Metropolitan State University

ICS 225 Web Design and Implementation

 

 

Readings on Security for November 7

 

1.       Security – read the sections from  www.cert.org/encyc_article/tocencyc.html on

 

·         Overview (entire section)

·         History (entire section)

·         Network Security Incidents (entire section)

·         Why the Internet is Vulnerable (subsection)

·         Improving Security (entire section)

·         Information Warfare (entire section)

 

 

2.       Know what these terms mean: 

 

·         CERT

·         CIAC

·         denial of service attacks

·         worms and viruses