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Of course this isn't the full story. I've left out a few details so you wouldn't run screaming into the street and throw this book into the nearest sewer. But, in actuality, these are just a few of the many steps which take place behind the scenes. At each stage, information specific to that step is added to a header portion of the packet. Think of this header as being akin to a shipping manifesto for a big hunk of cargo being sent from New Jersey to Zambia. g. "hazardous materials," "toxic waste," or "radioactive") and the quantity of items scheduled for transport.

6 If your training is going to achieve anything more than checking off a requirement on your implementation plan, you're going to have to find ways to make this information stick, and then inspire people to go out and apply what they learn with the discipline of a Kung Fu master. A talking head at the front of the room gesturing lamely at a bunch of crowded PowerPoint slides just isn't going to cut it. 6. html 14 Chapter 1: InfoSec 101 – Definitely Not for Dummies The chapter on training is chock full of tips to enable your training to get results.

S. " You don't need a crystal ball to predict that more and more of us will be using the latter version in the near future. " Magnetic stripe cards are like most credit and debit cards. The magnetic stripe is encoded with information, which is read when the card is passed through a reader. Generally speaking, there is nothing particularly "smart" about magnetic stripe cards. Truly and certifiably "smart" cards have an embedded chip which can receive, process, and store information, and they come in two flavors.

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