Assignment - Research Paper

Objectives:

• Demonstrate reflective practice and apply learning to different contexts by critically analyzing protection mechanisms for information systems to build sound knowledge.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of interpersonal communication on specific management processes and outcomes using relevant theories and concepts by understanding the relationships between security and personnel, between security and law, between security and ethics.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of interpersonal communication on specific management processes and outcomes using relevant theories and concepts by properly applying security principles into information security project management.

Background

In this assignment, you need to address the following specific items:

• Controlling risk
• Protection mechanisms
• Personnel and security
• Law and ethics

You need to provide the selected organisation with the necessary guidelines for implementation of a security plan based on four main components outlined above.

Your solution to the selected organization will incorporate specific aspects from all the chapters as you are building your argument for this requirement.

You are also required to review the PRT Network Monitor that you can find on this web site http://www.paessler.com/prtg. This web site provides you with the executable which you need to download. It also provides you with a lot of information on how to use it.

You are requested to try out installing and use of this software to monitor your home network. While the web site has documentation available (videos, help, explanations, etc.). After monitoring your home network you need to provide a report about any issues or limitations with your home network.

As mentioned in the previous assignments, you need to make sure NOT to divulge any sensitive information of the selected organisation. If you are working in this organisation, use the internet to determine what information is available to the public.

Your research paper should include the following sections:

-Title

-Name and student number

-Abstract

-Introduction

In your research paper the introduction should include the following:

• Overview about strategic information security
• What the research paper is about?
• The structure of the rest of the paper
• Body context

You could divide this section into several sub-sections such as

• Controlling risk
• Protection mechanisms
• Personnel and security
• Law and ethics
• PRT Network Monitor report
• Conclusion

-References.