Assignment task: You are to assume the role of the IT/IS Manager of a large company. Your CEO has just read about new telecommunications security vulnerabilities in the newspaper. While the CEO is not a very technically oriented person, he is very interested in understanding the business implications of this technology.
The CEO has asked you to prepare a report explaining the security vulnerability in simple, easy-to understand language. You also have to include, in your report, the implications of this technology and or security vulnerability on the organization.
The report should also include the addresses of a minimum of three and a maximum of five websites, where additional information on the topic is available. In case you come across more than five such sites, include only the five best sites - in your opinion - that you would recommend to your CEO. Include executive summary in your report. The report will cover 30 topics below.
Topics:
1. Firewall
2. DMZ
3. Proxy
4. Honeypot
5. IPS (Intrusion Prevention System)
6. IDS (Intrusion Detection
System)
7. Macro viruses
8. Boot sector viruses
9. Resident viruses
10. Non-resident viruses
11. Polymorphic code
12. Metamorphic code
13. Computer worn
14. DDoS attacks
15. Zero-day attack
16. Spyware
17. Adware
18. Trojan Horse
19. Black hat hackers
20. Leapfrog attack
21. Watering Attack
22. Ransomware
23. Extortion Hacks
24. IoT Zombie Botnet
25. Tiger team - In terms of network security
26. Botnet
27. Fake AV
28. Wabbits
29. Bluesnarfing
30. Bluejacking