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Security Architecture

MIS 5214 - Section 001 - David Lanter

Security Architecture

MIS 5214.001 ■ Spring 2023 ■ David Lanter
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  • Deliverables
    • Assignments
    • Case Studies
      • Case Study 1 – A High Performance Computing Cluster Under Attack: The Titan Incident
      • Case Study 2 – Data Breach at Equifax
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    • Team Project
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Case Study 2 – Data Breach at Equifax

Questions:

  1. Was Equifax careless or unlucky in mitigating its vulnerabilities?  In what ways were they careless or unlucky?  Explain…
  2. How well did Equifax’s management respond to the breach?  Explain…
  3. To what extent would you hold Equifax’s Board of Directors accountable for the company’s lack of cybersecurity preparedness?  Explain…

Upload your answers to the case study questions as a PDF file to Canvas no later than Sunday (3/10) by midnight.

Use 11-point Times New Roman font with one-inch margins. Be sure to include each question (including number) along with the answers in your document. Do not prepare a separate cover page, instead put your name, the class number (MIS5214), and the case name in the top-left corner of the header.

Follow the instructions in the syllabus for the file naming conventions to follow for the PDF file you upload to Canvas as your deliverable.

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Weekly Discussions

  • 01 – Introduction (1)
  • 01 – Threat Environment (2)
  • 02 – System Security Plan (5)
  • 03 – Planning and Policy (6)
  • 04 – Cryptography (3)
  • 05 – Secure Networks (6)
  • 06 – Firewalls (4)
  • 08 – Access Control (6)
  • 09 – Host Hardening (4)
  • 10 – Application Security (5)
  • 11 – Data Protection (3)
  • 12 – Incident and Disaster Response (4)
  • Uncategorized (3)

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