And also I wish to dedicate this to my parents, Dr. Douglas Knight and Rose Marie Knight, for giving me
the freedom even at a very young age to keep an open mind and encourage me to pursue my interests,
believing that I would not let them down.

Fault........................................................................................................................................................ 9 Severity................................................................................................................................................... 9 Authentication....................................................................................................................................... 10 Tactic.................................................................................................................................................... 10 Consequence......................................................................................................................................... 11

OPERATINGSYSTEMVULNERABILITIES.....................................................................................................12 APPLICATIONSPECIFICVULNERABILITIES.................................................................................................13 NETWORKPROTOCOLDESIGN...................................................................................................................13 FORCEDTRUSTVIOLATIONS.....................................................................................................................14

\u201cI forgot my password!\u201d....................................................................................................................... 15 \u201cWhat is your password?\u201d................................................................................................................... 16 Fishing for Information........................................................................................................................ 17 Trashing................................................................................................................................................ 17 Janitorial Right..................................................................................................................................... 17

Corporate Sabotage.............................................................................................................................. 17 Internal Sabotage.................................................................................................................................. 18 Extortion............................................................................................................................................... 18

Cryptographic Short Cuts..................................................................................................................... 20 Speed of Computer................................................................................................................................ 20 Lack of a Sufficiently Random Key....................................................................................................... 20

PASSWORDSECURITY................................................................................................................................20 SECUREHASHES........................................................................................................................................20 AGEDSOFTWARE ANDHARDWARE...........................................................................................................21 PEOPLE......................................................................................................................................................21

RECOVERY OFDATA..................................................................................................................................22 RECOVERY OFFAILEDHARDWARE............................................................................................................23 INVESTIGATION OFINTRUDERS..................................................................................................................23 INVESTIGATION OF WHEN THECOMPANY ISACCUSED OFINTRUDING ONOTHERS....................................23 PROSECUTION OFINTRUDERS....................................................................................................................23 PROSECUTION OFCRIMINALEMPLOYEES..................................................................................................23 REPORTING OFINTRUDERS ANDCRIMINALEMPLOYEES TO THEPROPERAGENCIES.................................23 PHYSICALSECURITY OF THESITE..............................................................................................................24 ELECTRICALSECURITY OF THESITE..........................................................................................................24