Tag: Compliances (1300)

Checklist for Disaster Recovery

When reviewing disaster recovery plans, the first step is to determine the financial impact of data downtime. How long can your business remain afloat without your critical data? This information will affect your decisions concerning the sophistication and capabilities of your disaster recovery solution. Governmental regulations should also be considered at this stage. Some organizations,… Continue reading Checklist for Disaster Recovery

Sample Disaster Recovery Test Plan (Structure)

1.      Test Planning a.       Objectives b.      Test Procedures c.       Test Plan Review d.      Assumption Validation   2.      Test Scope a.       Orientation b.      Table Top c.       Functional d.      Full Scope   3.      Test  Coordinator and Team   4.      Result Analysis a.       Objectives Completed b.      Validity and accuracy of test data c.       Identify plan/actual gaps and correct… Continue reading Sample Disaster Recovery Test Plan (Structure)

DoS

Aurthor unknown Whether launched by high school novices or savvy cyber-terrorists, Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks have become a threat to network reliability. These attacks often result in considerable loss of time and money since they consume scarce and expensive resources: network bandwidth, memory and disk space, CPU time, access to other computers and networks, and the… Continue reading DoS

SOW Checklist Overview

Summary Requirements Scope Of Work In Scope Out Of Scope Term Assumptions, Risks And Constraints Assumptions Risks Constraints Deliverables And Acceptance Criteria Project Approach, Methods, And Tools Approach Methods Tools Facilities Office Locations Delivery Center Locations Environments Conversion Testing Project Management Project Plan      Work Descriptions      Schedule Team Organization And Staffing Meetings      Weekly… Continue reading SOW Checklist Overview

Outsourcing

The most effective outsourcing model occurs when you develop a strong partnership with your supplier, hold regular high-level strategic reviews, and implement a process for continual improvement that is underpinned by both performance and client satisfaction measures. Maintaining quality, transparency, confidentiality and anonymity is paramount for a successful outsourcing relationship. Any improvements in your products… Continue reading Outsourcing

ISO 17999, 2700x and COBIT shorthand

The 27000 standard contains 11 security control clauses collectively containing a total of 39 main security categories and one introductory clause introducing risk assessment and treatment. 1. Security Policy (1); 2. Organizing Information Security (2); 3. Asset Management (2); 4. Human Resources Security (3); 5. Physical and Environmental Security (2); 6. Communications and Operations Management (10); 7. Access Control (7); 8. Information… Continue reading ISO 17999, 2700x and COBIT shorthand

ISO-17799 Overview

Complementary standards and guidelines where inspired by ISO17799, design to or supports the implementation of ISO17799: AS/NSZ-4360:2004, Risk Management Guidelines HB-231:2004, Information Security Risk Management Guidelines ISO-19011:1996, Guidelines for Management System Auditing PAS56:2003, Guide to Business Continuity Management ISO/TR-18044:2004, Information Security Incident Management ISO-GMITS:1996/2001 (Guidelines for the Management of IT Security): ISO/TR-13335/1:1996, Concepts and Model… Continue reading ISO-17799 Overview

The New E-Discovery Rules

Take the Lead in Ensuring Compliance New rules for electronic discovery adopted as part of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) went into effect December 1, 2006. The purpose of these rules is to streamline e-discovery requests. In an attempt to minimize the number of motions to compel discovery, the federal courts have mandated… Continue reading The New E-Discovery Rules

Data and Storage Considerations

Data Storage – Contents Storage Issues Magnetic Disks File Systems Remote File Access NFS, CIFS, DAFS Disk organizations JBOD, SBOD RAID Storage Virtualization Scatter/Gather Comparing the various RAID levels RAID Performance RAID Implementation Architectural options for storage virtualization Storage Architectures: DAS, SAN, NAS and iSCSI Integration of Fibre Channel and Internet Integration of SAN and… Continue reading Data and Storage Considerations

IRM-Enabled SharePoint Documents in Groove Workspace

  Windows Server 2008 has Rights Management Services (RMS, which is a server add-on feature) as an installable role and seamlessly integrated into the OS. Further Information Rights Management (IRM, which is the client ability to comply with what is set to be enforced by RMS) can be enabled in SharePoint Central Admin (after installing RMS client on… Continue reading IRM-Enabled SharePoint Documents in Groove Workspace

AvePoint DocAve

AvePoint DocAve 4.5 DocAve is the only truly integrated, easy-to-use, enterprise software that offers a complete set of SharePoint Platform protection and management tools. The award winning gDocAve software platform addresses the need for fast, flexible, and real-time backup, disaster recovery, and administration solutions for MOSS. DocAve Compliance Archiver Ensure prolonged storage of all MOSS… Continue reading AvePoint DocAve

