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The Establishment of Security Strategies for Introducing Cloud Computing

  • Yoon, Young Bae;Oh, Junseok;Lee, Bong Gyou
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.860-877
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    • 2013
  • Cloud computing has become one of the most important technologies for reducing cost and increasing productivity by efficiently using IT resources in various companies. The cloud computing system has mainly been built for private enterprise, but public institutions, such as governments and national institutes, also plans to introduce the system in Korea. Various researches have pointed to security problems as a critical factor to impede the vitalization of cloud computing services, but they only focus on the security threats and their correspondents for addressing the problems. There are no studies that analyze major security issues with regard to introducing the cloud computing system. Accordingly, it is necessary to research the security factors in the cloud computing given to public institutions when adopting cloud computing. This research focuses on the priority of security solutions for the stepwise adoption of cloud computing services in enterprise environments. The cloud computing security area is classified into managerial, physical and technical area in the research, and then derives the detailed factors in each security area. The research derives the influence of security priorities in each area on the importance of security issues according to the identification of workers in private enterprise and public institutions. Ordered probit models are used to analyze the influences and marginal effects of awareness for security importance in each area on the scale of security priority. The results show workers in public institutions regard the technical security as the highest importance, while physical and managerial security are considered as the critical security factors in private enterprise. In addition, the results show workers in public institutions and private enterprise have remarkable differences of awareness for cloud computing security. This research compared the difference in recognition for the security priority in three areas between workers in private enterprise, which use cloud computing services, and workers in public institutions that have never used the services. It contributes to the establishment of strategies, with respect to security, by providing guidelines to enterprise or institutions that want to introduce cloud computing systems.

The impact of the introduction of information security solutions by public organizations on the improvement of information security level (공공기관의 정보보안 솔루션 도입이 정보보안 수준 향상에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Hyeob;Eom, Su-Seong;Kwon, HyukJun
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2017
  • Public institutions invest about half of the information protection budget annually to introduce information security products and information protection services in order to prevent cyber terrorism and establish organizational security. However, research on whether introduced information security products has a positive influence on improving the information security level of the actual institution is in an incomplete state, and accordingly, There are problems such as the measurement of the investment effect of the information security product introduced in the organization and the difficulty in selecting the optimum information security product that the agency actually needs. In this paper, prior research will conduct research on the influence of the introduction of information security products on the improvement of information security level of organization through analysis of operational data of inadequate information security products, and based on the research results, It would be useful to use it for information security practices such as optimal product selection and internal security policy formulation through validation of the introduction of information security products of public institutions.

A Study on the Secure Coding for Security Improvement of Delphi XE2 DataSnap Server (델파이 XE2 DataSnap 서버의 보안성 개선을 위한 시큐어 코딩에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Myoung-Gyu;Park, Man-Gon
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.706-715
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    • 2014
  • It is used to lead to serious structural vulnerability of the system security of security-critical system when we have quickly developed software system according to urgent release schedule without appropriate security planning, management, and assurance processes. The Data Set and Provider of DataSnap, which is a middleware of Delphi XE2 of the Embarcadero Technologies Co., certainly help to develop an easy and fast-paced procedure, but it is difficult to apply security program and vulnerable to control software system security when the connection structure Database-DataSnap server-SQL Connection-SQL Data set-Provider is applied. This is due to that all kinds of information of Provider are exposed on the moment when DataSnap Server Port is sure to malicious attackers. This exposure becomes a window capable of running SQL Command. Thus, it should not be used Data Set and Provider in the DataSnap Server in consideration of all aspects of security management. In this paper, we study on the verification of the security vulnerabilities for Client and Server DataSnap in Dlephi XE2, and we propose a secure coding method to improve security vulnerability in the DataSnap server system.

