Assignment title: Information
CSI2102- Information Security
Assignment 01 – Information Security Mapping Case Study
Semester 01, 2017
Details:
Title: Information Security Assignment 1
Due Date: 09.00 AM (GMT+8) Monday 1stApril 2017.
Value: 20% of the final mark for the unit
Length: Maximum of 2000 words on 3 pages (A3 page format) or 8 pages (A4 page
format) (excluding cover page and references)
Purpose of this assignment:
The purpose of this assignment is to support the following unit Learning Outcomes (LO) for
this unit:
LO 1: Identify the importance of information to organisations and society in general; LO
2: Describe and apply concepts, principles and techniques relating to the security of
information; and
LO 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the advantages, disadvantages, threats, and
vulnerabilities associated with various IT environments.
Background:
Jack Doe is the Community Liaison Officer for 3D Media Comm. Ltd based in Perth,
Western Australia. 3D Media Comm. Ltd is an inventive company developing and selling
social media marketing to small businesses. The design and production of all products is
handled electronically, directly with each business. 3D Media Comm. Ltd currently has 40%
of the market in WA, with the remaining 50% held by much larger advertising agencies, and
the final 10% by those developing mobile apps for social media marketing. Jack spends half
of his day on the road in the Perth metro area visiting small businesses who may wish to
purchase and social media marketing into their existing marketing activities. Consequently,
Jack carries a laptop, smart phone and Surface Pro 4 with him everywhere he goes. The
laptop encompasses an Intel i5 CPU, 8GB RAM, and is running Windows 10 Professional
with the last Windows update applied towards the end of January, 2015. When in the office
Jack connects his laptop and Surface Pro to the company network.
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Jack predominantly uses Microsoft Office Professional 2013 for all his business needs.
Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel contain the information for all clients within Western
Australia, as well as client confidential business and financial information. Jack is not well
informed about information security although he uses computing technology to support his
job. As a result Jack does not use third party firewalls, anti-virus software, encryption, or
authentication mechanisms.
While on the road, Jack occasionally leaves his laptop in the car. He also frequently visits
Internet cafes for lunch where he utilises the Internet for up to an hour each day. The
confidentiality of information is important as any disclosure could cause significant
embarrassment to him and the company, as well as impact client privacy and confidence.
Also, Jack must provide correct, factual information to all clients hence ensuring the integrity
of information is vital. Lastly, should any information not be available when needed, this may
result in clients taking their business to the new to market competitor.
Task:
Utilising the background information, draw a concept map or annotated attack tree which
represents the context of Jack’s 3D Media Comm. Ltd work environment and also
demonstrates:
• the links the data Jack uses and keeps, and the aims of security (CIA) –i.e. what
information needs protecting, why and what aspect of CIA does this related to?;
• the associated attacks which could breach each of these aims in this scenario;
• the likelihood (risk) that any attack in this scenario poses;
• the impact each attack may have;
• the resultant countermeasures which could be applied in this scenario; the relative
cost of each countermeasure; and the mitigation effect of the countermeasure.
*** All content MUST align with the scenario given and not just be provide in general
security terms ***
All of the attacks that you present must be feasible, capable of being undertaken by one
person, and require limited financial support. An in-text reference supporting the attack and
countermeasure should be included within each of the concepts.
NOTE: You are not writing an essay on each attack and countermeasure, only a brief
(referenced) description. Your work should be focussed on a diagrammatic representation,
and be as creative (or not) as you wish. The choice of how you present the assignment is up
to you as long as it meets the assignment requirements.
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Report Requirements:
Must Contain
Cover/Title Page
This must contain the unit code and title, assignment title, your name and
student number, due date and the title of your topic.
Table of Contents are not required
Introduction
Introduce the report, define its scope and state any assumptions. Use in-text
references where appropriate.
Main content
Address the task as above. The diagram and associated text must
demonstrate recent research and application to the context provided. You
should calculate the risks associated with the technology. The diagram and text
must be logically structured and you are required to include appropriate
referencing (in-text and end-text references) to support your argument
throughout the entire report. All attacks, countermeasures, ideas, and
recommendations should be backed up with references. References should
predominantly include books, journal articles, and conference papers as these
have been peer reviewed prior to publication.
References
A list of end-text references formatted according to the ECU requirements
using the APA format. It is recommended that Endnote is used to manage
references. Your references should ideally comprise of books, journal articles,
and conference papers.
Format
This report should be no more than 2,000 words (excluding references and
diagrams) and labelled as <CSI2102_your studentid_your
studentlastname_studentfirstname>.docx and should be in a single file. Your
assignments must be word-processed and the diagrams be developed using
graphics software (most word-processors provide this facility). The text must be
no smaller than 12pt and font Times New Roman
Academic Misconduct (Including Plagiarism):
Edith Cowan University regards academic misconduct of any form as unacceptable.
Academic misconduct, which includes but is not limited to, plagiarism; unauthorised
collaboration; cheating in examinations; theft of others students work; collusion; inadequate
and incorrect referencing; will be dealt with in accordance with the ECU