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Assignment M2, COM 416, Introduction to Information Security

Consider that an individual threat agent, like a hacker, can be a factor in more than one threat category. If a hacker breaks into a network, copies a few files, defaces a Web page, and steals credit card numbers, how many different threat categories does the attack fall into?

Using the Web, research Mafiaboy’s exploits. When and how did he compromise sites? How was he caught?

Search the Web for “The Official Phreaker’s Manual.” What information in this manual might help a security administrator to protect a communications system?

What does CISSP stand for? Use the Internet to identify the ethical rules CISSP holders have agreed to follow.

Using the ethical scenarios presented earlier in this module in the feature called “The Use of Scenarios in Computer Ethics Studies,” finish each of the incomplete statements and bring your answers to class to compare them with those of your peers.

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