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What is Information Rights Management? Information Rights Management (IRM) is a technology that protects sensitive information from unauthorized access. It allows information owners/publishers to distribute sensitive information to specific individuals. When an email or a document is protected by ...

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Data Centre Management
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ While data centre management is a cost-saving approach and brings a lot benefits including increased productivity, higher reliability, improved security and compliance, however ...

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Data Centre Management
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Data center management is a holistic process to oversee the operational and technical issues within a data centre or server room. It covers environmental control, physical ...

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Protection against Hacking
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Hardening steps specific to each hacking category should be considered when planning the protection of the universities' systems against hacking. Hardening Steps against Scanning ...

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Protection against Hacking
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Common Types of Attack Vulnerability scanning Hacker may initiate vulnerability scanning on target organisation's network to proactively identify the vulnerabilities of computer ...

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Protection against Hacking
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ There are a number of risks universities should pay attention to when considering or implementing different hacking protection methodologies. 1. Excessive Reporting and False ...

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Protection against Hacking
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Introduction to Hacking In order to protect the universities' information systems against malicious attacks, IT professionals should obtain a basic understanding of the common ...

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firewall
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Firewalls are part of the IT environment of universities and shall be secured in accordance with the universities' Information Security Policies and relevant industrial standards ...

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firewall
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Like universities' other information systems, desktops or networks, firewalls are computing devices/applications and also have vulnerabilities exposed to certain type of ...

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firewall
/* The following article is extracted from the "Information Security Newsletter" published by the JUCC IS Task Force. */ Firewalls are one of the most critical devices or applications that protect universities' information systems and resources from unauthorised access or malicious attacks. To ...