Information is the most valued possession of a company these days. In fact, the changes in the modern concept have shifted the focus from the typical assets to the information. Now wonder therefore, that the companies, irrelevant of size, are giving a lot of importance to the information security. (more…)

Treat your passwords and pass phrases with as much care as the information that they protect (bank or financial information should be more secure than signing up for a free PDF).

Don’t reveal your passwords to others. Try to keep your passwords hidden from family members (especially children) or friends who could easily pass them on to other individuals. In the real world, you still may need to share your password with others, such as your online banking account password that your spouse might need to access. Those are the exceptions and not the rule. (more…)

In recent surveys, it is highlighted the importance for employers of having a well-drafted email use policy and internet use policy. Most employers take email use policy and internet access policy for important business reasons ranging from employee productivity reasoning to preventing hostile work environments.

A survey on Email Rules, Policies and Practices by American Management Association revealed that 75 percent of organizations in their survey had written policies concerning e-mail. (more…)

Since internet gathered its popularity, information loss through electronic channel have become prevalent. It is easier to exploit internet to collect credential information, mainly personal or corporate information. New services, features, communication media are blended into existing internet services with internet as its information transport platform. New channels are opened as a particular Web site implements a new feature and existing communication systems evolve to bypass previously effective control measures. Bellow are 10 possible information loss that goes trough electronic channel that you must aware of. (more…)

We give a comprehensive overview of information assurance technologies, with a focus on the emerging third generation information assurance technologies and their relation with more established intrusion detection and prevention Information Assurance technologies. (more…)

As society increasingly relies on digitally stored and accessed information, traditional information security technology, policies, management, and practices are found more and more limited in satisfying the security and assurance needs of modern information systems and applications, for several reasons. In general, addressing only the protection of information against unauthorized disclosure, transfer, modification, or destruction, traditional information security cannot deliver the level of information assurance that modern applications require. (more…)