ITNET202A Enterprise Security Assignment 2
Due Date: 12/Nov/2018 23:59 Value: 20% Format:
Professional Report, approximately 10-12 pages long, including cover page, executive summary and table of contents.
Introduction:
Upon receiving your briefing in Assignment 1, the authority would like to know more about what happened around the incident focusing on Software/Application, Physical Security, and Operational Control. The authority would also like to know what HA/DR options would prevent/mitigate Stuxnet, or any future hostile actions that might jeopardise the programme.
The programme chief is also worried about the possibility of an Air Strikes by hostile parties. As a result, the Russian and the Chinese proposed their versions of their Anti-Air system, the S-300 and the HQ18 respectively. (assume S-300 and HQ18 have the same effectiveness)
Tasks:
The authority is impressed by your performance in your first assignment. Not only that you have passed probation, but is now the Lead Enterprise Architecture responsible for the security of Iranian nuclear research programme.
1. Explain, in your own words, based on what we have learned thus far in the course, what Stuxnet does. (Focus on Application/Software, Operation/Incident Management and Physical Security). Explain why regular antivirus solution failed, and how the virus jumped the “Air-Gap”.
2. While your boss is happy with your effort on the overall Qualitative Risk analysis you presented in Assignment 1, you are now asked to focused on Physical Security (one aspect only) using Quantitative Risk Analysis technique. Use the following table:
Total Cost of the Nuclear Programme (Asset Value) 1000 Million, $
In case of a successful Air Strike, expected loss: 500 Million, $
Successful air strike happens once in 20 Years
By installing S300 Missiles, the Exposure factor is reduced by a factor of 10
By installing S300 Missiles, the occurrence of successful air strike would reduce by 50%
The S300 yearly cost is (ACS, Annual Cost of Safeguard) 15 Million, $
The Chinese HQ18 yearly cost is (ACS, Annual Cost of Safeguard) 7.5 Million, $
Find out:
1. What is the Exposure Factor (EF, in %)
2. What is the Single Loss Expectancy (SLE, in $)
3. What is the Annualised Rate of Occurrence (ARO)
4. What is the Annualised Loss Expectancy (ALE)
5. What is the Exposure Factor with S300 in place? (EF_S300)
6. What is the Single Loss Expectancy with S300 in place? (SLE_S300)
7. What is the Annualised Rate of Occurrence with S300 in place? (ARO_S300) 8. What is the Annualised Loss Expectancy with S300 in place? (ALE_S300)
9. What is the Value of the Russian Safeguard (S300)?
10. What is the Value of the Chinese Safeguard (HQ18)?
11. Should the programme implement the S300 or HQ18? Why?
3. Upon listening to the presentation by Machines for Business, International (MBI) and Mensies Corporation, as well as your analysis, the authority decided that they will implement TOGAF, since the C4ISTAR is primarily a NATO standard, and that TOGAF is more open. (Later on, a more security focused SABSA will also be implemented, for now, they need an overall Enterprise Architecture first)
Which one of the following best describes the TOGAF standard?
o A. A framework and method for architecture development o B. An architecture pattern o C. A business model
o D. A method for developing Technology Architectures o E. A method for IT Governance
What does ADM stand for in TOGAF.
What are the basic structure of the ADM cycle?
TOGAF which is primarily focused on commercial implementation. With a bank, for example, the requirements could look something like:
1. Compliance with federal and state legislation,
2. Public confidence in your enterprise by providing confidentiality, availability and integrity of customer data,
3. Privacy of customer data,
4. Interoperation with other financial institutions, both nationally and internationally,
5. Compliance with international standards,
6. Security of all bank assets,
7. Current trends in customer engagement via the internet
What are the likely requirements in OUR scenario?
4. In the movie “Contact”, S.R. Hadden said, “First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price? Only, this one can be kept secret. Controlled by Americans, built by the Japanese subcontractors.”
Would this “have two, for twice the price” option be a valid HA/DR option in a case? Under what circumstances is this valid? Under what circumstances is it not valid? If implemented, is this a Cold Site, Warm Site, Hot Site, Mobile Site or is this irrelevant? Comment and justify.
Hints:
This is an individual assessment; you are to demonstrate to your boss that:
1. This assignment is shorter than it looks
2. Use Excel to Help you with the qualitative assessment, show your working in a comment cell. You won’t be penalised for one wrong answer.
3. Show that you understand the importance of customising a framework to suit your needs.
4. Q4 is relatively “free”, demonstrate your thinking. This could also help: http://www.reuters.com/article/ususa-northkorea-stuxnet-idUSKBN0OE2DM20150529 (Exclusive: U.S. tried Stuxnet-style campaign against North Korea but failed – sources)

