For this assignment, you will read a scenario and then prepare a presentation of approximately 6–8 slides with detailed speaker’s notes discussing the potential security threats and vulnerabilities of a fictitious organization, Open Water Diving and Scuba Institute (OWDSI). OWDSI is a training center located in the United States. The school offers training and certification programs for scuba and deep-sea diving. OWDSI is a premier training school in the area of diving and scuba and has developed a wealth of proprietary training resources, videos, guides, and manuals. The school suspects that competitors have tried to breach the school’s computer systems to gain access to these training materials. The network is composed of two web servers, two file servers, one e-mail server, fifty employee workstations, and a fifty-workstation student computer lab. The school also has public and private WiFi availability throughout the campus. You have been hired as the Information Technology (IT) security analyst to review, evaluate, and maintain the security of the organization’s computer and network systems. You have been given the responsibility to determine the top five threats that the OWDSI faces. Management has asked your supervisor for support in this task, and the supervisor has given you the following resources that might be useful in your research and analysis: Your supervisor has also asked you to consider the following questions as you shortlist the threats: Utilizing scholarly resources, prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that includes a network diagram of how the network structure should be configured for optimum security. In 6–8 slides (including detailed speaker’s notes), include the following for a nontechnical audience: : Utilize at least three scholarly or professional sources (beyond your textbook) in your paper. Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., in APA format); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. All LASAs in this course will be graded using a rubric. This assignment is worth 200 points. Download the rubric and carefully read it to understand the expectations. Developed an executive summary of the project for a nontechnical audience.16Identified and explained any vulnerabilities and threats over the next twelve months.40Developed a series of at least five questions that the management team at OWDSI should consider.20Determined countermeasures and prevention tactics. Explained early identification tools to alert the business about potential attacks and how to apply the security techniques to mitigate computer and network attacks.40Created a network diagram for the company.40Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.44
