The CIA Triad

BLUF: This paper provides a description of the CIA Triad, as well as the difference between Authentication and Authorization. CIA The Triad is made up of three components. Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. Confidentiality Confidentiality means the protection of information from unauthorized access. This includes addresses, passwords, credit cards, and other personal information. Integrity Integrity is…

Incident Response Policy

BLUF: This document contains the guidelines for Incident Response for our organization, Aquatic Activity Inc. Incident Identification The type of attack must have a specific classification (ransomware, malware, etc.). Each incident will be labeled based off severity criteria (Low, Medium, High, Critical). This will prevent delays in response and give the response team better information….

Human Error: Security Breaches and How to Prevent Them

Organizations, (especially large ones), are at a greater security risk today than they have been ever before. In the growing cyber world, the avenues for attack are growing at an exponential rate. To combat this, it takes a large team of people constantly conducting surveillance. Unfortunately, people are not perfect. Mistakes are going to be…

CYSE 201S: Module 2 DB on Determinism

Looking into the different theories surrounding criminal behavior in the cybersecurity space reminds me of criminology and the study of deviant behavior as a whole. However, I have not used the idea of determinism to study this behavior as of yet. Determinism is the idea that behavior is influenced or directly caused by previous events…