Assignment Overview

Purpose of the assessment:

The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills to identify appropriate network security tools for various operating systems. Students will also have opportunity to explore the use of the tools on specific security risks and/or vulnerabilities. This exercise gives student the opportunity to build skills such as the ability to identify secure information strategy, and the ability to administrate system security commands.

Description of the assessment: Answer the following points. This task requires you to do literature search on internet, magazines, publications of journal or conference, textbook etc. This is an individual assignment. Therefore, it is very important to write the findings in your own words.

1. Choose one of the following IT systems:
1) Cloud apps Security
2) Mobile apps Security
3) Data Centre Security
4) Enterprise Security

2. Find and discuss a case study on your chosen IT system.

3. Identify three (3) security vulnerabilities in the chosen case study.

4. Discuss how these threats can be mitigated using security policies and security tools.

5. Summarize the discussion and results.