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Where were the cyber attacks when the government called for greater response mechanisms to cyber attacks within EU

Estonia; Thinks the attacks are from Russia because Estonia moved WW2 memorial

What do hackers use in DoS attacks?

botnets (groups of computers with malicious software) to launch an attack.

Who is Dwayne Whitten?

TAMU cybersecurity

People should always have...

Backups

What is the first line of defense in business

Employees

Who was College Stations potential data breach involved with in 2009?

Click2Gov

What did the cyber attack in LA cause?

Doctors locked out of email and patient records for over a week

What is ransomware?

Viruses/malware that take over a server/computer and demand money in return

What are 2 things to do to avoid a ransomware/malware attack?

Think before you click, if something seems wrong notify the TAMU helpdesk

What is the division of IT at TAMU

IT.tamu.edu

What are DUO and Office 365 doing?

Reducing device remembering from 30 to 5 days

What is safer than public wifi?

Hot spots

What is computer security?

concerned with risk management, confidentiality, integrity, and the availability of electronic info that is processed and stored within a computing system

What is risk management?

the recognition, consequences, and assessment of risk to a computer's assets and developing strategies to manage/protect them.

It is important to backup files with...

high priority

What is a hacker?

Someone who attempts to invade/disable a computer's security to steal the computer's resources

What is a hacktivist?

Disable companies by hacking their system

What is a white hat hacker?

fake hacker that tries to hack a company to prove its security

What is the #1 weakest link of a company?

Employees

What does every TAMU employee have to do yearly?

a security module

What is an unsecured computer?

Extremely easy to breach computer; usually connected to the internet

What is an intranet?

businesses' private version of the internet

What is a firewall?

specialized hardware and software working together to ensure only authorized personnel and employees can use intranet

What is a proxy server?

Special security computer that communications in and out of a intranet pass through

What is a port?

used to contain and delay structural fire from spreading

What is "default-deny"?

Firewall rule set that standard security dictates that the only network connections that are permitted are the nes that have been explicitly allowed.

What is "default-allow"?

Firewall rule set that many business use that allow any connection except the ones that are blocked.

What are computer/metamorphic viruses?

Computer files that reproduce by making copies of them within a computers memory, storage, or network.

What is malware?

programs specifically intended to penetrate/damage a computers system without the end users knowledge

What is experimental malware?

Written as research project to further understand how to combat them

What is a worm?

Self-replicating but does not need to attach itself to an existing program to spread.

What is a trojan horse?

Typically seen as harmless, but when the program is executed, it may release harmful viruses into a computer/network; they wait for a particular computer action/date.

What is spyware?

Computer program installed to capture or take control over a system without users knowledge or consent; secretly monitors users keystrokes/behavior

What is adware?

Programs that automatically displays Ads onto a computer

What is spamming?

Abuse of an email to send millions of unsolicited messages.

What is a DoS attack?

Attempt to make a computer or its resources unavailable to its users. Uses an enormous amount of processing power to the computer to slow it down and stop its running.

What is reverse phising/keylogging?

Type of spyware; When a hacker installs a program that records every keystroke.

What is antivirus software?

Computer programs that attempt to identify, prevent, and eliminate computer viruses and malware.

What is a malevolent attachment?

Executable program that waits for an event for the program to run.

What is social engineering?

the way we socially exist and do things

What is internet fraud?

Any fraudulent activity in an online setting

What is click fraud?

Writing programs inserted into advertising network websites that automatically pass a user to the advertiser, so the click fee happens

What are purchase scams?

Most uncomplicated type of internet fraud; involves a buyer who approaches merchants via span and asks if they can pay for shipping with credit card, once order is shipped, credit card is cancelled and company looses money.

What is phishing?

Involves social engineering techniques; attempts to gain private information by sending a legitimate looking email

What is privacy?

The ability of an individual to keep their personal information out of public view; has to do with PERSONAL info

What is confidentiality?

Has to do with COMPANIES info

What does anounymus mean?

Ones personal identity is unknown

What is a tracking cookie?

