Information Security

Information    Security Assignment    1    –    Information    Security    Mapping    Case    Study Semester    2,    2015 Details: Title: Due Date: Value: Length: Information Security Assignment 1 09.00 AM (GMT+8) Monday 24th August 2015 20% of the final mark for the unit Maximum of 2000 words on 3 pages (A3 page format) or 8 pages (A4 page format) (excluding cover page and references) Purpose    of    this    assignment: The purpose of this assignment is to support the following unit Learning Outcomes (LO) for this unit: LO 1: Identify the importance of information to organisations and society in general; LO 2: Describe and apply concepts, principles and techniques relating to the security of information; and LO 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the advantages, disadvantages, threats, and vulnerabilities associated with various IT environments. Background: Jonah is the Director of InnoSensors based in Perth, Western Australia. InnoSensors is an inventive company developing and selling home health monitoring devices for the elderly. All supplies are through medical services and not direct to the public. InnoSensors currently has 70% of the market in WA, with the remaining 25% from another new company, and 5% from those developing mobile apps for smartphones. Jonah spends half of his day on the road in the Perth metro area visiting medical specialists, hospitals, and allied health providers who may wish to purchase and integrate these devices with clinical care they provide to their patients. Consequently, Jonah carries a laptop, smart phone and iPad with him everywhere he goes. The laptop encompasses an Intel i5 CPU, 4GB RAM, and is running Windows 8 Professional with the last Windows update applied towards the end of October, 2014. When in the office Jonah connects his laptop to the company network. Jonah predominantly uses Microsoft Office Professional 2013 for all his business needs. Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel contain the information for all clients within Western Australia, as well as client confidential business and financial information. Jonah is not well informed about information security although he uses computing technology to support his 1 job. As a result Jonah does not use third party firewalls, anti-virus software, encryption, or authentication mechanisms. While on the road, Jonah occasionally leaves his laptop in the car. He also frequently visits Internet cafes for lunch where he utilises the Internet for up to an hour each day. The confidentiality of information is important as any disclosure could cause significant embarrassment to him and the company, as well as impact client privacy and confidence. Also, Jonah must provide correct, factual information to all clients hence ensuring the integrity of information is vital. Lastly, should any information not be available when needed, this may result in clients taking their business to the new to market competitor. Task: Utilising the background information, draw a concept map or annotated attack tree which represents the context of Jonah’s work environment and also demonstrates: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? the links between the aims of security (CIA) and the data used by Jonah; the associated attacks which could breach each of these aims; the likelihood (risk) that the attack poses; the impact each attack may have; the resultant countermeasures which could be applied; the relative cost of each countermeasure; and the mitigation effect of the countermeasure. All of the attacks that you present must be feasible, capable of being undertaken by one person, and require limited financial support. An in-text reference supporting the attack and countermeasure should be included within each of the concepts. NOTE: You are not writing an essay on each attack and countermeasure, only a brief (referenced) description. Your work should be focussed on a diagrammatic representation, and be as creative (or not) as you wish. The choice of how you present the assignment is up to you as long as it meets the assignment requirements. Report    Requirements: Must Contain Cover/Title Page This must contain the unit code and title, assignment title, your name and student number, due date and the title of your topic. Table of Contents This must accurately reflect the content of your report and must be generated automatically in Microsoft Word with page numbers. Introduction Introduce the report, define its scope and state any assumptions. Use intext references where appropriate. Main content Address the task as above. The diagram and associated text must demonstrate recent research and application to the context provided. You should calculate the risks associated with the technology. The diagram and 2 text must be logically structured and you are required to include appropriate referencing (in-text and end-text references) to support your argument throughout the entire report. All attacks, countermeasures, ideas, and recommendations should be backed up with references. References should predominantly include books, journal articles, and conference papers as these have been peer reviewed prior to publication. References A list of end-text references formatted according to the ECU requirements using the APA format. It is recommended that Endnote is used to manage references. Your references should ideally comprise of books, journal articles, and conference papers. Format This report should be no more than 2,000 words (excluding references and diagrams) and labelled as <CSI2102_your studentid_your studentlastname_studentfirstname>.docx and should be in a single file. Your assignments must be word-processed and the diagrams be developed using graphics software (most word-processors provide this facility). The text must be no smaller than 12pt and font Times New Roman Late submission: Edith Cowan University penalties (ECU Admission, Enrolment and Academic Progress, Rule 39, subrule 5) for late submission may be applied. (5) Subject to subrule (6), an assignment submitted after the fixed or extended time for submission shall incur a penalty to be calculated as follows: (a) where the assignment is submitted not more than one week late, the penalty shall, for each working day that it is late, be 5% of the maximum assessment available for the assignment; or (b) where the assignment is submitted more than one week late, a mark of zero shall be awarded. Academic Misconduct (Including Plagiarism): Edith Cowan University regards academic misconduct of any form as unacceptable. Academic misconduct, which includes but is not limited to, plagiarism; unauthorised collaboration; cheating in examinations; theft of others students work; collusion; inadequate and incorrect referencing; will be dealt with in accordance with the ECU Rule 40 Academic Misconduct (including Plagiarism) Policy.