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000000206 037__ $$aLERSSE-REPORT-2009-033
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000000206 100__ $$aFahimeh Raja
000000206 245__ $$aEffectiveness of IT Security Tools in Practice
000000206 260__ $$c2009-07-16
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000000206 520__ $$aIn today's world, IT security plays a critical role in different organizations, yet little is known about IT security in the context of organizations. This paper addresses this issue based on qualitative description analysis of 10 interviews with IT security practitioners from small to medium size organizations. Our results revealed the required knowledge and skills for effective IT security, IT security tasks, and the tools which are used to perform these tasks.  Based on these results, we realized that current IT security tools can be improved in order to provide more effective support for security practitioners' activities. Founded on our analysis, we proposed some guidelines, such as regular update, settings for alerts, integrity of data, and effective logging of forensics information, in order to improve IT security tools.
000000206 6531_ $$aHOTAdmin, Tasks, Tools
000000206 700__ $$aKasia Muldner
000000206 700__ $$aKonstantin Beznosovz
000000206 8560_ $$ffahimehr@ece.ubc.ca
000000206 8564_ $$uhttp://lersse-dl.ece.ubc.ca/record/206/files/206.pdf$$yTransfer from CDS 0.99.7
000000206 909C4 $$pFahimeh Raja, Kasia Muldner, and Konstantin Beznosovz. Effectiveness of it security tools in practice. Technical Report LERSSE-TR-2009-33, University of British Columbia, March 2008.
000000206 980__ $$aREPORT