Alternative Desktop ROI Comparison

Environmental factors increasing pressure for new solutions Audit/Control requirements such as Sarbanes Oxley, etc. New legislation; i.e., eDiscovery Desire for ‘Green’ solutions Security and Identity theft grow Disasters Technology Improvements bringing forth new solutions today Server blades & virtualization (VMWare: ESX, GSX, VDI) Software virtualization (MS Softricity, Altiris SVS, LANDesk Thinstall) Network bandwidth Video Compression… Continue reading Alternative Desktop ROI Comparison

Things in common with Risk Assessments

Vulnerability assessment has many things in common with risk assessment. Assessments are typically performed according to the following steps: · Cataloging assets and capabilities (resources) in a system · Assigning quantifiable value and importance to the resources · Identifying the vulnerabilities or potential threats to each resource · Mitigating or eliminating the most serious vulnerabilities for the most… Continue reading Things in common with Risk Assessments

DDOS Attacks – Attack Tools

Denial of Service Attacks Denial of service (DoS) attacks involve flooding a system or network with more data than it can handle, so the system crashes or network bandwidth is so clogged that legitimate communications cannot occur. Distributed DoS (DDoS) attacks are more sophisticated. In such an attack, the attacker takes control of a number… Continue reading DDOS Attacks – Attack Tools

DoS Attack Details

DoS Attack Detail Maintaining a reliable and predictable network has become a strategic imperative for most businesses now dependent on the Internet. DoS attacks, which flood network links or Web sites with useless traffic, have become a serious threat to the reliability of critical business assets. In a DoS attack, the attacker installs specialized control… Continue reading DoS Attack Details

ISO-17799:2000 Overview

127 controls distributed within 10 categories Information security policy Organizational security Asset classification and control Personnel security Physical & environmental security Communication & operations management Access control System development & maintenance Business continuity management Compliance Uses a Plan/Do/Check/Act implementation and operation model that starts with a risk assessment to established the required security controls needed… Continue reading ISO-17799:2000 Overview

What’s new in ISO-17799:2005

Risk management where addressed only in part 2 document, the part 1 now includes a new chapter on ‘Risk Assessment and Treatment’ requirements ‘Asset classification and control’ evolve into a more holistic ‘Asset management’ approach ‘Personnel Security’ evolve into ‘Human resources security’ which now emphasis on what’s needed before, during and on termination of employment… Continue reading What’s new in ISO-17799:2005

ISO-17799 Overview

BS7799 was created in 1999 as a two part document (standard + certification scheme) by the British Standards Institution (BSI) The standard portion was adopted and converted into an ISO standard in 2000 The certification scheme portions is still a BSI only standard and it’s latest revision is dated 2002 Many worldwide governments policies, standards,… Continue reading ISO-17799 Overview

Threat Modeling

Threats must be understood to build secure systems  Every spec/design goes through threat analysis  Model of component is created  Threats categorized based on STRIDE  Severity ranked based on DREAD  Stride:  S—Spoofing  T—Tampering of Data  R—Repudiation   I—information Disclosure  D—Denial of Service   E—Escalation of Privileges  Dread:  D—Damage potential  R—Reproducibility  E—Exploitability  A—Affected Users  D—Discoverability 

PCI Report on Compliance and Visa

PCI Compliance Validation. European Payment Council (EPC). Audits and Self-Assessments Network Scans Report on Compliance PCI Report on Compliance and Visa Level 1–3 Merchants Level 1 Merchants (via Acquirer) On-site PCI data security assessment completed by QSA Letter signed by a merchant officer Confirmation of report accuracy form completed by QSA Acquirer accepts ROC and… Continue reading PCI Report on Compliance and Visa

IT Security Management

What is Security Management. A proactively discover and detect intrusive activities/vulnerabilities Provide real-time prevention Provide a multi-layered approach to intrusion defense (Host/Network) Integrate any event from the enterprise Collect, consolidate, and normalize events  across the enterprise Filter events, alert and notify personnel,  execute countermeasures Suppress meaningless data Correlate events to accurately identify critical security incidents… Continue reading IT Security Management

Next Generation Real-time Network Defense

Requirements: Near Continuous Scanning System Change Alerts Identify “unmanaged” nodes on network Receive frequent vulnerability updates Ongoing monitoring for baseline compliance, vulnerabilities, and threats Standards-based interface to firewall, anti-virus and intrusion prevention systems to support rapid shielding https://www.bestitdocuments.com/Samples