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Basics Definition of Security

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Basics Definition of Security

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Running head: IT RISK MANAGEMENTInformation Technology Risk ManagementName of Student-Name of University-Author Note-
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1IT RISK MANAGEMENTTopic 1: Information Security BasicsDefinition of Security- Giving a protection to a organization, person, country or buildingfrom threats those are done by some foreign countries or some attackers or hackers is known assecurity (Collins, 2016). To secure a state’s security or an organization’s security, someprocedures are followed. Those procedures are that are followed or the measure that are taken isknown as security. With a secure environment, there comes a feeling of stable state, safe and astate that is free from anxiety.Types of security- The special areas where the security is needed arePhysical SecurityThe protection of software, hardware, personnel, information and network from threats isknown as the physical security (Ortmeier, 2017). Physical security involves fire, theft, disastersand any others. For organizations, physical security involves access control of organization’sspecific location or data by the employees.Information SecurityInformation security is also known as InfoSec. InfoSec includes a large set of processesfor the management of process, policies and tools which help to detect, respond and prevent thehackers from non digital and digital data assets. Information security includes many categories:application security, information security, mobile security and network security.Communication SecurityThe telecommunication is prevented from the hackers that are protected from theunauthorized access of the network. This is known as communication security and COMSEC.
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2IT RISK MANAGEMENTThe unclassified and classified traffic are both protected by COSMEC. This includes video, dataand voice that are carried on communications of military networks.Information Security- The set of methods or processes that are used for management oftools, policies and processes to detect and encounter the threats and prevent them from thethreats that are involved in digital and non digital data (Crossler et al., 2013). Set of businessprocess that protects the data from unauthorized threats is called information security. InInformation Security shows how the data is formatted. The private and sensitive informationreceives threats from different sources. This may include identity threat, ramsomware, andmalware or phishing threats. The security of information protects the data from being hacked andalso initiative preventive methods are taken. Incident Response Plan (IRP) should be prepared bythe organizations and businesses for security groups and data breach. This helps them to limitand control the damage of the data.CNSS Security Model- Figure1: CNSSSecurity Model
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