Along with a webpage copy, the server sends a small text file called a cookie to keep personal information

Advantage: user doesn't have to fill out tedious information twice

Disadvantage: tracking website browsing behavior, compromising privacy

What is data mining?

when experts extract useful data and information from recorded data (cookie)

What is computer privacy?

Protecting one of its most important assets: data and information

What are history files?

A list of stored/cached websites on a users computer that are an account of where and what a user has visited on the web.

What is indentity theft/fraud?

All types of crime in that someone wrongfully obtains and uses another persons personal data in some way that involves fraud/deception, typically for economic gain

What is shoulder surfing?

Criminal glances over persons should to glean personal data

What is dumpster diving?

Criminals sift to trash to obtain personal information

What is the SCAM acronym?

S: Be Stingy

C: Check your financial information on a regular basis

A: Ask periodically for credit reprot

M: Maintain careful records of your financial records

What malware doesn't need to attach itself to an existing program to spread?

Worm

What is the most uncomplicated Internet fraud?

Purchase scam

What is the name of Google's advertising network?

Google AdSense

What is TAMU's fiscal year?

Sept 1-Aug 31

What tool should you use for transactions?

tool you should use for transactions

What is the system training TAMU employees have to do?

[e-mail] for state employees over equal employment opportunity and prevention of sexual harassment

Who is E Jerome McCarthy?

(Michigan State and Notre Dame): Developed 4 P's of marketing in 1960

What is R&D all about?

COLLABORATING

What collaboration software does TAMU use?

Filex (filex.tamu.edu)

What are the core functional business departments?

Accounting

HR

Marketing

R&D

Production

What is collaboration?

2 or more people working towards a common goal

What is a business?

Organized entity designed to sell goods/services to make a profit

Accounting Department

Language/mathematics of business; Often the most important

What is a transaction?

every business activity needs to be recorde

What is GAAP?

Accounting rules for preparing, presenting, and reporting financial statements

What is the Sarbanes Oxley Act 2002?

Enacted to encounter fraudulent reporting

What is EDGAR?

Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system): Primary system for companies submitting documents to the SEC (securities and exchange commission)

What should we use excel for versus access?

Excel: To aggregate the data

Access: To pull from data base

HR department

involved with the administration of business personnel

Roles: recruiting new employees, evaluating/managing personnel, tracking personnel data, administering payroll and pensions, and providing advice to employees.

Employee data must be...

private and accurate

What is TAMU's HR website?

Hr.tamu.edu

Marketing department

Focus on customers and have core responsibilities like advertising and branding products/services

What are the 4 Ps of marketing

Products, pricing, promotion, placement

What are products?

Actual good and services a business produces

What is pricing?

what a product costs

What is promotion?

Advertisement of a businesses products and services

What is placement?

How a product is delivered to a customer

R&D department

Takes a creative and systematic approach to evolve a businesses original idea and device new ones

If a business isnt growing...

its dying

Ideas need to be...

FEASIBLE

Brainstorming

collaborative thought process by many people come up with ideas and directions for the business

Production department

Make tangible or intangible products to be sold commercially; Focus attention on the most efficient and effective way to produce goods/services to maximize profit

What does the production department focus on?

What if analysis used to consider lots of factors

Business departments must...

COLLABORATE

What is business collaboration?

involves 2 or more people/departments working together towards a common business goal

What is business collaboration facilitated by?

Facilitated by data and information exchange

What is Data and information exchange software?

electronic computing tools

that provide data and information exchange to facilitate decisions

What is an internet discussion board?

oldest; allows users to post electronic messages to a webpage

What is a thread?

First post to discussion board

What is instant messaging/online chat?

similar to email but is real time computer communication

What is video and data conferencing?

allow businesses to collaborate through a network via video

What are webinars?

collaboration between audience and presenter

What is collaborative software considered?

management tools

What is project management software?

provides business with collaborative roadmap for organizing and managing resources to schedule a project start to finish

What is a Gantt chart?

graphical representation of project; road map