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Internal Controls Internal Audit
1,066 wordsThis story begins with a former back office clerk being promoted to a derivatives trader for Baring's Banks Singapore Branch and ends with the collapse of a 232 -year old banking empire. As we began researching this assignment, we all asked the same question, How does a 28 year old trader bring about the collapse of a 232 -year old banking empire? To understand how this debacle came about, one must have a basic understanding of the nature of a derivative and what they are designed to do. Initial...
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Security Vs Privacy On The Internet
1,082 wordsSecurity vs. Privacy in the Internet The question of privacy began when man uttered his first words. The question was raised again when the postal system began and then when telephones were introduced. Once again, we must apply the question to the new information superhighway, that is e-mail, telecommuting, online newsgroups, etc. The question is this: How important is privacy on the Internet? According to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, privacy (1) is "freedom from unauthorized intru...
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Software Piracy Software Companies
480 wordsComputer Piracy is when software gets copied without permission from the copyright holder. This means that the copyright holder, usually the one who makes the software, will not get any reward for his / hers product. It is illegal to infringe the copyright law and can result in imprisonment and / or fines. There are five types of software piracy. These include: Softlifting: Then is when somebody purchases a single licensed copy of the software and loads it on several computers, contrary to the l...
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Trojan Horses Operating System
2,148 wordsSecurity is the discipline of using effective protection measures to safeguard important assets from abuse. In other words, security is about protecting important things. Protection involves not just mechanisms (such as locks and doors), but also proper selection and use of mechanisms. Properly applied, the various disciplines of information security really come down to risk management that is not fundamentally different from risk management in other situations such as finance and insurance. In ...
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Weight Of Marijuana And Criminal Tax Law
1,498 wordsConclusive research has shown that wet (uncured) marijuana is not psychoactive. Before drying, decarboxylation of inactive THCA acid into THC has not yet occurred. During the curing (drying) process, the COOH bonded to the THC is released. The result is the psychoactive compound delta 9 THC. The State of North Carolinas laws do not distinguish between the uncured weight of marijuana from the cured (dry) weight, necessary for marijuana to be consumed or sold. No one purchases wet marijuana at a p...
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Cable Modem Personal Computers
1,119 wordsRecently the world or more specifically the Western society has been dominated by something sophisticated enough to throw a civilization into a new era, a piece of hardware we call a computer. Computers have become an irreplaceable part of our lives and we end up dealing with them no matter where we go and what we do. Today computers control pretty much every aspect of our lives. They store and manipulate our funds, property, and personal information. As our society entered computer age, and so ...
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Kevin Mitnick Material Wealth
1,971 wordsOver the years, to this date, the media has distorted the definition of a hacker. It has been morphed and demonized to someone who terrorizes cyberspace. However, the true hacker is someone who seeks knowledge and information. When hackers hack into systems or networks, it is to explore an operating system that is foreign to them. The younger generations have bred a new philosophy of hacking. Wannabe hackers who do not deserve the title hacker use simple utilities available over the Internet to ...
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Hardware Software Security Policy
255 wordsAccording to Oklahoma's Official Web Site, Information is a critical State asset. Information is comparable with other assets in that there is a cost in obtaining it and a value in using it. However, unlike many other assets, the value of reliable and accurate information appreciates over time as opposed to depreciating. Shared information is a powerful tool and loss or misuse can be costly, if not illegal. Therefore, the State has provided the Security Policy in order to protect its information...
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Fannie Mae American Dream
608 wordsFannie Mae / Securing The American Dream Using PKI Technology Fannie Mae was one of the few companies in the U. S. doing well this year. Most probably, one of the most important reasons for that is their usage of technology. They have changed their business processes by implementing the Public key infrastructure (PKI). This technology has a potential of boosting the already-dynamic real estate market in the U. S, securing the American Dream of owing an own house for millions of citizens. The Pro...
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Computer Crime Computer Criminals
701 wordsHuman history for many centuries is characterized by an incessant struggle between good and bad, normal and abnormal principles. The 20 th century is not an exception. It is true that due to technological innovation, it is the most visible century, more exposed to scrutiny and reactions of shock or elation. This century witnesses major breakthroughs in both technological progress and the dissemination of existing and newly invented technologies. One of these innovations is computer. Several year...
