Lab-2 - General Fact Finding-11262023

Lab-2: General Fact Finding Executive Summary: 1. Choose an organization: I chose an organization as the company I work presently – Cognizant. 2. My First and Last Name: Debsankar Pramanik 3. Date: 11/30/2023 4. Name of the Lab : Lab-2. Executive Summary: Cognizant is an American multinational information technology services and consulting company. It is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S. Cognizant is part of the NASDAQ- 100 and trades under CTSH. Some of the world’s biggest manufacturing companies (ex: Apple), software companies (ex: Microsoft), Energy and Utilities companies (ex: Duke Energy, Con Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric) and leading government agencies rely on Cognizant as a strategic partner in managing their day-to-day business operations and maintenance needs. Cognizant Overview: Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) engineer’s modern businesses. As one of the world’s leading professional services companies, Cognizant helps their clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so that they can stay ahead in this fast-changing world. Together, Cognizant is improving everyday life. Founded in 1994 as a technology development arm of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Cognizant were spun off as an independent company in 1996 and have worked closely with large organizations to help them build stronger businesses ever since. Today, Cognizant engineer’s modern businesses to improve everyday life, helping some of the world’s most established companies remain the most loved brands. In today’s fast- changing technology landscape, Cognizant work with their clients to advance every aspect of how they serve their customers: digitizing their products, services and customer experiences; automating their business processes; and modernizing their technology infrastructures. Fortune Modern Board 25: rank# 19 Forbes Global 2000: rank# 589 Employees worldwide: 345,600 Total revenue: $19.4B. Client base:  29 of the top 30 global pharma companies.  9 of the top 10 European banks  7 of the top 10 internet companies  23 of the top 25 healthcare plans

Network Information: Domain Information from https://www.whois.com/ for Cognizant: Registrant Contact from https://www.whois.com/ for Cognizant:

Whois Record for Cognizant.com from https://whois.domaintools.com/ for Cognizant: Whois Record ( last updated on 2023-11-29 ) Domain Name: cognizant.com Registry Domain ID: 3258397_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.corporatedomains.com Registrar URL: www.cscprotectsbrands.com Updated Date: 2023-11-25T01:10:59Z Creation Date: 1995-03-06T00:00:00Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2024-11-29T15:19:38Z Registrar: CSC CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC. Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 299 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8887802723 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#client TransferProhibited Domain Status: serverDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#serverDe leteProhibited Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#server TransferProhibited Domain Status: serverUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#serverUp dateProhibited Registry Registrant ID: Registrant Name: Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation Registrant Organization: Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation Registrant Street: 500 Frank W Burr Blvd, Registrant City: Teaneck Registrant State/Province: NJ Registrant Postal Code: 07666 Registrant Country: US Registrant Phone: +1.2018010233 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: +1.2018010243 Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: Registry Admin ID: Admin Name: Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation Admin Organization: Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation Admin Street: 500 Frank W Burr Blvd, Admin City: Teaneck Admin State/Province: NJ Admin Postal Code: 07666 Admin Country: US Admin Phone: +1.2018010233 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: +1.2018010243 Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email: Registry Tech ID: Tech Name: Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation

Tech Organization: Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation Tech Street: 500 Frank W Burr Blvd, Tech City: Teaneck Tech State/Province: NJ Tech Postal Code: 07666 Tech Country: US Tech Phone: +1.2018010233 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: +1.2018010243 Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email: Name Server: ns4.cognizant.com Name Server: ns5.cognizant.com Name Server: ns1.cognizant.com Name Server: ns3.cognizant.com DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.inte rnic.net/

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In google, searched with “site:cognizant.com cache:security” – did not match any documents. In google, searched with “site:cognizant.com inurl:financial” – did not match any documents. Tracert command:

Summary: In closing, Cognizant has a pretty good grasp of what to expose and what not to expose publicly (means securing information not supposed to be disclosed publicly) on their website. Financial documents or security regarding the topology is not exposed. The use of HTTPS and SSL certificates are apparent. Cognizant seems to have their web site security as one of their top priorities, even though it is impossible for any website to be 100% secure, it appears that an attempt would be difficult to penetrate and or steal information. References:  About Cognizant: https://www.cognizant.com/us/en/about-cognizant  Cognizant overview: https://www.cognizant.com/en_us/about/documents/q2-2023- corporate-overview.pdf  Domain Information from https://www.whois.com/ for Cognizant:  Whois Record for Cognizant.com from https://whois.domaintools.com/ for Cognizant:  The Wayback Machine is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts - https://web.archive.org/  IP2location for cognizant: https://www.ip2location.com/as17903  IP address locator: heck, Track, Search and Trace IP Address with powerful IP Locator. https://www.neighborwho.com/lp/9c59e8/3/building-report# .