Case Study 2: Information Security and the National Infrastructure

Read the Infosecurity magazine article “Using Information Security to Protect Critical National
Infrastructure: Energy Sector is Hackers’ Biggest Target”, located at.
Write a two to four (2-4) page paper in which you:
1. Explain in your own words the information security concerns that exist in protecting the United
States’ national infrastructure.
2. Describe why the author of the article says that oil and gas industries are prime targets for cyber
criminals more than other infrastructures and state whether or not you agree and why.
3. Conclude why there is a need to regulate SCADA and industrial control systems and why there is
concern that this is not being dealt with appropriately.
4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites
do not qualify as quality resources.