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Assignment
1: Identifying Potential Malicious Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
Due
Week 4 and worth 75 points
You
have just been hired as an Information Security Engineer for a videogame
development company. The organization network structure is identified in the
below network diagram and specifically contains:
1)
2 – Firewalls
2)
1 – Web / FTP server
3) 1 – Exchange Email server
4) 1 – Network Intrusion
Detection System (NIDS)
5)
2 – Windows 2008 Active Directory Domain Controllers (DC)
6)
3 – File servers
7) 1 – Wireless access point (WAP) 8) 100 – Desktop / Laptop
computers 9) VoIP telephone system
The
CIO has seen reports of malicious activity being on the rise and has become
extremely concerned with the protection of the intellectual property and highly
sensitive data maintained by your organization. As one of your first tasks with
the organization, the CIO requested you identify and draft a report identifying
potential malicious attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities specific to your
organization. Further, the CIO would like you to briefly explain each item and
the potential impact it could have on the organization.
Write
a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Analyze and assess any potential
malicious attacks and threats that may be carried out against the network.
2. Illustrate in writing the
potential impact of all identified malicious attacks and threats to the network
and the organization.
3. Analyze and assess all potential
vulnerabilities that may exist in the documented network.
4. Illustrate in writing the
potential impact of all identified vulnerabilities to the network and the
organization.
5. Include at least three (3)
references (no more than 2-3 years old) from material outside the textbook.
Your
assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
6. Be typed, double spaced, using
Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations
and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
7. Include a cover page containing
the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the
course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not
included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning
outcomes associated with this assignment are:
•
Explain
the concepts of information systems security as applied to an IT
infrastructure.
•
Describe
the principles of risk management, common response techniques, and issues
related to recovery of IT systems.
•
Describe
how malicious attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities impact an IT
infrastructure.
•
Explain
the means attackers use to compromise systems and networks, and defenses used
by
organizations.
•
Use
technology and information resources to research issues in information systems
security.
•
Write
clearly and concisely about network security topics using proper writing
mechanics and technical style conventions.
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