Assignment Research

1.   Pick ONE ARTICLE and summarize the reading in your own words. Your summary should be 2-3 slides in length and we will present. Use YOUR OWN WORDS to summarize the news article about COVID-19 malware.

2.   

Build an awareness of accepted basic principles of information security to help you determine how these basic principles are applied to real-life situations.

a) Distinguish between the three main security goals.

b) Comprehend human vulnerabilities in security systems to better design solutions to counter them.

c) Explain the difference between functional requirements and assurance requirements.

d) Comprehend the fallacy of security through obscurity to avoid it. 

e) Comprehend the importance of risk—analysis and risk—management tools and techniques for balancing the needs of business.