Assignment title: Information


Question No. 1"Many managers feel that computer crimes are easily detected and easily prosecuted. Prevention on the front end is always preferable to detection or punishment on the back end. Estimates of the chances of a computer crime being detected are about 1 in 100 and the chance of being prosecuted for the crime is about 1 in 22,000." Address the issues related to prevention/prosecution in terms of cost, time/effort, employee policy, etc. (Strictly confine your responses to 250 - 350 words only. Penalty will be imposed if you do not follow the word limit). Question No. 2Imagine that you are an information security consultant for a company that does a lot of electronic commerce. You are asked to write a report about denial of service attacks, or DOS (including distributed DOS attacks) so that the senior management can assess the risks posed by this attack to the company's information security. • Write a 250 - 350 words report based on (at least) three sources. You must properly reference sources.• Write in your own words, do NOT simply copy or re-write from existing source like internet/book/journal etc. • Your report should be neither too technical nor vague and should cover the threats posed by DOS attacks and tools/strategies for detecting and containing the impact of DOS/DDOS attacks. • Please note that penalty will be imposed if you do not follow the word limit.Question No. 3 Many companies are tuning to high-tech methods of identifying and tracking employees. Conduct a research and prepare a powerpoint presentation on biometric identification methods which address the following two (2) questions:Q.1 Identify any instances where biometric identification can be used as a safety measure for employees in an organization? Q.2 Highlight any circumstances under which biometric technology can be abused in the workplace?The goal of this assignment is to provide an exposure to computer security issues and threats, aiding and encouraging a research culture among students. Your powerpoint presentation should clearly state the following for each questions:• Contents - the study of suitable and relevant literature from existing research and report on the topic [for each question above, 5 marks for the contents, and, 3 marks for suitable and relevant literature]• Presentation of content and findings [4 marks for each questions]• Highlight the reference used in the answer [ 3 marks for each question]