Download or read book Guidelines on Cell Phone and PDA Security written by Wayne Jansen and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cell phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) have become indispensable tools for today¿s highly mobile workforce. Small and relatively inexpensive, these devices can be used not only for voice calls, simple text messages, and Personal Information Management (PIM), but also for many functions done at a desktop computer. While these devices provide productivity benefits, they also pose new risks. This document is intended to assist organizations in securing cell phones and PDAs. More specifically, this document describes in detail the threats faced by organizations that employ handheld devices and the measures that can be taken to counter those threats.
Download or read book Mobile Technology Consumption Opportunities and Challenges written by Ciaramitaro, Barbara L. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether used for communication, entertainment, socio-economic growth, crowd-sourcing social and political events, monitoring vital signs in patients, helping to drive vehicles, or delivering education, mobile technology has been transformed from a mode to a medium. Mobile Technology Consumption: Opportunities and Challenges explores essential questions related to the cost, benefit, individual and social impact, and security risks associated with the rapid consumption of mobile technology. This book presents the current state of mobile technologies and their use in various domains including education, healthcare, government, entertainment, and emerging economic sectors.
Download or read book Custom Symantec Version of The Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security written by Andrew Conry-Murray and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2005-10-28 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security helps you protect against every Internet threat: You’ll learn no-hassle ways to keep bad guys out and private information in...minimize exposure to every kind of Internet crime...stop people from secretly installing spyware that tracks your behavior and trashes your computer.
Download or read book Managing Risk in Information Systems written by Darril Gibson and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PART OF THE NEW JONES & BARTLETT LEARNING INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY & ASSURANCE SERIES! Managing Risk in Information Systems provides a unique, in-depth look at how to manage and reduce IT associated risks. Written by an industry expert, this book provides a comprehensive explanation of the SSCP? Risk, Response, and Recovery Domain in addition to providing a thorough overview of risk management and its implications on IT infrastructures and compliance. Using examples and exercises, this book incorporates hands-on activities to walk the reader through the fundamentals of risk management, strategies and approaches for mitigating risk, and the anatomy of how to create a plan that reduces risk.
Download or read book CISSP Practice written by S. Rao Vallabhaneni and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 1635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-have prep guide for taking the CISSP certification exam If practice does, indeed, make perfect, then this is the book you need to prepare for the CISSP certification exam! And while the six-hour exam may be grueling, the preparation for it doesn't have to be. This invaluable guide offers an unparalleled number of test questions along with their answers and explanations so that you can fully understand the "why" behind the correct and incorrect answers. An impressive number of multiple-choice questions covering breadth and depth of security topics provides you with a wealth of information that will increase your confidence for passing the exam. The sample questions cover all ten of the domains tested: access control; telecommunications and network security; information security governance and risk management; application development security; cryptography; security architecture and design; operations security; business continuity and disaster recovery planning; legal, regulations, investigations, and compliance; and physical and environmental security. Prepares you for taking the intense CISSP certification exam with an impressive and unique 2,250 test prep questions and answers Includes the explanation behind each answer so you can benefit from learning the correct answer, but also discover why the other answers are not correct Features more than twice the number of practice questions of any other book on the market and covers nine times the number of questions tested on the exam With CISSP certification now a requirement for anyone seeking security positions in corporations and government, passing the exam is critical. Packed with more than 2,000 test questions, CISSP Practice will prepare you better than any other resource on the market.
Download or read book PDA Security written by David Melnick and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let an IT security expert help readers assess the PDA threat to a business. Learn what must be done to lock out dangers--password theft, viruses, electronic eavesdropping, mobile code and wireless vulnerabilities, data corruption, device loss and theft, and other risks.
Download or read book mHealth Innovation written by David Metcalf and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors of the HIMSS Books' best-seller mHealth: From Smartphones to Smart Systems (603) have returned to deliver an expansive survey of the initiatives, innovators, and technologies driving the patient-centered mobile healthcare revolution. mHealth Innovation: Best Practices from the Mobile Frontier explores the promise of mHealth as a balance between emerging technologies and process innovations leading to improved outcomes-with the ultimate aim of creating a patient-centered and consumer-driven healthcare ecosystem. Examining the rapidly changing mobile healthcare environment from myriad perspectives, the book includes a comprehensive survey of the current-state ecosystem-app development, interoperability, security, standards, organizational and governmental policy, innovation, next-generation solutions, and mBusiness-and 20 results-driven, world-spanning case studies covering behavior change, patient engagement, patient-provider decision making, mobile gaming, mobile prescription therapy, home monitoring, mobile-to-mobile online delivery, access to care, app certification and quality evaluations, mixed media campaigns, and much more.