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Public And Private Computer Security
897 wordsFirst, we have to understand these type of computer crimes such as below because they will let us know the computer crimes often happen in our lives. 1. unauthorized use, access, modification, copying, and destruction of software or data (Bill Smith, the computer consultant, was convicted under recently enacted statutes covering this category of crimes); 2. theft of money by altering computer records or theft of computer time; 3. theft or destruction of hardware; 4. use or conspiracy to use comp...
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Copyright Law One Person
409 wordsCopyright Copyright Erik Gupta Copyright is it wrong or right. I believe that copyright is wrong because think about it so any one could take some ones art works and sell it or post it on the net is that right. If that were legal no one would want to do any thing artistic because they would know it would be copied. It would put us back in the dark ages no one would want to paint, sing, or do any thing artistic. As copyright says that know one can sell or copy any ones works with out consent of t...
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Copyright Infringement Intellectual Property
2,439 wordsA copyright is the right to produce, reproduce, and transform any original work. Copyrights are only given to original works that fall under the following seven categories: Literary works, Musical works including accompanying any works, Dramatic works including accompanying music, Choreographic works, Graphical and sculptural works, Motion pictures and other audiovisual works, Sound recordings, and Architectural works 1. Under the Canadian copyright act any published or unpublished original work...
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Dna Fingerprinting Crime Scene
1,032 wordsDNADNA Fingerprinting DNA Fingerprinting DNA Fingerprinting is also referred to as DNA profiling and DNA typing. It was first developed as an identification technique in England in 1985. The original use was to expose the presence of any genetic diseases. About three years later it became used to identify criminals through the analysis of genetic material and to settle paternity disputes. It is still used for those reasons today. The DNA fingerprinting process is called gel electrophoresis. It i...
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Invasion Of Privacy Electronic Communications
1,162 wordsWith the rise of technology there arose a fear of surveillance. However, George Orwell's 1984 passed us by without noticeable big brother control, and the national concern over espionage diminished with the demise of the U. S. S. R. These past threats were concerns over the use of technology by governments that had sufficient resources to use the technology for sinister purposes. The new threat is not technology in the hands of government, it is technology alone. What once required massive manpo...
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Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Network
684 wordsHacking has become a major issue in today s world of technology. Even software giant Microsoft has been affected. Recently hackers broke into Microsoft s computer system. The hacker or hackers created new accounts so that they could gain access to parts of the software giant s computer network. Some accounts were being created that did not match or normal audit logs, Mr. Schmidt the corporate security office for the Microsoft Corporation, said (Schwartz, 2000). According to The New York Times, t...
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Recording Artist Napster Users
949 wordsNapster is an integrated browser and communications system provided by Napster, Inc. , to enable musicians and music fans to locate bands and music available in the MP 3 and WMA music formats. The MP 3 and WMA files that you locate using Napster are not stored on Napster's servers. Napster users decide what content to make available to others using the Napster browser, and what content to download. Napster utilizes file name filtering technology within the limits of the Napster architecture in o...
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Lie Detector Homo Sapiens
2,973 wordsHomo Sapiens have Polygraphs Introduction Homo Sapiens have yearned for a reliable and consistently correct way of finding out if one is telling the truth since ancient times. ? Early societies used torture. Statements made by a person on the rack were considered especially believable. ? (Jussim, pg. 65) There was also trial by ordeal, which was based on superstition. For instance, if there were two suspects for one crime, it was thought that the innocent would be stronger in combat and thus van...
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Websters Dictionary Wild West
528 wordsA person has a right to solitude and freedom from prying public eyes, in other words, to privacy. The definition of privacy in the Websters Dictionary is defined as isolation, seclusion, or freedom from unauthorized oversight or observation. In the essay The Price of Admission: Harassment and Free Speech in the Wild Wild West, Stephanie Brail discusses how online harassment has become a media headliner in the last few years. There are many reasons to hide your real identity when you use the Inte...
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Millions Of Dollars Crime Victims
801 wordsLegislative attention to computer crimes grew dramatically in the early 1980 s, as computers became increasingly central to the conduct of business and politics. Instances of hackers, especially among young people, accessing government computer files for sport were becoming alarmingly frequent. A popular culture mythology developed, founded on the ex posts of what were regarded as rebel heroes who could single-handedly spy on and sabotage the vast machinations of the corporate and government est...
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