1. Apple (information Assurance Policy)
Introduction to Information Assurance
MR. Mohammed Rafiq
Section 201
Group Project
Members:
Ebtihal AlQurashi ID:  
Farah AL-Sharif ID:
Ghada Odeh ID:

2. Outline: Introduction Mac Security Issues
Apple's Information Assurance Policy
Recommendation
Conclusion

3. Introduction: Apple corporation :
American multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronic
Established in 1st of April 1976 in California, USA
By Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne
The largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization
375 retail stores, plus on-line stores

4. Mac Security Issues Scams and fraud: User error: Mobile threats
Online scams, retail and auction fraud, and identity-theft.
User error:
Using poor passwords, downloading risky files.
Mobile threats
Theft
Online hazards:
Viruses and risky files.

5. Apple's Information Assurance Policy
“Your privacy is important to Apple. So we’ve developed a Privacy Policy that covers how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your information”

6. Apple's Information Assurance Policy(Cont.)
Protect your data by :
iCloud
Enabling Data Erase from settings

7. Apple's Information Assurance Policy(Cont.)
I Cloud: which is built with industry-standard security practices and employs strict policies to protect the data
1. using strong passwords
2. Find my iPhone, iPad, etc..

8. Apple's Information Assurance Policy(Cont.)
Strong passwords
when creating an iCloud ID the password must: contain a minimum of 8 characters, a number, an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, not be the same as the account name, and not be used in the last year

9. Apple's Information Assurance Policy(Cont.)
Find my iPhone, iPad, etc..
locate where your missing device is
Remotely lock your iPhone or erase data

11. Enabling Data Erase
By setting the number of failed pass-codes that can be entered prior to all data being erased from the phone

12. Recommendations
Hide files and folders from the curious eyes of the people who might use your .own Mac with you
Send messages and attachments encrypted with a password

13. Recommendations (Cont.)
Switch on Your Firewall
Antivirus Software

14. conclusion
Our mission is to provide leading edge products and solution offerings that deliver immediate and quantifiable value to our customers; to change the movement of information to an ongoing, automated process; and to help IT organizations fully optimize IT resources while dramatically decreasing capital and operational

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