LESSON 6 - Protecting Information Resource

• Social engineering


  • Using "people skills" to trick others into revealing private information
  • Takes advantage of the human element of security systems
  • Use the private information they've gathered to break into servers and networks and steal data
• Company Emergency Response Team

  • Developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Focuses on security breaches and DoS attacks
  • Offers guidelines on handling and preventing these incidents
• Security Measures and Enforcement

  • Biometric security measures
  • Nonbiometric security measures
  • Physical security measures
  • Access Control
  • Virtual Private Networks
  • Data Encryption
  • E-commerce Transaction security measure
  • Company Emergency Response Team