http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/internet-security Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:21:15 -0400 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:21:15 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/47/cyber-attack-prevention-for-the-home-user-how-to-prevent-a-cyber-attack By Tony M. Damico - Consider the difference between network intrusion prevention and network detection systems. Prevention systems “automatically detect and block malicious network and application traffic, while allowing legitimate traffic to continue through to its destination” (Top Layer, 2008). A detection system may detect suspicious activity, but where is the protection from fast acting attacks? A prevention system must identify and stop malicious attacks before they do damage and have a chance to infect a system. As the Top Layer article indicates, “[The prevention system] must operate with... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:36 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/47/cyber-attack-prevention-for-the-home-user-how-to-prevent-a-cyber-attack http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/44/a-vulnerable-network-undersea-internet-cable-attacks By Tony M. Damico - Conversely, one could argue that with more cables being laid, some redundancy will occur so that the increased number of undersea cables will ensure greater continuity in times of cable breakdown. In any event, protecting these cables has become more of a hot topic after theses attacks. The idea that submarines may carry men close enough to the cables to cut or otherwise damage them brings other goals to mind. A possibility exists that during the downtime of the cables, monitoring devices may be attached to gain some amount of unrestricted access to the transmissions running through the cable... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:35 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/44/a-vulnerable-network-undersea-internet-cable-attacks