IT 4510 : Information Security

Intro

Dr Joe Francom

Intro

• Syllabus
• Website
• Canvas

Activity 1

Use the following sites (or others) to find a security breaches (5min):

• https://nvd.nist.gov/
• google.com
• http://www.us-cert.gov/
• http://arstechnica.com/security/
• https://www.privacyrights.org/data-breaches

Take a few notes on the breaches you find. Can you determine what happened? Why it happened? What the organization did to remedy it? How much it cost them to fix it? Was it preventable? Be prepared to share your findings.

Activity 2

Hacker types:

• White hat?
• Black hat?
• Gray hat?

Activity 3

OSI Review