Definition of Security Basics
Security Basics are the simplest forms of securing a network.
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Security Basics
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The Psychology of Security
This essay is my initial attempt to explore the feeling of security: where it comes from, how it works, and why it diverges from the reality of security. Four fields of research—two very closely related—can help illuminate this issue. The first is behavioral economics, sometimes called behavioral finance. Behavioral economics looks at human biases—emotional, social, and cognitive—and how they affect economic decisions. The second is the psychology of decision-making, and more specifically bounded rationality, which examines how we make decisions. Neither is directly related to security, but both look at the concept of risk: behavioral economics more in relation to economic risk, and the psychology of decision-making more generally in terms of security risks. But both fields go a long way to explain the divergence between the feeling and the reality of security and, more importantly, where that divergence comes from.
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Cisco 2007 Annual Security Report
The Cisco® Annual Security Report provides an overview of the combined security intelligence of the entire Cisco organization. The report encompasses threat information and trends collected between January and September 2007, and provides a snapshot of the state of security for that period. The report provides recommendations from Cisco security experts and predictions of how identified trends will continue to unfold in 2008.
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How to Build a Computer
A tutorial on how to build a computer...
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Comparison of Firewall, Intrusion Prevention and Antivirus Technologies
In this paper, we look at network security technologies that are used to protect computer networks and mitigate the risks associated with viruses, worms and other network attacks. For effective protection of computer networks, most organizations are deploying multiple layers of security, including firewall, intrusion prevention and gateway antivirus technologies. Understanding the different kinds of protection provided by each technology is helpful in deciding what systems are required for each network.
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The Basics of Shellcoding
A shellcode is a group of instructions which can be executed while another program is running. Nowadays lots of examples show how a shellcode can be executed while an application is running and its followings is proposed us by vulnerabilities' exploits. In order to get advantage from a vulnerability it is indispensable to inject a shellcode because we have to get the control of a running application. The goal of this article is not to explain all the possibilities of injecting a shellcode developed during last years, but to analyze and understand its essence.
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The Basics and use of XOR
XOR ... also know as 'exclusive or' is an operator used in Bit calculations. I am assuming that you know about the 1's and 0's being the core of a computer and other mathematical number systems yadda yadda Xor compares two bits and outputs a bit depending on what was 'xored' together.
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Basics of Cryptography
I expect you have read one or to papers on cryptography...like everyone else You read, looked confused, felt confused, and a few probably ran away and Cried. Why? Because the encryption used today"s is industrial strength. That"s Because its has to be as our lives rely on information, and so do businesses, So encryption has to stronger than an iron sponge soaked in super glue to keep Our secrets safe. So any papers on the subject start at the top because that is the standard today. But I will start at the beginning (that"s original) so you can learn the Basics of cryptography and build from there.
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Hacking: The Basics
Today, both the Internet and corporate intranets are simply crawling with people from all walks of life that are continuously trying to test the security of various systems and networks. Some of these people are seeking some sort of intellectual high, while others are fueled by more treacherous motives such as revenge or stealing for profit. In any event, no intrusion is innocent and no intrusion is benign. There is no silver bullet available out there that will totally secure our networks and systems. The only thing that we can do as IT professionals is make sure all of the doors are locked, the alarm is turned on, and educate ourselves on what to look for. The primary focus of this practical paper is to educate the less security conscious IT professionals and end-users on exactly who is out there and what they are doing to get in.
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Security Policy: What it is and Why - The Basics
So, with the following information I hope to give you a basic overview of what a Security Policy is and why you would want one. From here lets move on to some of the areas mentioned above and why they are so important to you, your business, customers, administrators, and users. Basically everyone involved.
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Denial of Service FAQ Basic
This information text is for network administrators who know little about Denial of Service, this text covers all the basic information on Denial of Service attacks and related information. Denial of Service attacks are becoming more and more common on the internet, it does not take a sophisticated hacker to set up and launch a denial of service attack, rather the most common attacker is a young script kiddie, they can accomplish a lot just by using tools downloadable on the internet.
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