February 17, 2013 12:02 AM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Adaptive Systems,
Assurance Services,
Attestation,
Control Evaluation,
Control System,
Due Care,
Educational Institutions,
Internal Control System,
Logical Security,
Non-profit,
Open Source,
Operating Style,
Quality Assurance Program,
Security Risks,
Trust ManagementTo provide an appropriate answer to this foundational question regarding Wikipedia an assessor must take into consideration the primary traits of reliability. Therefore, as previously stated in Wikipedia: An assessment from a user's perspective - part 1 as well as documented in
February 14, 2013 1:45 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Adaptive Systems,
Assurance Services,
Attestation,
Control Evaluation,
Control System,
Due Care,
Educational Institutions,
Internal Control System,
Logical Security,
Non-profit,
Open Source,
Operating Style,
Quality Assurance Program,
Security Risks,
Trust ManagementWikipedia is often been presented as a great research resource; however it is also a public forum, where any authorized user can make a declaration or an assertion. “If you find an article that provides relevant information for your research topic, you should take care to investigate the source...
February 9, 2013 5:48 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Adaptive Systems,
Assurance Services,
Attestation,
Control Evaluation,
Control System,
Due Care,
Educational Institutions,
Internal Control System,
Logical Security,
Non-profit,
Open Source,
Operating Style,
Quality Assurance Program,
Security Risks,
Trust ManagementAs conveyed by TechTarget.com, “Identity management (ID management) is a broad administrative area that deals with identifying individuals in a system (such as a country, a network, or an enterprise) and controlling their access to resources within that system by associating user rights and...
February 7, 2013 2:55 AM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Adaptive Systems,
Assurance Services,
Attestation,
Control Evaluation,
Control System,
Due Care,
Educational Institutions,
Internal Control System,
Logical Security,
Non-profit,
Open Source,
Operating Style,
Quality Assurance Program,
Security Risks,
Trust ManagementFollowing the framework outlined in IT Auditing: An Adaptive System, a critical aspect of an IT assessment is the identification of related risks. Though Wikipedia Project Administrators commonly disavow their Internet endeavors are based on a Social Networking System (SNS), their...
December 8, 2012 1:34 AM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Access Controls,
Availability Management,
Configuration Management,
Continuous Monitoring,
Control Techniques,
Distributed Platforms,
Exception Reporting Systems,
Information Assets Protection,
IT Security Infrastructure,
Logical Security,
Management Information Systems,
Risk ManagementNetwork-based intrusion detection captures traffic and performs analyses to identify notable events. If placed at the front-end IT perimeter, the properly configured network-based IDS will detect all externally initiated attack attempts, even where the firewall subsequently permits...