Assignment Objectives:

1] Describe the information security threats impacting security and privacy.

2] Describe the security control measures to protect information assets.

Purpose:

Organizations must assess the risks potentially impacting their organizations and determine the appropriate security control measures that they need to implement to mitigate those risks to an acceptable level.

Assignment Description: Risks and Control Measures

As an Information Security Analyst for a medium-sized financial company, you have reviewed a growing number of reports detailing malicious activity in the organization. You have been asked to identify potential risks and their associated control measures.

Write a 3-4 page paper in which you:

1] Identify common risks impacting financial organizations and describe those risks.

2] Describe the potential control measures that organizations could implement to mitigate the risks to the organization.

3] Describe the methods that organizations would use in order to determine what control measures they should implement and the personnel involved in making this decision.

4] Assess the current level of threat and vulnerability analysis that exists among organizations today. Address if we need more standardized threat assessment tools and protocols.

Note:

The paper must be 3-4 pages and be in accordance with APA 6th edition writing standards. The 3-4 page requirement is for the main body of the paper; this does not include the cover page and the list of references. You must include at least 3 references in your paper.