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Risk Management Process Simplified

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Risk is the possibility of happening unknown or known events that can affect the main objectives of a project. It is not necessary that all the risk will cause disruption in achieving objectives of a goal because a risk can come in the form of a threat or an opportunity. If it comes as an opportunity that it will help the project to get benefit out of it. If you want to keep … [Read more...] about Risk Management Process Simplified

Oracle Security Basics

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Popularity has a price to pay since everything on this world has its face value. And Oracle database software is no different than that. In this post, you may expect to have some basic idea on Oracle security and its risks. The features of Oracle that has security risks are: System tables Passwords Privileges Oracle Listener … [Read more...] about Oracle Security Basics

Audit Charter Explained

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What is an Audit charter? An audit charter is the base of an audit because every auditor starts his audit with an audit charter. In simple words, an audit charter defines the responsibilities, authority and accountability of an auditor along with the scope of the audit. Normally, a charter also specify the management’s responsibility and their delegation of authority to the IS … [Read more...] about Audit Charter Explained

11 Essential Skills of an IT Auditor

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Without proper knowledge of the information technology and systems that you are going to assess, it is almost impossible  to  audit IT systems.to find the flaws in a system you must know, at least, how it works and its potential vulnerabilities. So, the essential skills an IT auditor need are database, operating systems, web technologies, networking and business processes. The … [Read more...] about 11 Essential Skills of an IT Auditor

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner to Detect your Website’s Security Loopholes

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Acunetix web vulnerability scanner help to find vulnerability in a website so as you can make your site or blog as secure as possible. Acunetix has a free version that you can use to find some of the common vulnerabilities of a website.In this article I will show you how you can use the free version of acunetix to figure out how much secure you blog is.Although Acunetix has a … [Read more...] about Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner to Detect your Website’s Security Loopholes

Domain Name Registration Law:You cannot Choose any Trademark name

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Literally you can buy any domain name that is available for registration. But that does not mean that you can legally have that domain because if there is any trademark registered for that domain name then you have to give it to that company’s owner when they claim for that domain name. Though most of the new companies try to buy a domain name first before choosing their … [Read more...] about Domain Name Registration Law:You cannot Choose any Trademark name

Google Analytics for IT Security Professionals

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What is Google Analytics? In short Google analytics is a website statistics tracking tool that you can use to track how your users are interacting with your WebPages such as which pages are being visited the most and  where the visitors came from or what keywords he used to find your pages. Who should use Google Analytics? IT professionals( both in operation and security) … [Read more...] about Google Analytics for IT Security Professionals

WordPress Security Best Practices

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With every update, WordPress improves  its security capabilities and fix the vulnerabilities. As you know that the default configuration is always risky. To  secure a site you always need to customize your security settings, which means apply the best security practices for your blogging platform. If you are a new  WordPress user, you might go through a steep learning curve … [Read more...] about WordPress Security Best Practices

What is IDS?Basics of Intrusion Detection Systems

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The full form of IDS is: Intrusion Detection System. How many of you have heard about burglary? I guess everyone including children. How the burglar is so successful in intruding men's safe heaven? The answer is when there is no system exists to control the access to your house or office, and then ample of opportunities might arise to misuse or steal your valuable belongings. … [Read more...] about What is IDS?Basics of Intrusion Detection Systems