assignment and discussion 34
Case Study 1: Stuxnet and U.S. Incident Response
Read the article titled “When Stuxnet Hit the Homeland: Government Response to the Rescue,” from ABC News, located at http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/06/when… and consider this threat in terms of incident response and recovery procedures.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
Explain the role of US-CERT in protecting the nation’s industrial systems and analyze its efforts in relation to preparedness and incident and recovery management.
Discuss the efforts of ICS-CERT specifically to the Stuxnet threat and examine its incident response efforts to mitigate this risk against U.S. industrial systems.
With the sophistication of the primary sites of industrial system implementations, determine whether or not alternate sites (e.g., hot site) are feasible for organizations that utilize ICS technologies. Provide a rationale.
Explain the high-level planning needed for an industrial systems organization that utilizes ICS technologies to prepare for attacks from cyber threats such as Stuxnet.
Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Summarize the various types of disasters, response and recovery methods.
Describe detection and decision-making capabilities in incident response.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in disaster recovery.
Write clearly and concisely about disaster recovery topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
Discussion 1
“To IDS or to Not IDS?” Please respond to the following:
Suppose you were proposing the implementation of an IDS to your manager as a new initiative for your organization. Explain how you would make a business case for obtaining the funds in order to fully implement this initiative.
Propose the top three reasons for why organizations would NOT choose to implement IDS / IPS systems, and analyze each of these reasons to determine whether you believe they are valid concerns or improper conclusions.
Discussion 2
“IDS in the Cloud” Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activities, explain whether or not you believe technologies such as IDS are still relevant and useful as there is a push toward SaaS and cloud-based solutions..
Discuss from your perspective how cloud-based services change incident response, for better or worse, and determine what you believe to be the greatest preparedness concern with cloud-based services.
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