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HIPPA Setting Best Practices

March 14, 2010

HIPAA legislation does not lay out a specific, standardized course of action or “best practice.” Rather, the language often suggests “reasonable and appropriate” action to protect and secure business assets and protect private data. This openness puts the burden on providers and payers to chart new territory and implement...

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Fine-Grained Access Controls

March 13, 2010

Implement Security Policy · Create rules to enforce access control policy · Control ports, protocols, and direction · Implement policy schedule based on operational needs • Limit exposure to application vulnerabilities • Dynamically open and close networking ports · Provide Forensic Information • Monitor and log all network connections · Provide In-Line Protection • React and intervene...

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compliances , information-rights-management , security

Consderations for Securing your environment

March 13, 2010

Identify Access Points In the electronically open organization… • Who has access to your internal network? – Employees in the office or remote, using VPNs – Contractors, consultants, temporary workers – Customers, suppliers, and partners via extranet – Outsiders who have penetrated the perimeter • Operations and resources are becoming more distributed –...

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Help Desk System Assessment

March 13, 2010

Overall Objective [Vendor] Consultant will conduct a working session with all relevant personnel to review Customers goals and processes as they relate to their current Help Desk installation in order to provide specific system and process recommendations. [Vendor] Consultant will spend one day at client site and a second...

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Sample Directory Services Consolidation Project

March 12, 2010

Directory Services is an integral component of the solutions an enterprise data center should offer its clients.  It is advisable to initiate a project to migrate and consolidate the Corporate departments, existing directory services, including Windows, Netware, and any others.  It is recommended to consolidate all directory services to...

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application , o-s , web-services

Sample Application Server Consolidation

March 12, 2010

File / Print / Utility Servers Ability to provide a more predictable and dense application consolidation which will result in a further reduction of server footprint Save time and money by accelerating costs savings through deeper consolidation Lower the risks involved in a higher density of applications per server...

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Sample – Shared Application Development and Testing Environment Project

March 12, 2010

The availability of a shared application development and testing environment will provide agencies parallel production-like environments without having to maintain and purchase equipment for the department sites. Multiple standard environments can quickly be provisioned into a server partition in less than 15 minutes (based on predefined server builds and the...

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Download Sample External Vulnerability Assessment

March 12, 2010

External Vulnerability Assessment https://www.bestitdocuments.com/Samples

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Project Manager’s Checklist

March 12, 2010

      A. Project Organization 1. Is there a formal Project Mission Statement stating the objectives and strategy of the project? 2. Does the Mission Statement define:   a. The approach to managing the project?   b. The scope and objectives of the project?   c. The business...

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Sample IT Wide Status Definitions

March 11, 2010

GREEN:  Project on schedule with no gating issues.  AMBER:  Significant issues with interim deliverable(s), possible Interim deliverable slips. However, final deliverable(s) is/are still achievable with proper attention/involvement. RED:  Serious issues.  Unlikely to make final deliverable MIS Status Amplifications: Amplification on status for MIS Integration Test Leads and Release Leads: ...

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Regulation Impact by IT Technology Domains

March 11, 2010

Sarbanes Oxley Act HIPAA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act SEC 17a-4 and NASD and NASD Financial compliance, business process measurement applications X Enterprise resource planning X Business intelligence and data warehousing X Content/document  management and search X X X X Data/application integration X Business process automation X X Records management and email...

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networking , security

Sample VLAN Project Charter

March 11, 2010

  Sample VLAN Project Charter Implement a Virtual Local Area Network Solution Project Overview Business Case Background and Rationale for the project As outlined by the gap analysis our internal auditors, our internal network has numerous security weaknesses. In short, once our local area network (LAN) has been accessed,...

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Wireless Security Checklist

March 10, 2010

Data collection: via Kismet. (freeware): · Is the access point (AP) beaconing? (Is the AP configured to send beacon packets?) · Is the access link layer encryption enabled? (Wireless Encryption Protocol) · Is strong link layer encryption enabled? (128 bit WEP) · What channel is the traffic broadcast on? · Is the network...

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Windows XP Host Assessment Checklist

March 9, 2010

· Are Physical Security measures in place? · Is the BIOS password protected? · Does the computer Boot from a CD? · Is AutoRun for the CD-ROM enabled? · Is it possible to run Programs from the CD? · Are Operating System Restrictions in place? · Is NTFS enabled on all partitions? · Is File Sharing...

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Software Security and SDLC Considerations

March 8, 2010

Technical security architecture Application security architecture Application security architecture document Architecture control board Data model Data security architecture document Data security architecture Platform security architecture Platform security architecture document Enterprise architecture governance Security in the system development lifecycle Security requirements of information systems Security requirements analysis and specification Define...

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Identifying Identity Management Needs

March 8, 2010

Author unknown  Is your network a collection of different systems and applications? Are there multiple directories and data systems? Are there users and other data objects stored in multiple places? How is the environment managed? How are new accounts created for users each time a new application is added?...

