts spoofed IP addresses

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Sample Vulnerability Assessment results Tracking Form

April 27, 2010

  Unauthorized ports discovered Host Name / description TCP / UDP OS Helpdesk -associated tickets updated or opened                                                              ...

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compliances , data-center-soc-noc , security

Helpdesk Research – Analysis

April 23, 2010

Executive Summary After extensive research and evaluation of each Helpdesk’s experiences with Windows Vista and, we have determined that Windows 7 will provide substantial Helpdesk savings for high volume users who switch to Windows 7. Windows 7 can be expected to reduce support costs by $483 per user per...

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Anatomy of Audit Logging

April 22, 2010

The Information Security Forum’s (ISF) The Standard of Good Practice for Information Security (Version 4.1, January 2005) states that the objective for logging is “To ensure individual accountability and to enable incidents, such as access violations, to be investigated and resolved.” This is easy to state, but a major...

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MS IE Advanced Settings (8.0.6001.18702)

April 21, 2010

  Accessability Always expand ALT text for images Unchecked Enable Caret Browsing for new windows and tabs Unchecked Move system caret with focus / selection changes Unchecked Reset text size to medium for new windows and tabs Unchecked Reset test size to medium while zooming* Checked Reset zoom level...

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Help Desk System Considerations

April 19, 2010

Modern day Helpdesk considerations includes the following system capabilities: · Call Management · Problem Resolution · Problem Prevention · Asset Management · Automated Crisis Management · Integrated Service Level Agreements · Change Management · Built-in Reporting · Web Support · Enterprise Integration · Customization Today’s help desk solutions offer a blend of power and ease-of-use. Help Desk gives mid-range and departmental...

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Help Desk Call Management

April 18, 2010

The moden Help Desk automates the process of entering caller information. Enter a caller’s name, for example, and all other relevant fields fill in automatically.  And because of our intuitive Windows interface all functions are point and click or if you should choose through the keyboard. Today’s Help Desk makes...

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Help Desk – Change Controls considerations

April 17, 2010

Package software support Considerations: Third party development and/or maintenance Project Review by Management Restriction on Transfer to Production Documentation Change Control Procedures: Emergency Changes Segregation of Test and Production Approval of system testing Training in new systems Computer Operations Operations Procedures Supervision of Operations: Communications Management Documentation of Procedures...

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Help Desk IT Business Spectrum

April 15, 2010

 

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Threat is a possible danger to the system

April 14, 2010

It is policy to ensure that the balance of risks, vulnerabilities, threats, and countermeasures achieves a residual level of risk that is acceptable based on the sensitivity or criticality of the individual information technology (IT) system. In accordance with SOP, it is the System Owner’s responsibility to prepare or...

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VA (Vulnerability Assessment) scanning and reporting

April 14, 2010

Documents and action items considerations for reporting requirements (nCircle, Qualys, Nessus, Appscan, SAMATE and other VA Scanning tools). 1. Scope Document (Project Scope) 2. Architecture Document 3. Roles and Responsibilities (Support Plan) 4. Escalation Path (Support Plan) 5. Run books (operations guide) 6. Asset Lists 7. SLA Review and Documentation 8. Metrics and Reporting Documentation 9. Training...

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Social Engineering Testing

April 13, 2010

Tests of Controls Social engineering techniques are employed in an attempt to obtain information regarding perimeter network devices and their defenses (i.e., IP address ranges, firewalls and default gateways) as well as potential internal targets. The information gathered during the reconnaissance phase outlines the basis of this test. The...

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compliances , networking , security

Wireless Technology Background

April 12, 2010

Background and Risks Associated With Wireless Technologies With the advent of wireless technology for transmitting data and voice, the well-known and relied upon controls instituted using perimeter devices are disappearing. Gone are the physical security controls, such as security guards, cameras and locks that were effective in protecting wired...

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Why COBIT

April 12, 2010

  COBIT resources should be used as a source of best practice guidance. Each of the following is organized by IT management process, as defined in the COBIT Framework. COBIT is intended for use by business and IT management, as well as IS auditors; therefore, its usage enables the...

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Adaptation

April 10, 2010

Modern businesses are organized as a set of core processes operating within supply and demand networks. Almost every organization in the world is faced with increasing pressure for effectiveness and efficiency (i.e., higher quality requirements for products and services, increased revenue, cost reduction, new product development), a pressure for...

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application , compliances , security , visio-stencils , web-services

Sample Visio – Java Components

April 8, 2010

Free Visio document download Java Components.vsd https://www.bestitdocuments.com/Samples

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