Security and Privacy Concerns

Izzat Alsmadi, Assistant Research Professor, BSU

Do We have Privacy Anymore ?!

• Try search your name using Google ?!• Maybe you will know “new” things about yourself.• With smart devices, social

networks, etc. we all live in “Big brother” camp

Identity theft continues to rise

• If all what someone needs to know about you include “few” information that they can aggregate from Internet sources “for free”, how we will ever solve identity theft ?!

We do everything online: Its convenient

•Can we ever guarantee a website or an information system is secure ?

The dilemma of Security Testing

Security

Convenience

Cost

Penetration Testing• I conduct penetration

testing using different tools and methods to:• Find vulnerabilities• Understand causes and

risks• Plan mitigation based on:

assets, vulnerabilities and protection methods (RRL)