IT Security Certifications

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IT Security Certifications are becoming more and more popular and necessary as the job economy becomes tougher. IT Security Professionals are trying to distant themselves from their competition while companies are looking for the best and brightest in the field. Below are some of the certifications I am researching for a bigger IT Security Certifications project.

Insider Threat Still a Big Issue to Network Security

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Internal users continue to be the torn in system and security administrator's side. This is the case for many reasons. One, they have knowledge of the networking recourses. Two, they have credentials to access various systems on the network and third, most security controls defend against external entities as compared to internal users. According to the Computer Security Institute (CSI), approximately 80 percent of network misuse incidents originate from inside the network.

The CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency has been Released

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The CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency has released its final report, "Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency." The Commission’s three major findings are:

85% of All Crimes Leaves a Digital Fingerprint

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It has been stated that 85% of all crime leaves a digital fingerprint in electronic devices. This may occur from an Internet intrusion, identity theft and traditional crime like murder. Computer forensics has aided in the investigation of these crimes. Computer Forensics is the use of specialized techniques for recovery, authentication, and analysis of electronic data when a case involves issues relating to reconstruction of computer usage, examination of residual data, authentication of data by technical analysis or explanation of technical features of data and computer usage.

VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X: How to shutdown Windows when it is hung

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I have been running VMWare Fusion with Windows XP as my guest OS for some time on my MacBook Pro. The other day, Windows XP while shutting, just hung as it seems to do from time to time on regular PC-based installed. I spent 2-days, waiting for it to complete. I even used the: VMware Fusion menu bar > Virtual Machine > select Power Off But it seem by using: VMware Fusion menu bar > Virtual Machine > press the option key and select Power Off It is the equivalent of pulling the plug out of the wall and it worked. Hope this will help someone out as it did me. Kellep

Cyber ShockWave Explained and Results

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A simulated exercise titled “Cyber ShockWave” held by the Bipartisan Policy Center took place yesterday, February 16 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The exercise was a simulated cyber-attack on the United States to see how well members of the government would respond to a large-scale cyber-attack on the nation's critical infrastructure. The participants were a group of former national security and administration officials from both the Democratic and Republican Party.