Assignment

Scenario: You have graduated and are now employed by the IT consulting firm USCU-IT Consulting. The company has recently been hired by a new client, VirtualProfessor Press (VPP). VPP develops and publishes electronic textbooks, e-books, supporting Internet Management, E-business, and IT curriculums. VirtualProfessor Press is a virtual company and contracts with outside book developers to create textbooks. The e-books are then marketed and sold online via the e-business site of the company. As a virtual company, use of the Internet is critical. Protection of book content under development as well as during the marketing process is critical to the well-being of the company.

As this is the first foray by USCU-IT into information security consulting, you have been selected as the project manager as your resume shows that you completed this course.

Task:

• You are preparing for your weekly meeting with the client. VPP is classsified as a small company. The purpose of this meeting is to present a proposal to establish an information security program at VPP

• Using the coverage of the topic in the chapter, create a Word document named 315c5a.docx containing the following items in your own words. Format: List the topic in bold and then your answer.

• Implementation: A discussion as to how a small company can implement an information security program and any special issues caused by being a small company.

• Personnel: A recommendation of who should be placed in charge of the information security program.

• Training: A recommendation of how employees, both physical and virtual, will be trained and educated in the information security program.

• Be sure you address the client and relate your discussion and recommendations back to the client.

• To identify any plagiarism issues, your submission will be reviewed by SafeAssign.