 

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Recognized Gain Calculations 


Lemonade, LLC distributes property to Arlene, one of its
members At the time of the distributions, Arlene has an outside basis of

$50,000

The FMV of the property is $90,000 and its inside tax basis
to Lemonade is $70,000 this is a non liquidiating distribution What is
Lemonade’s recognized gain on the distribution?

 

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In verifying the capital asset records of the electric utility department, Jean Hanson, staff auditor of a city’s internal audit department, noted that several trucks and pieces of equipment were out of service and apparently un-repairable.Therefore, they should have been written off. She described and documented her conclusions in her working papers. When she discussed her findings with the manager in charge of the engagement, the manager indicated that she was aware of the problem since it had been raised in previous years. Moreover, she had already discussed it with the internal auditor (the head of the department), and both had agreed that this was not the year to make the required write-off. A large write-off would cause considerable embarrassment to the city manager, the mayor, and members of the city council, all of whom had recently defended the electric utility department against charges that it was mismanaged. Further, the budget of the internal audit department was coming up for consideration before the city council.Jean Hanson had reason to believe that the working paper in which she described her findings was removed from the audit binder.View Solution:
In verifying the capital asset records of the electric utility

 

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In 600-1000 words, please apply a deontological analysis to the issues raised by the following article. Please focus on the following questions in your answer, but feel free to bring other factors into your analysis.

Answer as one coherent essay, not as a set of short responses to the points below.

Ensure you define and explain your theory and apply it consistently, avoiding irrelevancies. Ensure you have a strong opening paragraph and a clear line of argumentation.

• What rights of others and duties to others are raised?
• Are people being treated in ways that are transparent and to which they would consent?
• Is the conduct described universally acceptable as ethical?
• Are there conflicting ethical duties and/or conflicting responsitibilities to stakeholders? Please be thorough in identifying affected parties

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Adapted from “Defiant Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook policy to allow false ads,” Oliver Milman, The Guardian, December 2, 2019

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has defended the company’s decision to not take down political advertising that contains false information – and compared the alternative to censorship.

Challenged on CBS over the policy, which has raised concerns over misinformation campaigns that could distort elections, Zuckerberg refused to commit to any changes.

“What I believe is that in a democracy, it’s really important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying, so they can make their own judgments,” he said.

“And, you know, I don’t think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news.”

Gayle King, co-host of CBS This Morning, pointed out that 200 Facebook employees wrote a letter asking Zuckerberg to reconsider as “free speech and paid speech are not the same”.

The Facebook co-founder was unmoved.

“Well, this is a clearly a very complex issue, and a lot of people have a lot of different opinions,” he said. “At the end of the day, I just think that in a democracy, people should be able to see for themselves what politicians are saying.”

He added: “I think that people should be able to judge for themselves the character of politicians.”

Zuckerberg has come under criticism from lawmakers including New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who have warned that the 2020 presidential election will be influenced by paid-for false claims spread by the social media platform.

The company has been accused of giving a mainstream platform to extremist groups, with Guardian US recently reporting how two white nationalist organizations continued to operate Facebook pages months after a promised ban.

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