Identify emerging threats and mitigation strategies in Information Systems
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)
The purpose of the assignment is to identify the emerging threats and mitigation strategies in Information Systems. Students will be able to complete the following ULOs:
b. Identify common emerging threats, attacks, mitigation and countermeasures in networked information systems
Assignment Description
Objective of this assessment is to identify common emerging threats and attacks, and suggest appropriate mitigation and countermeasures strategies for networked information systems.
Scenario
You are the principal Security Architect for Mindvision Corporation, a firm with four regional offices and 50 employees located across Australia. The corporation has detected an ongoing cyber-attacks from last few days effecting their network and day-to-day operational services. Your role (based on the chosen topic below) is to liaise between business stakeholders and technologists. Translating potential emerging threats and attacks faced by Corporation and providing feasible countermeasures so corporation can take security decisions more effectively.
Your deliverable for this assessment is to write a report for any ONE of the following topics:
- IP security
- Secure remote access
- Network devices security
- Cloud computing
- Intrusion prevention system
- Firewall security
- DDoS attack detection and prevention
The report must address the following criteria:
- An Executive Summary at the beginning of the report which provides a clear statement of the emerging threats and attacks being assessed.
- Identify and explain emerging threats based on vulnerabilities and consequences derived from Networked Information Systems.
- Discuss potential damages these threats and vulnerabilities could cause if exploited.
- What are the challenges and issues faced by corporation to control these threats?
- Discuss the impact of financial difficulties and budget constraints while selecting security countermeasures.
- Provide detail mitigation and countermeasure strategies that will impact the networked information system.