Information Security Lecture1 Information Security 1 Roadmap • • • • • • Security? Security types Possible Security violation Key objectives of computer security OSI security architecture Security models Information Security 2 What is Security? • “The quality or state of being secure—to be free from danger” • A successful organization should have multiple layers of security in place: – – – – – – Physical security Personal security Operations security Communications security Network security Information security Information Security 3 What is security? • The protection of information and its critical elements, including systems and hardware that use, store, and transmit that information • Necessary tools: policy, awareness, training, education, technology Information Security 4 Definitions • Computer Security - generic name for the collection of tools designed to protect data and to thwart hackers • Network Security - measures to protect data during their transmission over a network • Internet Security - measures to protect data during their transmission over a collection of interconnected networks Information Security 5 Operational security • Operational security (OPSEC) is a security and risk management process that prevents sensitive information from getting into the wrong hands. • Another OPSEC meaning is a process that identifies seemingly innocuous(safe) actions that could inadvertently reveal critical or sensitive data to a cyber criminal. OPSEC is both a process and a strategy, and it encourages IT and security managers to view their operations and systems from the perspective of a potential attacker. It includes analytical activities and processes like behavior monitoring, social media monitoring, and security best practice. Information Security 6 Operational security • A crucial piece of what is OPSEC is the use of risk management to discover potential threats and vulnerabilities in organizations’ processes, the way they operate, and the software and hardware their employees use. Looking at systems and operations from a third party’s point of view enables OPSEC teams to discover issues they may have overlooked and can be crucial to implementing the appropriate countermeasures that will keep their most sensitive data secure. Information Security 7 Information security: • a “well-informed sense of assurance that the information risks and controls are in balance.” — Jim Anderson, (2002) Information Security 8 Network and Internet security • The field of network and Internet security consists of measures to deter, prevent, detect, and correct security violations that involve the transmission of information. Information Security 9 Possible security violations: • User A transmits a file to user B. The file contains sensitive information(e.g., payroll records) that is to be protected from disclosure. User C, who is not authorized to read the file, is able to monitor the transmission and capture a copy of the file during its transmission. Information Security 10 … •D transmits a message to computer E, instructing E to update an authorization file. User F intercepts the message, alters its contents to add or delete entries and forward to E which accepts the message as being from D. Information Security 11 … •User F constructs its own message and transmits to E as if coming from D •Denying sending a message Information Security 12 Key objectives of computer Security: ✓ Three key objectives of computer security are: • Confidentiality • Integrity • Availability ✓ Two additional most commonly mentioned security concepts : • Authenticity • Accountability Information Security 13 Confidentiality: This term covers two related concepts: Data confidentiality: Assures that private or confidential information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals. Privacy: Assures that individuals control or influence what information related to them may be collected and stored and by whom and to whom that information may be disclosed. Information Security 14 Integrity This term covers two related concepts: Data integrity: Assures that information and programs are changed only in a specified and authorized manner. System integrity: Assures that a system performs its intended function in an unimpaired manner, free from inadvertent unauthorized manipulation of the system. Information Security 15 Availability • Assures that systems work promptly and service is not denied to authorized users. Information Security 16 CIA Triad Information Security 17 Authenticity: • The property of being genuine and being able to be verified and trusted; confidence in the validity of a transmission, a message, or message originator. • This means verifying that users are who they say they are and that each input arriving at the system came from a trusted source. Information Security 18 Accountability • The security goal that generates the requirement for actions of an entity to be traced uniquely to that entity. This supports nonrepudiation, deterrence, fault isolation, intrusion detection and prevention, and after-action recovery and legal action. Information Security 19 OSI Security architecture • ITU-T X.800 Security Architecture for OSI local copy defines a systematic way of defining and providing security requirements provides a useful, although abstract, overview of network security concepts • The OSI security architecture focuses on – security attack – security mechanism – security service Information Security 20 Security Attack • any action that compromises the security of information owned by an organization • information security is about how to prevent attacks, or failing that, to detect attacks on information-based systems • have a wide range of attacks Threat Vs. Attack • Threat: a circumstance or scenario with the potential to exploit a vulnerability, and cause harm to a system. • Attack: A deliberate attempt to breach system security. • note: often threat & attack mean same Information Security 21 Classify Security Attacks as • passive attacks - eavesdropping on, or monitoring of, transmissions to: – obtain message contents, or – monitor traffic flows • active attacks -modification of data stream to: – masquerade of one entity as some other – replay previous messages – modify messages in transit – denial of service Information Security 22 Passive attack Information Security 23 … Information Security 24 Active attack Information Security 25 … Information Security 26 … Information Security 27 … Information Security 28 … Information Security 29 Security Service – is something that enhances the security of the data processing systems and the information transfers of an organization – intended to counter security attacks – make use of one or more security mechanisms to provide the service – replicate functions normally associated with physical documents • eg have signatures, dates; need protection from disclosure, tampering, or destruction; be notarized or witnessed; be recorded or licensed Information Security 30 Security Services ➢ X.800 defines it as: A service provided by a protocol layer of communicating open systems, which ensures adequate security of the systems or of data transfers ➢ RFC 2828 defines it as: A processing or communication service provided by a system to give a specific kind of protection to system resources ➢ X.800 defines it in 5 major categories Information Security 31 Security Services (X.800) • Authentication - assurance that the communicating entity is the one claimed • Access Control - prevention of the unauthorized use of a resource • Data Confidentiality –protection of data from unauthorized disclosure • Data Integrity - assurance that data received is as sent by an authorized entity • Non-Repudiation - protection against denial by one of the parties in a communication • Information Security 32 Security Mechanism • A mechanism that is designed to detect, prevent, or recover from a security attack. • Examples of mechanisms are encryption algorithms, digital signatures, and authentication protocols. Information Security 33 Security Mechanisms (X.800) • specific security mechanisms: – encipherment, digital signatures, access controls, data integrity, authentication exchange, traffic padding, routing control, notarization • pervasive security mechanisms: – trusted functionality, security labels, event detection, security audit trails, security recovery Information Security 34 Key information security concepts • • • • Access • Asset • Attack • Control, safeguard / Countermeasure • • Exploit • • Exposure • Loss Risk Subjects and objects Threat Threat agent Vulnerability Information Security 35 Security Policy • At the least, a security policy is an informal description of desired systems behaviors. • More usefully, a security policy is a formal statement of rules and practices that specify or regulate how a system or organization provides security services to protect sensitive and critical system resources. Information Security 36 Factors needed to consider while developing a Security Policy • The value of asset being protected • The vulnerabilities of the system • Potential threats Information Security 37 Security Implementation Security implementation involves four complementary course of actions • Prevention • Detection • Response • Recovery Information Security 38 Questions Information Security 39