QoS Guaranteed Secure Network Service Realization using Global User Management Framework (GUMF);Service Security Model for Privacy

  • Choi, Byeong-Cheol;Kim, Kwang-Sik;Seo, Dong-Il
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1586-1589
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    • 2005
  • GUMF (Global User Management Framework) that is proposed in this research can be applied to next generation network such as BcN (Broadband convergence Network), it is QoS guaranteed security framework for user that can solve present Internet's security vulnerability. GUMF offers anonymity for user of service and use the user's real-name or ID for management of service and it is technology that can realize secure QoS. GUMF needs management framework, UMS (User Management System), VNC (Virtual Network Controller) etc. UMS consists of root UMS in country dimension and Local UMS in each site dimension. VNC is network security equipment including VPN, QoS and security functions etc., and it achieves the QoSS (Quality of Security Service) and CLS(Communication Level Switching) functions. GUMF can offer safety in bandwidth consumption attacks such as worm propagation and DoS/DDoS, IP spoofing attack, and current most attack such as abusing of private information because it can offer the different QoS guaranteed network according to user's grades. User's grades are divided by 4 levels from Level 0 to Level 3, and user's security service level is decided according to level of the private information. Level 3 users that offer bio-information can receive secure network service that privacy is guaranteed. Therefore, GUMF that is proposed in this research can offer profit model to ISP and NSP, and can be utilized by strategy for secure u-Korea realization.

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A Review of Security and Privacy of Cloud Based E-Healthcare Systems

  • Faiza Nawaz;Jawwad Ibrahim;Maida Junaid
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.153-160
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    • 2024
  • Information technology plays an important role in healthcare. The cloud has several applications in the fields of education, social media and medicine. But the advantage of the cloud for medical reasons is very appropriate, especially given the large volume of data generated by healthcare organizations. As in increasingly health organizations adopting towards electronic health records in the cloud which can be accessed around the world for various health issues regarding references, healthcare educational research and etc. Cloud computing has many advantages, such as "flexibility, cost and energy savings, resource sharing and rapid deployment". However, despite the significant benefits of using the cloud computing for health IT, data security, privacy, reliability, integration and portability are some of the main challenges and obstacles for its implementation. Health data are highly confidential records that should not be made available to unauthorized persons to protect the security of patient information. In this paper, we discuss the privacy and security requirement of EHS as well as privacy and security issues of EHS and also focus on a comprehensive review of the current and existing literature on Electronic health that uses a variety of approaches and procedures to handle security and privacy issues. The strengths and weaknesses of some of these methods were mentioned. The significance of security issues in the cloud computing environment is a challenge.

The Legal Structure of Guard & Security Contract and the Prevention & Resolution Method of Security Disputes (경호경비계약의 법적 구조 및 분쟁의 예방과 해결 방안)

  • Ahn, Sung-Cho
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.11
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    • pp.129-157
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    • 2006
  • With rapid social change, by culminating the social hazards and the safety problems about it are on the increase too. According to the needs for the safety the demand of the private guard & security provided the safety and security service against danger is also increasing. As the need for the safety is increasing, so recently the private guard & security industry is extended. Therefore the purpose of this study is to grasp and carry out researches into the legal structure on the Security contract, is to analyze the formation of contract and find out the ensuing problem in order to prevent or settle the dispute which is apt to occur between the specific client and the security companies. In order to minimize the dispute going with security relationship in particular, it is necessary that one should write down the agreed contents as the document explicitly to make a security contract with the parties. Hereupon in the plan which standardizes the security contract with each parties autonomously, it is suggested that this study should present the model of Dispute Resolution Clause Especially it is the best means that it is amicable consultation or negotiation as the effective way of settlement methods of private dispute arising from the concerned parties. In inevitable case it recommends the method which solves the dispute by means of an arbitration than litigation at administration of justice(in terms of jurisdiction). If the parties wish to settle the disputes by arbitration, they must come to an arbitration agreement in the form of a arbitration clause in the security contract. After the test and evaluation through application utilizing it in actual security field, the security standard contract regulates about it and this terms should widely apply a individual case to whole industry.

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A Relationship between Security Engineering and Security Evaluation

  • Kim, Tai-Hoon
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.71-75
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    • 2004
  • The Common Criteria (CC) philosophy is to provide assurance based upon an evaluation of the IT product or system that is to be trusted. Evaluation has been the traditional means of providing assurance. It is essential that not only the customer' srequirements for software functionality should be satisfied but also the security requirements imposed on the software development should be effectively analyzed and implemented in contributing to the security objectives of customer's requirements. Unless suitable requirements are established at the start of the software development process, the re suiting end product, however well engineered, may not meet the objectives of its anticipated consumers. By the security evaluation, customer can sure about the quality of the products or sys tems they will buy and operate. In this paper, we propose a selection guide for If products by show ing relationship between security engineering and security evaluation and make help user and customer select appropriate products or system.

