Welcome to Week # 5. This week’s assignment will help you to fulfill the requirements for the fifth course objective (CO-5: Develop strategies and plans for security architecture consisting of tools, techniques, and technologies to detect and prevent network penetration, and to design effective cybersecurity countermeasures). For this week’s assignment instructions, please see below:
Assignment Instructions:
You are tasked as the Cybersecurity Director to develop an Organizational Strategic Security Plan to defend against Cyber Attacks. This plan includes strategies and plans for security architecture consisting of tools, techniques, and technologies to detect and prevent network penetration, and to design effective Cybersecurity countermeasures.
For the purpose of this assignment, your plan is only required but not limited to have the areas outlined under the requirements listed below:
REQUIREMENTS:
4 – 6 Pages in length in APA format (not including a cover page and reference section)
Cover Page
Introduction (your fictitious organization [use one developed in previous assignments] background and IT architecture)
Develop an Organizational Strategic Security Plan that does the following:
Establishes a Security Awareness & Training Program
Defines Policy and Compliance for your organization
Addresses Intrusion Detection and Prevention Tools and Techniques
Defines Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing Procedures
Establishes a Disaster Recovery Program
Defines Defense in Depth principles
Reference Section
MISCELLANEOUS:
Your references should not be more than 5 years old
Your assignment is due by Sunday not later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.
