<<O>>  Difference Topic SecurityTopics (r1.6 - 27 Sep 2007 - Main.nova)

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Security and Information Assurance

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Risk assessment
  • Risk identification
  • Risk analysis
  • Cost/benefit analysis

Incident Response

  • Legal requirements
  • Incident response team
  • Incident response policies
  • incident response procedures

Security Models
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  • The McCumber/Maconachy, et.al. Information Assurance Model
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  • The McCumber?/Maconachy, et.al. Information Assurance Model

  • Confidentiality models
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* Bell LaPadula? (BLP) Model

  • Integrity models
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  • Risk assessment models
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    • Transaction-based integrity * Biba Model

  • Other models
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    • The Clark-Wilson Model

Security Policies

  • Creation of Policies
  • Maintenance of Policies
  • Prevention
  • Avoidance
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  • Incident Response
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  • Recovery
  • Defense in depth

Security Technologies

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  • Cryptography
    • Pointer to Algorithms section
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  • Cryptosystems
    • Unkeyed cryptosystems
    • Secret key cryptosystems
    • Public key cryptosystems
      • Key infrastructure

    • Digital Signatures
    • Performance (software/hardware, operational approaches)
  • Authenticaiton protocols and mechanisms
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  • Defense in depth
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    • Identity keys
      • Biometrics
      • Passwords
      • Hardware key
    • Timestamps
    • Kerberos

  • Physically secure hardware
  • Violation detection
    • intrusion detection
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    • audit logs
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    • liveness & availability checking
    • protection tools
  • Penetration testing
  • Integrity checking
    • Error-correcting codes

    • cryptographic hashing
    • checksums
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  • Error-correcting codes
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*Countermeasures

  • Redundancy
  • Fault Tolerance
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Threats and Attacks
  • Social Engineering
  • Passive Attacks
    • Sniffing
    • Man-in-the middle
  • Active attacks
    • Forced entry
      • Password guessing
      • Dictionary attacks
    • Protocol attacks
    • Malware
      • Viruses
      • Trojans
      • Worms
      • Spyware
    • Buffer Overflow Attacks
    • Denial of Service

Network Security
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*Network nodes *Routers *Switches *Access Points *Perimeter defenses *Firewalls *Packet filter *Proxy *Personal * Virtual Private Networks (VAN) *Protocol tunneling *Bearer services *Secure design *Secure topology * intranet

  • Pointer to attacks/threats (for DOS)
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  • Security aspects of network devices (routers, firewalls, access points)
    • packet filtering
    • Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
  • Network organization for security
  • Design for availability

Operational Issues

  • Auditing
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  • Physical plant security
  • Disaster recovery (natural and man-made)
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Threats and Attacks
  • Social Engineering
  • Malware (Viruses, Trojan Horses, Worms)
  • Protocol attacks
  • Active attacks
  • Passive Attacks
  • Buffer Overflow Attacks
  • Denial of Service

Forensics

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  • Legal Systems
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  • Digital Forensics and its relationship to other Forensic disciplines
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  • Rules of Evidence
  • Search and Seizure
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    • Incident response responsibilities
    • Forensic procedures
    • Standards
    • Documentation
      • Audit logs
      • Investigators report

  • Digital Evidence
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  • Media Analysis
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    • Preservation of evidence
      • Imaging
  • Rules/Standards of Evidence
  • Evidence Analysis *Forensic mechanisims *Acquisition mechanisms *Authentication mechanisms *Analysis mechanisms *Auditing mechanisims *Profiling *Motivation analysis *Victimology

Human Considerations

  • Applied Psychology and security policies
  • Usability design and security
  • Security mindset
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      • Firewalls
        • Packet Filtering
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Intrusion Protection

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  • Identity theaft

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Security Standards

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  • Risks and liabilities of computer-based systems (THESE CONCEPTS ARE UNDER OTHER TABS--DO NOT BELONG HERE)
    • Authentication
    • Encryption; Certificates, Public Key
    • Capability User Authorization
    • Audit Logs
    • Access Logs
    • Backup
    • Viruses, Worms
    • Transaction Management, Rollback
    • Intrusion Detection
    • Privacy Protection
    • Security Standards Organizations
    • Security Assurance Service Organizations
    • Uses, misuses, and limits of computer technology
    • Historical examples of software risks (such as the Therac-25 case)
    • Implications of software complexity
    • Risk assessment and management
    • Feasibility assessment
    • Risk management principles
    • Contingency planning

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Security Standards
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Social structure
  • Legal Systems *Legal frameworks *Legislation *Ethics *Ethical frameworks

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