Need help with answering general security questions (6)

This is a weekly discussion topic for each area.  Need short answers to each of six questions. 

Total # of pages: 2 

Topic: "Security Administration and Access Control".  Please respond to the following:

1. Research a specific lapse in professional ethics by an IT professional in the last five (5) years do following:

   • Summarize the ethical dilemma

   • Develop a plan in which you would mitigate the vulnerability.

2. Compare and contrast physical access controls and logical access controls. Further explain in what ways both physical and logical access controls are related to implementing a security policy.

    

Topic: "Security Monitoring".  Please respond to the following:

1. Considering your place of employment or your home computing environment, discuss in detail the way in which in-depth (or layered) defense is employed to enhance security in your chosen environment.

    

2. According to the textbook, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), which can be categorized as Host IDS (HIDS) and Network IDS (NIDS), is a means of providing real-time monitoring. Compare and contrast HIDS and NIDS, and provide at least one (1) example identifying when one (1) would be more appropriate to use over the other. Provide a rationale to support your chosen example.

Topic: "Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Risk Management".  Please respond to the following:

1. According to the text, a BIA determines the extent of the impact that a particular incident would have on business operation over time. Determine the major ways in which people, systems, data, and property will impact a BIA. Provide specific examples to support your response.

    

2. Compare and contrast qualitative risk analysis and quantitative risk analysis, and provide at least two (2) examples identifying a situation when each would be useful.