Strategies of Mitigation

Scen assgnmnt 4-8

You will assume the role of lead network security administrator within an organization. You will then be required to provide instruction pertaining to identifying holes in security countermeasures to newly hired network security technicians. This provides students with experience in not only evaluating vulnerabilities in a network, but also conveying this knowledge to subordinates. These are valuable skills that will be needed in order to design an information assurance plan and ultimately explain its intent to members of the organization.

Prompt: Assume that you are the lead network security expert in your organization. Because of the recent rise in web security issues and the development of the global marketplace, your organization has decided to hire additional network security technicians. Once hired, you are to give a report to these individuals designed to illustrate holes in current security countermeasures, along with ways in which these holes can be filled. In your report, ensure you address the areas mentioned below:

An explanation of which web security threats are most prevalent, the hazards they present, and how these threats are exploiting holes in current security countermeasures

An explanation of the actions that should be taken to prevent existing web security countermeasures from being exploited

An assessment of the pros and cons of choosing to implement measures such as firewalls, access control measures, and cryptographic systems

Guidelines for Submission:Your responses must be submitted as four to five (4-5) pages long excluding references and cover page as a Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least four sources cited in APA format. Make sure you cite if you take a piece of someone’s work, very important and your reference should relate to your writing (don’t cite a reference because it relates to the course and not this very paper) at least 4 current and relevant academic references. No heavy paraphrasing of others work.

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