Threats-Vulnerabilities

Overview:

· Write paper in sections

· Understand the company

· Find similar situations

· Research and apply possible solutions

· Research and find other issues

Car Vend Sales inc

· You are an Information Technology (IT) intern

· CarVend Sales Inc.

· Specializes in online and vending machine sales of new and used cars

· Headquartered in Seattle, Washington

· Three other locations

· Portland Oregon

· Phoenix, Arizona

· Los Angeles, California

· Over 1000 employees

· $750 million USD annual revenue

Data centers

· Each location is near a data center

· Managed by a third party vendor

· Production centers located at the data centers

Car vend sales inc

· CarVend Sales

· Handles customer purchases, trades and returns

· Online sales

· Small car lots

· CarVend Finance

· Web Portal to qualify customers for purchases

· Accepts various payment methods including debit, credit cards and loan financing

· CarVend Delivery

· Vendors who deliver cars to buyers homes

· Vendors that deliver to vending machines

Car Vend Sales IT network:

· Four corporate data centers

· Over 1000 data severs

· 700 corporate laptops

· Mobile devices such as tablets in vendor delivery trucks

· Networked vending machines

Management request

· Current risk assessment was done quickly when the company was founded

· Your assignment is to create a new one

· Additional threats may be found during re-evaluation

· No budget has been set on the project

Threats identified

· Loss of company data due to hardware being removed from production systems

· Loss of company information on lost or stolen company-owned or vendor assets, such as mobile devices and laptops

· Loss of customers due to production outages caused by various events, such as natural disasters, change management, unstable software, and so on

· Internet threats due to company products being accessible on the Internet

· Insider threats

· Changes in regulatory landscape that may impact operations