Information Protection and Security

Loss, destruction of theft of a network device (including the stored data).

Passwords can be compromised, guessed or revealed in a number of ways.

This category is assigned to incidents that are dispatched outside of the normal email channels and is used when several different incident types are combined or when it the incident does not fit because it is a completely new type.

A flaw in an application or in the operating system itself permits unauthorized access to data, elevation of privileges, or the remote execution of arbritrary code.

Network scans can either take the form of scanning all ports on a host (or a variety of hosts) or specific ports on a variety of hosts.

Malware refers to computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware and adware. In other words, that category of software created with malicious intent.
 

Unauthorized host access. It can involve compromise of information, use of the host for storage of pirated software or media files, or use of the host for reconnaissance and further attacks.

IPS utilizes a number of facilities for analyzing network logs.
 

• High Concern Index in Stealthwatch

  The concern index (CI) is a measurement of concern that the StealthWatch appliance assigns to a suspicious host.  The appliance monitors traffic at the network handoff as well as between major University routers.  Concern index points are added for activity that may be questionable when traffic exceed a configured threshhold.   Examples include: 

Briefly, a copyright regulates the use of a particular expression of an idea or information and may subsist in a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms or "works". Therefore, a copyright violation is a infringement on those rights.