LBS Components
- Mobile Devices
- Communication Network
- Positioning Component
- Service and Application Provider
- Data and Content Provider
a mobile social-mapping service that lets you use the location of your phone to discover the world around you.
Find Out Who’s Around, What To Do, Where To Go
1. List and describe the security controls
and weaknesses at TJX Companies
TJX used Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption system which was easy for hackers to attack. Furthermore, TJX had neglected to install firewalls and data encryption on many of the computers in the wireless network. Besides, TJX transmitted credit card details to banks without encryption, violating credit card com
Security Controls
and Weak-nesses
Security was so lax at the TJ Maxx outlet located in Lawrence, Kansas, that employees were able to log onto company servers using blank passwords, the fired employee, Nick Benson, told The Register
WEP
TJX used Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption system which was easy for hackers to attack
Fire walls
TJX had neglected to install firewalls and data e
security regulatory measures, which follow the council of Europe cybercrime convention. The African union, in particular its African commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted in 2002 a declaration of principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa, which deals in part with cybercrime as well as criminal and economic measures.
The OECD(2002) issued a non-binding guideline for the security o
Recent Situation
“ internal information security attacks are outgrowing external
attacks at the world’s largest financial institutions”
(The Global Security Survey): Only 20% of the respondents in security survey strongly
believed that Information security should be a CEO-level priority
Ernst and Young(2004)
2) IT liability risk management
: The corporations should install f