Section A:
This research paper will focus on issues and concerns with Patch Management. With the advent of many types of software and systems, patch management is major nightmare. Patching the system may cause the system to crash, and not patching it can leave it vulnerable to attacks. Please research the issues and concerns with patch management and provide your views on the topic. Please consider this at an enterprise level where the complexity is increased exponentially with the increase in the number of systems.
Paper Requirements:
APA Format
Number of Pages: 3 Pages not including Cover, Table of Contents and References.
Safe - Assignment comparison will be done
Patch Management methodology- "https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/bestprac/practical-methodology-implementing-patch-management-process-1206" white paper in the SANS reading rooms would serve as a good start for your research.
Section B:
One of the most useful tools you will use in your role as an Information Security professional is a hardening checklist. Essentially, it is a document that serves as a guide to configuring a desktop / system security. Please develop this guide for a windows 10 desktop environment.
The hardening checklist will take the form of a table or chart that lists how the Windows 10 desktop should be hardened. This will be culmination of everything you have learned, in terms of Operating Systems, Security Controls, and various strategies that can be employed.
Essentially this documents will summarize everything you know about securing a system in an easy to follow checklist. You should try to provide a short and quick one sentence description on each setting or task that you are recommending in the checklist.
Number of pages for hardening checklist (section B) should be 1-2 pages.