CASE STUDY PROJECT: INTELLIGENCE BRIEF

Option A

Draft a comprehensive and exhaustive intelligence brief aimed at the U.S. intelligence community, detailing (a) the primary cyber threat that your region poses to the U.S. and (b) how the U.S. should defend against it.

Option B

Draft a comprehensive and exhaustive intelligence briefing aimed at your region's intelligence community, detailing (a) the primary cyber threat against your region and (b) how to defend against it.

For either option, you will produce a paper that is 1,500 to 2,000 words long. APA format. The goal here is to produce a comprehensive, fact-based analysis; not a political argument or personal opinion piece.

As such, you will use at least 7 NEW artifacts (that is 7 artifacts that you did not use in the DOTS DBs) to support your points.(please see below the topics for the 7 NEW Artifacts)

1. Understand the concept of hacking, Understand the threat from APT1 and similar entities, Understand how hacking works, Understand the goals of the hackers, Understand how to respond to hacking
2. Understand the concept and threat of Hacktivism, Understand the threatscape and the different stakeholders associated with risk to national sovereignty and the critical infrastructure.
3. Identify various elements of our critical infrastructure that are potentially vulnerable to cyberterrorism and/or information warfare, espionage, hacktivism, sabotage, and the like. Get a general understanding of the types of weapons and their conseuqences
4. Understand the different public agencies that contribute to investigation and prevention, Identify the roles and responsibilities in this sector, Understand how each agency operates independently yet with a combined goal
5. Understand the role of the private sector in espionage and homeland security, Identify the function and use of ISACs
6. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the voluntary approach to critical infrastructure security and resilience. Evaluate how risks are assessed and managed and how performance is measured in those sectors in which security is not regulated by a government entity. Identify and discuss the various resources made available by the Federal government to other levels of government and the private sector to foster critical infrastructure security and resilience program development and implementation.

7.Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the regulatory approach to critical infrastructure security and resilience. Evaluate how risks are assessed and managed and how performance is measured in those sectors in which security, emergency preparedness, and emergency response are regulated by a government entity. Identify and discuss the differences in the approaches used in the regulated sectors: chemical/hazardous materials, freight rail, aviation, ports, commercial and nuclear facilities, electricity, and financial services.