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Managing Security Risks and Vulnerabilities in University�s IT Threats Landscape

Published on April 2017 by Chanchala Joshi, Umesh Kumar Singh
National Conference on Contemporary Computing
Foundation of Computer Science USA
NCCC2016 - Number 1
April 2017
Authors: Chanchala Joshi, Umesh Kumar Singh
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Chanchala Joshi, Umesh Kumar Singh . Managing Security Risks and Vulnerabilities in University�s IT Threats Landscape. National Conference on Contemporary Computing. NCCC2016, 1 (April 2017), 10-14.

@article{
author = { Chanchala Joshi, Umesh Kumar Singh },
title = { Managing Security Risks and Vulnerabilities in University�s IT Threats Landscape },
journal = { National Conference on Contemporary Computing },
issue_date = { April 2017 },
volume = { NCCC2016 },
number = { 1 },
month = { April },
year = { 2017 },
issn = 0975-8887,
pages = { 10-14 },
numpages = 5,
url = { /proceedings/nccc2016/number1/27334-6309/ },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%1 National Conference on Contemporary Computing
%A Chanchala Joshi
%A Umesh Kumar Singh
%T Managing Security Risks and Vulnerabilities in University�s IT Threats Landscape
%J National Conference on Contemporary Computing
%@ 0975-8887
%V NCCC2016
%N 1
%P 10-14
%D 2017
%I International Journal of Computer Applications
Abstract

The large and open networks of Universities are particularly vulnerable because they often have multiple overlapping public and private networks. The staff, faculty members or students with infected devices might connect with the Universities networks. Many labs also have devices into their networks that were never intended to be there, which opens up new avenues of attack. This paper analyzed the security threats evolve specifically in University's computing environment, and proposes risk management framework to guide security and risk executives through the process of network security management. The framework follows three phase activities: the first phase concentrates on the identification of the weak point in University's networks; the second phase quantitatively measures the security risk level of the University's networks; the third phase suggests plans for enhancing the security level of University's network environments. The proposed framework focuses on critical assets that are truly at risk.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Cvss Security Risk Security Threats University Campus Network Vulnerability