Archive for July, 2008

Quantitative Risk Analysis

Monday, July 28th, 2008

In Quantitative Risk Analysis, we try to translate every information asset element into monetary value. There are three steps in Quantitative Risk Analysis: Determine Single Loss Expectancy (SLE): Single Loss Expectancy is a measure of the money loss that an information asset will suffer due to the activation of a threat. SLE = Asset Value ($) [...]

Virus Types

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Viruses are generally distinguished by the way they spread and propagate or the target they attack. The following virus types do not necessarily indicate a strict division. A file infector for example may also be a system infector. A script virus that infects other script files may be considered also to be a file inspector. [...]