Download or read book Digital Forensics for Handheld Devices written by Eamon P. Doherty and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 80 percent of the world’s population now owns a cell phone, which can hold evidence or contain logs about communications concerning a crime. Cameras, PDAs, and GPS devices can also contain information related to corporate policy infractions and crimes. Aimed to prepare investigators in the public and private sectors, Digital Forensics for Handheld Devices examines both the theoretical and practical aspects of investigating handheld digital devices. This book touches on all areas of mobile device forensics, including topics from the legal, technical, academic, and social aspects of the discipline. It provides guidance on how to seize data, examine it, and prepare it as evidence for court. This includes the use of chain of custody forms for seized evidence and Faraday Bags for digital devices to prevent further connectivity and tampering of evidence. Emphasizing the policies required in the work environment, the author provides readers with a clear understanding of the differences between a corporate investigation and a criminal investigation. The book also: Offers best practices for establishing an incident response policy and seizing data from company or privately owned digital devices Provides guidance in establishing dedicated examinations free of viruses, spyware, and connections to other devices that could taint evidence Supplies guidance on determining protocols for complicated crime scenes with external media and devices that may have connected with the handheld device Considering important privacy issues and the Fourth Amendment, this book facilitates an understanding of how to use digital forensic tools to investigate the complete range of available digital devices, including flash drives, cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras, and netbooks. It includes examples of commercially available digital forensic tools and ends with a discussion of the education and certifications required for various careers in mobile device forensics.
Download or read book A Business Guide to Information Security written by Alan Calder and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nontechnical, simple, and straightforward, this handbook offers valuable advice to help managers protect their companies from malicious and criminal IT activity.
Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Internet Privacy and Security written by Preston Gralla and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how to set up defenses against hackers and online con artists, encryption methods, anonymizer software, spam, viruses, identity theft, firewalls, and ways to safeguard online purchases.
Download or read book Information Technology Control and Audit written by Sandra Senft and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of a bestseller, Information Technology Control and Audit, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of IT governance, controls, auditing applications, systems development, and operations. Aligned to and supporting the Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT), it examines emerging trend
Download or read book CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Study Guide written by James Michael Stewart and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-06-23 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the popular Sybex Study Guide approach, CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional Study Guide, 4th Edition provides 100% coverage of the CISSP Body of Knowledge exam objectives. Find clear and concise information on crucial security topics, practical examples and insights drawn from real-world experience, and cutting-edge exam preparation software, including two full-length bonus exams and electronic flashcards. Prepare yourself by reviewing the key exam topics, including access control, application security, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, cryptography; information security and risk management, and security architecture and design telecommunications and network security.
Download or read book New Threats and Countermeasures in Digital Crime and Cyber Terrorism written by Dawson, Maurice and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological advances, although beneficial and progressive, can lead to vulnerabilities in system networks and security. While researchers attempt to find solutions, negative uses of technology continue to create new security threats to users. New Threats and Countermeasures in Digital Crime and Cyber Terrorism brings together research-based chapters and case studies on security techniques and current methods being used to identify and overcome technological vulnerabilities with an emphasis on security issues in mobile computing and online activities. This book is an essential reference source for researchers, university academics, computing professionals, and upper-level students interested in the techniques, laws, and training initiatives currently being implemented and adapted for secure computing.
Download or read book CISSP ISC 2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide written by James Michael Stewart and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 1079 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CISSP Study Guide - fully updated for the 2015 CISSP Body of Knowledge CISSP (ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide, 7th Edition has been completely updated for the latest 2015 CISSP Body of Knowledge. This bestselling Sybex study guide covers 100% of all exam objectives. You'll prepare for the exam smarter and faster with Sybex thanks to expert content, real-world examples, advice on passing each section of the exam, access to the Sybex online interactive learning environment, and much more. Reinforce what you've learned with key topic exam essentials and chapter review questions. Along with the book, you also get access to Sybex's superior online interactive learning environment that includes: Four unique 250 question practice exams to help you identify where you need to study more. Get more than 90 percent of the answers correct, and you're ready to take the certification exam. More than 650 Electronic Flashcards to reinforce your learning and give you last-minute test prep before the exam A searchable glossary in PDF to give you instant access to the key terms you need to know for the exam Coverage of all of the exam topics in the book means you'll be ready for: Security and Risk Management Asset Security Security Engineering Communication and Network Security Identity and Access Management Security Assessment and Testing Security Operations Software Development Security
Download or read book Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas written by Jessica P. R. Thorn and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas, InterSol 2020, held in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference is postponed to a later date in 2020. The 20 papers presented were selected from 50 submissions and issue different problems in underserved and unserved areas. They face problems in almost all sectors such as energy, water, communication, climate, food, education, transportation, social development, and economic growth.
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