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- Smart Video Surveillance Technology Assessment
- In March 2004, Northrop Grumman Information Technology IT TASC was one of three participants invited to take part in an operational assessment of smart video surveillance systems SVSS based on a competitive procurement down select. The assessment was hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy DOE and conducted by the...
- Tags: Video Surveillance, Assessment, Northrop Grumman Corp., Video, National Assessment Group, Purchasing & Procurement, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Marketing
- White papers 2005-01-28
- Understand Assessment Strategies
- Assessing students has been a part of the teacher's job since the opening of the very first schoolhouse. However, assessment today is very different from the assessment that happened in one-room schools on the prairie. Today, most educators would agree that assessment is, for better or worse, not only how...
- Tags: Assessment, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Managing WLAN Risks With Vulnerability Assessment
- Many options are available to safeguard wireless LANs, but which security measures a person's company deploys, and how can he tell whether his network is sufficiently hardened against 802.11 and 802.1X attacks? This paper describes an iterative process for business risk analysis, vulnerability identification, and threat remediation. It explains how...
- Tags: AirMagnet Inc., WLAN, Vulnerability Assessment, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Networking
- White papers 2005-10-01
- New Frontiers for Threat Processing
- More than ever before, the threats of intrusion and data disruption represent clear dangers to enterprises of all sizes. Threats are hiding in ever growing traffic volumes and high speed links are already allowing worms to spread worldwide in less than 30 minutes. Consider, then, the evolving role of the...
- Tags: Threat, LSI, Security, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Network Security, Networking
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Achieving Quality and Scale in Online Education Through Transformative Assessment: A Case Study
- This study demonstrates how current theories of transformative assessment, coupled with research on online education, may be used to create a framework for transformative assessment of online programs; the potential of transformative assessment for contributing to the development of scalability and quality of online education programs; and how the powerful...
- Tags: Education, Assessment
- Case studies
- Designing Assessment Tools in a Service Oriented Architecture
- Assessment is an important component of formal learning, and Computer Assisted Assessment CAA is a well established component of most online learning. However, technical issues such as interoperability and security, and pedagogic reservations as to its effectiveness still remain barriers to the uptake of CAA. This paper examines a number...
- Tags: Assessment, SOA, Tool, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Productivity, Web Services, E-learning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-06-06
- Integrating Risk Assessment into the Enterprise Information Management Strategy
- The two main influences on the validity of risk assessment results lie in the quality of the data that are input into the system, and the quality and execution of the risk model that is used to generate the results. Supporting the risk assessment process through implementation of the information...
- Tags: Risk Assessment, Enterprise Information Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Security, Management
- White papers
- Towards a Service Based Architecture for Assessment
- In this paper, the authors propose the outline of a service based architecture for bringing assessment techniques to open e-learning environments. The authors first describe a use case scenario for a generic assessment framework offering personalized assessment generation and then present its basic architecture as part of the Personal Reader...
- Tags: Use Case, Architecture
- White papers 2005-08-30
- MSDN Webcast: Threat Modeling (Level 300)
- The process of threat modeling is built on a simple principle: to feasibly build a secure system, one must understand all the threats to that system. However, it is challenging to make threat modeling both easy to adopt and beneficial for Information Technology IT professionals who do not specialize in...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Threat Modeling, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Webcasts 2006-02-15
- Use these risk-assessment methodologies to protect your IT infrastructure
- No matter what methodology or approach is used, it is important that the organization address how asset management and proper inventorying of the organizations IT assets are to be handled.This sample chapter, taken from Inside Network Security Assessment: Guarding Your IT Infrastructure, discusses different methodologies and approaches for conducting a...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Sams Publishing, Information Technology, Strategy, Asset Management, Networking, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Book chapters 2006-01-26
- A Framework for Spyware Assessment
- One of the most challenging problems confronting the IT community is responding to the threat of spyware. Recent research, legislative actions, and policy changes have been hastened to counter spyware's threat the privacy and productivity of both individuals and organizations. The first contribution of this study regards definition. Confusion over...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2005-08-01
- Credit Risk Assessment Using XBRL
- Credit risk assessment plays an important role in the day to day operation of a business. Credit risk assessment is performed when a Buyer asks a Seller to ship merchandise without prior payment. (It is also used in other areas of a business including marketing. For example, a business may...
- Tags: Risk Assessment, XBRL, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Security, Management
- White papers 2003-11-21
- IBM Energy Efficiency Self-Assessment Tool
- How energy-efficient is your data center? This self-assessment tool is designed to identify areas where you can improve the operational effectiveness of your systems. Take the Energy Efficiency Self-Assessment now.
- Tags: Tool, IBM Corp., Productivity, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Resource centers
- Managing Badware and Policy Violation With Aanval and Bleeding Edge Threat Snort Rules
- Badware, Instant Messaging IM, and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) apps, are prominent issues facing those with the task of securing enterprise computing environments. The risks are plentiful, including potential loss of confidential data, Trojans, and rootkits. The focus this month will detail the effort to manage those risks on ones network using...
- Tags: Risk, Snort, P2P, Information Systems Security Association, Peer To Peer (P2P), Rootkits, Risk & Compliance, Strategy, Security, Internet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Management
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Using AJAX to Build an On-Line QTI Based Assessment System
- Assessment plays an important role in the distance-learning research. Generally, the process of instruction completed with the assessment that be used to evaluate learners' learning efficiency, skill and knowledge. With the evaluation of assessment results, instructor can judge learners' learning efficiency and ability; students also can find out whether they...
- Tags: Assessment, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0
- White papers 2007-01-19
- The Changing Threat: From Pranksters to Professionals
- The threat to business and personal information assets is changing. And with that change comes a growing risk to businesses of every size. The threat began with pranksters seeking notoriety or simply creating havoc wherever they could. But it has moved beyond that and into a totally new realm. It...
- Tags: Threat, Identity Theft, Asset Management, Security, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2005-11-15
- Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Assessment Tool (msi)
- The Visual Basic 6.0 Upgrade Assessment Tool measures application upgrade effort. Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET Upgrade Assessment Tool is a tool that analyzes the application components and the relationships between them from an upgrade perspective, considering elements, constructs, and features that consume resources during an upgrade. Visual...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic, Tool, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Productivity, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-09-04
- A Practical Approach to Threat Modeling
- Today's security management efforts are based on risk management principles. In other words, security resources are applied to vulnerabilities that pose the greatest risk to the business. There are several processes for identifying and prioritizing risk. One of the most effective is threat modeling. There has been much written about...
- Tags: Security Management, Risk Management, Modeling, Threat Modeling, Research & Development, Security, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Business Operations, Finance
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Cyber-wars: A looming threat
- How equiped is you enterprise to face the cyber-threat?What measures are being taken at your organization to ward off a cyber-threat?
- Tags: pr.arun@..., cyber-threat
- Discussion threads 2007-07-08
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