Information Security Threats

The paper must address the importance of information security. Students will conduct research and write a consolidated, thematic essay on the selected case study or topic and will address the following:

1. Analyzing and identifying potential vulnerabilities, and specific counter measures to employ to mitigate the threat.

2. Discuss how a fully developed ISP mitigates security intrusions that have the potential to compromise a systems operational stability.

3. Evaluating the proactive measures as well as the legal, technological, and policy aspects of information security.

4 . Evaluating the best practices of the DHS IT Strategic Plan and how these can be incorporated into an overall ISP to optimize system security.

You must base and support your report using external research, and supplemental course materials. Your external research must be reliable and authoritative, preferably from peer-reviewed (refereed) publications. You must include a minimum of five (5) course-external references.

The paper must provide complete and equitable treatment of all issues. Address all of the issues in a consolidated way, making linkages between the issues where appropriate and logical.

Your external research should be integrated to provide logical support for your consolidated examination of the fundamental ideas being expressed. All submissions must include the following technical components:

A cover or title page with your name on it.

Labeled topical headings (e.g., Introduction, Discussion, Conclusion, Recommendations, etc.).

Length: The report must contain a body of text of between 1,750 to 2,000 typed words (about 7 to 8 pages double-spaced).

A reference page containing a minimum of five (5) course-external resources used and cited in the report.

References cited at the end of the report must be cited in text to illustrate how they were used.

Written in APA Style.

TOPICS:

Any one of the three:

Information Security Threats to the US Department of Defense

Information Security Threats to Law Enforcement

Information Security Threats to Corporations