Cybersecurity

American Prestige Technology Consulting mission stamen providing Cyber Security!

Doing business on the cloud system with artificial intelligence comes with internet connection risk. Many threats and vulnerabilities exist in an internet-system infrastructure (local computer system resources connected to cloud services). Without appropriate protections, internet connectivity [physical and wireless] could compromise the information asset that make companies profitable or help individuals & organization with critical management systems. Cyber Security is critical for all types of Internet business transactions. Information:data:megadata is an asset that must be protected! Is imperative that individuals and organizations enact security policies and procedures and incorporate safeguards that are effective and precising effective by potential customers. Network security in may cases has not being given attention that it deserves. As personal and business-critical applications become more prevalent on the internet, network-based applications and services can pose security risk to all information resources.

Cyber Security component in Networking (broadband connection; sharing of computer systems and data; connection to cloud systems) is the process by which digital information assess are protected. The goals of network security are to maintain integrity, protect confidential, and assure availability. A treat is defined as unauthorized access to network. These threats are caused by vulnerabilities. A vulnerability is a weakness in a system, such as misconfigured hardware software, poor design or end user carelessness. Security risk cannot be completely eliminated or prevented, but with effective risk management and assessments, the risk can be minimized to an acceptable level. What is acceptable depends on how much risk the individual or organization is willing to assume. The risk is worth assuming if the benefits of implementing the risk-reducing safeguards far exceed the cost.

Connectivity Historical Note:

When first implemented, from Mainframe programmed with punch cards; networks consisted of dumb terminals connected to a central mainframe computer. Mainframes where kept in well-secure computer rooms and users could connect only via dumb terminals (telephone dial-up connection) from approved location with static, point-to-point connections. A user name and password were required to access the system and user access was restricted. Security was simple given those circumstances. With the development of more extensive network infrastructure made up hardware and software (i.e., personal computers, local area network, wide area network), global access to information has dramatically increased and so has the need for advanced network security.

Business are using cloud systems with artificial intelligence developed from e-business and internet applications. Firewalls were introduced in 1995. The firewall began to be augmented by instruction detection, authentication, and vulnerability assessment systems. With use of extra-nets (share of network resources) business realizing cost savings by connecting internal systems to business partners, by connecting sales-force automation systems to mobile employees, and providing electronic commerce connections to business customers and consumers.

American Prestige Technology Consulting takes inconsideration the investment in enterprise Cybersecurity to protect individuals, organizations and business. We provide services to provide English and Spanish consulting to secure information:data:megadata productivity and ensure customer confidence. A solid security solution must be in place for local computer system “network” and connection to cloud systems and internet including internet of thinks. All users, host, gateways, and applications are important parts of the infrastructure with need of Cybersecurity.

When most people talk about Cybersecurity. They mean ensuring users can perform only task that the user is authorized to do. User can obtain information that the user are authorized to have. User can not couse damage to the information:data;megadata, applications or operating environment of a system. The word “security” connotes protection against malicious attack by outsiders. Security also involves controlling the effects of errors equipment failures. Anything that can protect against an attack. But must keep inconsideration the backdoor open doors left open when configuration of system and connectivity to internet took place.

The goals of network security: integrity, confidentially and availability.

Security Threats

Privacy Conserns

Identity Theft

Broadband Connections: wired or wireless

Access to local area computer systems, with connection to cloud services, Internet of Thinks and Artificial Intelligence Services.

American Prestige Technology Consulting Cybersecurity Focus:

Integrity: Assurance that information:data;megadata is not altered or destroyed in authorized.

Confidentiality: Protection for information:data;megadata from authorized disclosure to third party.

Ability: Continue operation of computing system.

Security plan to prevent well known denial-of-service attacks.

Cybersecurity Ramifications: Cost of Instruction

When data integrity is compromised, an organization/individual must incur extremely high cost to correct the consequences of attacks.

When data confidentiality is compromised the consequences to organization are not always immediate.

When application available is compromised by power electrical and network system outages organizations can lose millions of dollars in few hours.

The four Primary Causes for Network Security Threats

Technology Connections Weakness: Each network and computing technology has inherent security problems. Default back doors to operating systems, internet of thinks systems, and cloud systems.

Configuration Weakness: local computer systems, user systems, network, internet of thinks, cloud system do not get property locked with hierarchy administrator rights.

Policy Weakness: A poorly defined or improperly implemented and managed security policy. No monitoring of bring your own hardware computational hardware; and no security policy with social media applications.

Human Error: individuals sharing passwords and login information; writing down their password and keeping them by their desks. Bringing their own hardware computational system with social media applications who do not meet Cybersecurity standards.

Communication Connection: Use of old protocols of communications. No proper transition from TCP/IP version 4 to TCP/IP version 6.

No firewall with legacy operating systems such as Unix/Linux; Microsoft NT, 95, 98, ME, XP, Mac OS. Network system with no technical support.

Unsecured accounts

System accounts with easy guessed passwords

Misconfigured internet services

Unsecure default settings

No follow up of Simple Network Management Protocols providing back doors to trojan hourse, vandals, viruses.

Cybersecurity Policy Weakness

Lack of a written security policy

Politics- Political battles and staff conflicts to set up security policies.

High turnover: can not implement security policies evenly and to all.

Concise access not applied.

Software and hardware installation and changes do not follow security policy.

No proper security- inadequate monitoring and auditing of computer systems

Nonexistent disaster recovery plan.

Human Error: well-intention users can cause harm to information;data;megadata computional systems without knowing it.

Staff tell confidential information with social media account.

Unauthorized access to networks can happen due to the following:

accident, ignorance, workload, dishonesty, disgruntled employees, snoops, denial-of-service attacks.

American Prestige Technology Consulting Service:

Assist in developing security policy to define the organization’s expectations for their information;data;megadata processing systems.

Assist with documentation procedures to prevent and respond to security incident.

Provide awareness to reduce theft of information;data;megadata

Identify Assumptions: Any hidden assumption is a potential security hold.

Example: No following security policy by using a smart device with social media accounts

Determining authentication: provide guide to set up a hierarchical system to manage machines with information;data;megadata

Control Secrets:

Secure holes that are well known vulnerabilities of computer system.

Provide guide to creating a secure cybersecuirty strategy

Take in consideration human factors

Knowing weakness and default from firewall and operating systems

Limit access to information;data;megadata not need by users.

Guide in how to document the process and procedures.

Remember the following:

Physical security

Premier security

Firewalls

Web and File Servers

Local computer systems

Bring your own device

Smart device with social media accounts

Access Control: computer systems; information;data;megadata; local network; wireless connections from cell phone companies; internet of thiks, and cloud systems.

User accounts and passwords following hierarchical administrative, access need to information;data;megadata, local network, wireless connection, internet of thinks, and cloud systems.

Facilitate the use of encryption

Intrusion detention systems awareness and guide