Report on Organizational Security Threats and Vulnerabilities
Your firm has been hired as the IT security analyst to review, evaluate, and make recommendations with respect to maintenance of security of the organization’s computer and network systems. You have been charged by your supervisor to prepare a preliminary report documenting the most critical security threats that ASDI faces. Your supervisor has given you the following resources that might be useful in your research and analysis:
An article on the Help Net Security website
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure database search
Security organizations, such as Secunia
Your supervisor has asked you to consider and account for the following questions as you shortlist the threats and prepare your report:
What threats are new this year and which have become more prevalent?
Why are these threats more common and why are they important?
What threats remain constant from year to year? Why?
What threats do you believe will become more critical in the next 12 months? Why?
Has an exploit been released?
What is the likelihood of an exploit?
How widely used is the software or system?
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