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6/9/2020 Week 4 Discussion - IFSM 370 6381 T elecommunications in Information Systems (2205) https://learn.umgc.edu/d2l/le/content/535355/viewContent/18702307/V iew 1/2 Wee k 4 D is c u ssio n IF SM 370 6 381 T e le co m mun ic a tio ns in I n fo rm atio n S yste m s ( 2 … P LA N NIN G F O R N ET W ORK There a re t w o q uestio ns t h at n eed t o b e a n sw ere d in t h e W eek 4 D is c u ssio n.P le ase a n sw er e ach q uestio n d is c re te ly in y o ur N ew T hre ad p o st. 1 . B efo re w e b egin t o im ple m en t a n y t y p e o f n etw ork s o lu tio n, w e n eed t o g o th ro ugh a p la n n in g s ta g e . O ne o f t h e m ost im po rta n t e le m en ts o f t h is p hase is R eq uir e m en t G ath erin g. W e n eed t h ese r e q uir e m en ts f ro m sta ke h o ld ers s o w e u n d ers ta n d w hat is n ece ssa ry t o p ro vid e in o rd er t o m eet a ll o f t h e n eed s o f t h e r e q uesto r. A ssu m e t h at w e a re b ein g a sk e d t o le ad a p ro je ct t h at w ill u p gra d e o r r e p la ce a c o m pan y's n etw ork in fr a str u ctu re . T he c o m pan y h as 1 ,0 00 e m plo ye es in t w o d if fe re n t o ffic e s an d h av e h ad t h eir e xis tin g n etw ork e q uip m en t f o r f iv e y e ars . Y o u a re le ad in g t h e p ro je ct a n d a re s ta rtin g t h e G ath er R eq uir e m en t a ctiv it y . a. W hat r e q uir e m en ts w ould y o u n eed t o k n o w a b o ut? b. F o r e ach r e q uir e m en t, w ho w ould y o u n eed t o t a lk t o g e t d eta ile d cla rif ic a tio n? c. W hy is t h e G ath er R eq uir e m en ts a ctiv it y s o im po rta n t? U nd ers ta n d in g r is k is a ls o a v it a l e le m en t o f n etw ork d esig n . R is k is t h e c h an ce th at a t h re at w ill e xp lo it , o r t a ke a d van ta g e o f, a v u ln era b ili t y . A t h re at is s o m eth in g t h at c a n c a u se h arm (a h ack e r, a f lo od, e tc .) , w hile a v u ln era b ili t y is a w eak n ess in a s y ste m ( p o orly c o nfig u re d f ir e w all, u n p atc h ed -s y ste m , e tc .) .
E ve ry t im e a t h re at c a n e xp lo it a v u ln era b ili t y (t h re at a ctio n), w e h av e a r is k .
F o r e xam ple , t h ere is a p o ssib ili t y ( r is k ) t h at a d is g ru ntle d e m plo ye e (t h re at) c o uld d ele te s e n sit iv e d ata f ro m t h e n etw ork (t h re at a ctio n) b eca u se o f p o or file s y ste m a cce ss c o ntro ls (v u ln era b ili t y ). a . C ho ose a c o m pan y o r in d ustr y t o e xam in e r is k f o r. I f y o u c u rre n tly a re w ork in g, tr y a n d u se y o ur k n o w le d ge o f y o ur c u rre n t c o m pan y. 6/9/2020 Week 4 Discussion - IFSM 370 6381 T elecommunications in Information Systems (2205) https://learn.umgc.edu/d2l/le/content/535355/viewContent/18702307/V iew 2/2 End s J u n 1 6, 2 020 1 1:5 9 P M R ub ric s W eekly D is c u ss io n R ub ric S ta rt a N ew T hre ad F ilt e r b y: So rt b y: M ost R ece n t A ctiv it y Y o u m ust s ta rt a t h re ad b efo re y o u c a n r e ad a n d r e p ly t o o th er t h re ad s Ta sk : R ep ly t o t h is t o pic A sse ssm en t W eekly D is c u ss io n R ub ric b . D ete rm in e a n d li s t a t le ast 3 r is k s, t h re ats , v u ln era b ili t ie s, a n d t h re at a ctio ns f o r yo ur c o m pan y o f c h o ic e .
c . F o r e ach r is k id en tif ie d in I t e m b , d ete rm in e h o w y o u w ould m it ig ate t h e r is k .
M it ig atio n is a tte m ptin g t o le ss e n t h e im pact, o r li k e li h o od o f a r is k o cc u rrin g. All T hre ad s A ctiv it y D eta ils