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Application Threats and Vulnerabilities

March 7, 2010

  Application Threats and Vulnerabilities    Oracle MS SQL Server Sybase Lotus Domino Denial of Service SNMP DoS   Malformed RPC Absolute value of numeric DoS Unicode DoS Redirection DoS   Request DoS   Select All DoS  IIOP DoS ID/Password Control Issues Default passwords Default passwords Default passwords Default passwords Brute force...

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Sample Email Backup Procedures for Windows

March 7, 2010

No matter what you read in this, alway promote backups of your email and data files. It costs 10 times more time and money to recover lost information than it does to store it.   Purpose This document provides guidelines / instructions that enable Corporate users or the Technology Services Department...

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Common Spyware threats list

March 7, 2010

  http://www.spywareguide.com/product_list_full.php Common Spyware threats list Spyware and similar Keyloggers Dialers Usage tracks Hijackers AdBreak 2Spy! A.I.S. Ahead Nero Burning Rom AllCyberSearch AdvertBar AB System Spy Aconti HTMLedit Cool-XXX Alexa (6.0) Actions Monitor Action Liveshow Showtime Internet Explorer Duolaimi Attune Activity Logger All-In-One Telcom LogoManager IStartHere Aureate (3.15) Activity...

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Oracle Database Configuration & Performance Tips

March 7, 2010

Introduction This guide is aimed at those who wish to configure Oracle 10 – 11 databases to ensure that it can perform under large loads that may be placed upon it. SAP utilizes Oracle database technology to store SAP activity data, in form of transaction. It requires a transactional...

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What is an x.509 Digital Certificate Structure

March 7, 2010

X.509 certificates have the following fields. Version x.509 version:  0=v1, 1=v2, 2=v3 serialNumber Controlled by CA, assigned to each cert signature algorithm OID of the algorithm used for digital signature issuer name Ex “sha1WithRSAEncryption” or “dsa-with-sha1” validity period x.500 Distinguished Name (DN) of the CA subject name Expiration date...

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IT administrators are not doing enough to patch vulnerabilities

March 7, 2010

Stringent patching and patch management is key to anti-virus security management 1. Protection from malware 2. Secure connectivity 3. Protection from Inappropriate Content 4. Maximization of Network Resources 5. Protection of Resources 6. Ease of IT administration 7. Maximization of performance 8. Budget Management How to Secure Malware Threat...

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Sample Vendor Virus Comparison Checklist

March 6, 2010

Vendor Virus Comparisons Virus detection   Platform   Malicious JavaScript detection   Malicious VBScript detection   Malicious applet detection   Applet filter                   Certificate                   Signature                   Trusted source                   All applets                   Detects unknown malicious applets   E-mail content filter   E-mail content...

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Fighting Spam

March 6, 2010

Spam is unsolicited email. It can range from a supplier’s newsletter to pornographic images to offers of products or services. On the face of it, this does not constitute a major problem as the user can “just delete it”. Many pundits predict that spam will die out from “natural...

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Quick overview of HTTP Request messages

March 5, 2010

OPTIONS         Request information about available options GET                Retrieve document identified in URL HEAD              Retrieve meta information about document identified in URL POST              Give information (e.g., annotation) to server PUT                Store document under specified URL DELETE           Delete specified URL TRACE            Loopback request message CONNECT        For use by proxies HTTP response codes 1xx                Informational   Request...

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Use Case to Relational Mapping Sample

March 2, 2010

  The following table describes shortly the single relations between the information entities (it’s worth to note that in principle each relationship is a many-to-many relationship): Source Destination Relationship Description Features Vision & Scope Rational A feature is traced back to a goal stated in Vision & Scope, i.e....

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Computer Lab Design Considerations

March 1, 2010

IT is often asked for advice by departments planning a computing facility. This document outlines the considerations that should be made when planning such a facility. If you need additional information, or want details on the implementation of a specific IT computing facility, please send e-mail to IT team....

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Project Definitions

March 1, 2010

Objectives: To examine specific processes and procedures used by the Systems group and / or other operations groups.  Measurements and evaluations of these designated processes will be used to determine items that could be revised or upgraded to increase efficiencies or enhance operational support systems. Scope: Processes from the...

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Sample PC and LAN Support Services Agreement

February 28, 2010

This is just a tempalte, always seek proper legal advise when doing consulting. Consultant: Client: Contract Date: PC and Lan Support Services Agreement (the “Agreement”), made as of this xxx day of Month, 2009 (the “Effective Date”) between client (“Client”), and xxxxxxxx, (“Consultant”).   (Client and Consultant are hereinafter collectively...

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Personal Computer / LAN Security Guidelines

February 28, 2010

Incorporate the following tips into your daily routine to ensure that any pc or LAN you use is secure · Lock your pc with a power on password · Lock your pc with a keyboard password when away from your desk · Back up your work regularly · Store and lock diskettes...

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Computer Replacement Considerations

February 28, 2010

Options 1. Reseller / distributor agreement—subscribers afforded vendor commitment of best effort” to expedite sale of hardware if it is available at time of disaster 2. Pre-arranged rental agreement—subscribers assured that hardware will be readi­ly available for expedited shipment and can be used/rented for the recovery period 3. Dedicated storage /...

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