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A Study on Security Performance of Registered Security Guards in the Government Buildings (정부청사 청원경찰의 보안성과에 관한 연구)

  • Chae, Jeong-Seok;Choi, Yeon-Jun
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.62
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    • pp.295-320
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence which affects security performance of registered security guards hired by government buildings via job engagement so that basic data can be provided to improve their security performance. To accommodate this study, a survey was conducted from November 26th to December 27th, 2019 through the cooperation of registered security guards working in government buildings in Seoul, Gwacheon, Daejeon, and Sejong. A total of 234 survey sheets were collected and 28 sheets out of them had missing data or incomplete data so a subsequent total of 206 survey sheets were used in this analysis. SPSS 23.0 was applied making use of the collected data for frequency and descriptive statistics analysis, trustworthiness analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and correlation analysis. By applying AMOS 23.0, a means to examine the structural relation between organization, job engagement, and security performance were able to be analyzed. The result of this study is as follows. First, it was found that organizational justice gives a meaningful positive (+) influence on job engagement for registered security guards. Second, it was found that job engagement for registered security guards gives them a meaningful positive(+) influence in their security performance. Third, it was found that organizational justice does not give any meaningful influence on security performance directly. Fourth, organizational justice does not give any meaningful influence on security performance directly but it gives meaningful positive(+) influence on security performance via job engagement as it takes the role of full mediation variable. Based on the results, in order to maximize security performance of registered security guards, this study recommends that government building administrators to try their best to propose to the National Assembly a proposition for Police Assigned for registered security guards Act to be legalized in order to improve the leveling system of registered security guards so that registered security guards can have more job engagement.

Studies on the effect of information security investment executive (정보보호의 투자 집행 효과에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Seong-Hoon;Yoon, Joon-Sub;Lim, Jong-In;Lee, Kyung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.1271-1284
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    • 2014
  • This paper classifies technical, administrative and physical areas of defects and advices made by an external audit (ISO27001) and internal audit (performed by a security team) in a company which has the management system of information security. With the classified data it finds the correlation between the budget and investment of information security, and analyze the correlation. As a result of the analysis, it has been found that as time goes on there is a consistent correlation between a administrative area and technical area of security. Specially, it has been confirmed that the relation between the scale of the budget which is not executed and the number of the defects and advices made by the audit is in direct proportion. Therefore, in this paper, so as to provide a model that can be used for validating the effectiveness of the protective investment information by statistically calculating the similarity based on the results of correlation analysis. This research is intended to help that a company makes a precise decision when it establishes a policy of information security and systematic methodology of the investment in information security.

A Study on the Information Security Measures Influencing Information Security Policy Compliance Intentions of IT Personnel of Banks (은행 IT 인력의 정보보호 정책 준수에 영향을 미치는 정보보호 대책에 관한 연구)

  • Shim, Joonbo;Hwang, K.T.
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.171-199
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    • 2015
  • This study proposes the practical information security measures that help IT personnel of banks comply the information security policy. The research model of the study is composed of independent variables (clarity and comprehensiveness of policy, penalty, dedicated security organization, audit, training and education program, and top management support), a dependent variable (information security policy compliance intention), and moderating variables (age and gender). Analyses results show that the information security measures except 'clarity of policy' and 'training and education program' are proven to affect the 'information security policy compliance intention.' In case of moderating variables, age moderated the relationship between top management support and compliance intention, but gender does not show any moderating effect at all. This study analyzes information security measures based solely on the perception of the respondents. Future study may introduce more objective measurement methods such as systematically analyzing the contents of the information security measures instead of asking the respondents' perception. In addition, this study analyzes intention of employees rather than the actual behavior. Future research may analyze the relationship between intention and actual behavior and the factors affecting the relationship.