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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Internet security"”.
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Distributed Internet security and measurement
The Internet has developed into an important economic, military, academic, and social resource. It is a complex network, comprised of tens of thousands of independently operated networks, called Autonomous Systems (ASes). A significant strength of the Internet's design, one which enabled its rapid …
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Discriminative Classification Models for Internet Security
Services that operate over the Internet are under constant threat of being exposed to fraudulent use. Maintaining good user experience for legitimate users often requires the classification of entities as malicious or legitimate in order to initiate countermeasures. As an example, inbound email …
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Improving Internet Security through Empirical and Qualitative Studies of Email and DNS Ecosystem
… Name System (DNS) remain foundational pillars of Internet communication, yet their security mechanisms continue to suffer from subtle design limitations, operational misconfigurations, and systemic fragility. This dissertation presents an empirical, measurement-driven exploration of the global …
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An Integrative Approach for Examining the Determinants of Abnormal Returns: The Cases of Internet Security Breach and Ecommerce Initiative
… two important information technology activities, Internet security breach and ecommerce initiative, have on the market value of firms. While prior research on the relationship between these business activities and cumulative abnormal return involved the use of regression analysis, in this study, …
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Innovative Location Based Scheme for Internet Security Protocol. A proposed Location Based Scheme N-Kerberos Security Protocol Using Intelligent Logic of Believes, Particularly by Modified BAN Logic.
… the widespread use of online transactions. Many security techniques are available to maintain the privacy of the user's identity. These include password, smart card or token and face recognition or finger print. But unfortunately, the possibility to duplicate the identity of a user is still …
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Using STAMP to understand recent increases in malicious software activity
… STAMP accident model and applies it to a security problem. I have chosen to investigate the threat posed by malicious computer software such as computer viruses. The problem is especially interesting because surrounding the technical aspects of malicious software is a rich socio-technical …
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Intrusion detection and management over the world wide web
As the Internet and society become ever more integrated so the number of Internet users continues to grow. Today there are 1.6 billion Internet users. They use its services to work from home, shop for gifts, socialise with friends, research the family holiday and manage their finances. Through …
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Three Essays on the Law and Economics of Information Technology Security
… the public goods and externalities aspects of Internet security. We find that the socially-optimal level of security is achieved by equalizing the marginal-benefit-to-marginal-cost ratios of the different security measures. The interrelatedness of Internet risks causes firms to underinvest in …
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Correlation-based Botnet Detection in Enterprise Networks
… of the attacks and fraudulent activities on the Internet are carried out by malware. In particular, botnets, as state-of-the-art malware, are now considered as the largest threat to Internet security. In this thesis, we focus on addressing the botnet detection problem in an enterprise-like …
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An autonomous router-based solution to detect and defend low rate DDoS attacks
Internet security was not a concern when the Internet was invented, but we cannot deny this fact anymore. Since all forms of businesses and communications are aligned to the Internet in one form or the other, the security of these assets (both infrastructure and content) is of prime importance. …
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Enabling malware remediation in expanding home networks
As the Internet of Things (IoT) grows, malware will increasingly threaten Internet security and stability. Many actors, from individuals installing antivirus on their personal computers to law enforcement conducting botnet takedowns, have some capability to prevent or remediate malware, but these …
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Understanding the institutional landscape of cyber security
The decentralized architecture of the Internet, which has been key to its development and worldwide deployment, is making it challenging to secure Internet user experience. Many organizations claim to be playing a role in improving Internet security. If anything, the space of security-related …
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Security of information systems : what technical solutions exist and what is needed
… is to review the need for information system security, evaluate the technical solutions commonly used today, make recommendations on where extra research is needed, and to overview the technologies, algorithms, standards, and security policies used in providing computer and communications …
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An investigation of the impact of social media as an effective communication tool in Namibia: A case study of the Affirmative repositioning Movement (ARM)
… of incorrect information as well as compromised security for internet users, hence the recommendation that social media host companies need to improve internet security by installing firewalls that prevent hacking of data and customer accounts. Further, the researcher recommends that law makers …
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Cyber safety : a systems thinking and systems theory approach to managing cyber security risks
If we are to manage cyber security risks more effectively in today's complex and dynamic Web 2.0 environment, then a new way of thinking is needed to complement traditional approaches. According to Symantec's 2014 Internet Security Threat Report, in 2012 more than ten million identities that …
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Phishing on Open WLANs: Threat and Preventive Measure
Phishing is an internet security issue whose shape is still changing and size is still increasing. This thesis shows the possibility of a phishing attack on open, private Wireless LANs. Private WLANs which use a login page to authenticate users in hotels, airports and academic campuses are all …
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An Investigation into the concept of privacy in contemporary Saudi houses from a female perspective: a design tool.
… fields in literature, such as psychology and internet security, where literature referred back to individual’s personal preferences that translated social and cultural needs. As a concept, privacy is one of the social elements that needed to be considered within the scope of spatial design, an …
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Securing cyberspace: development and evaluation of a novel research toolset
Cybersecurity is an issue of great concern today; data breaches are becoming more frequent and are causing huge economic losses in almost all the industry sectors. The majority of them are caused by malicious or criminal attacks perpetrated by individuals also known as “hackers”. Although the …
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Using deep learning to classify community network traffic
… traffic engineering, bandwidth management and internet security. Traffic classification methods continue to evolve due to the ever-changing dynamics of modern computer networks and the traffic they generate. Numerous studies on traffic classification make use of the Machine Learning (ML) and …
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Design, modeling, and simulation of secure X.509 certificate revocation
TLS communication over the internet has risen rapidly in the last seven years (2015--2022), and there were over 156M active SSL certificates in 2022. The state-of-the-art Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), encompassing protocols, computational resources, and digital certificates, has evolved for 24 …
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