Scenario:
Your firm “Computer Commandos Inc. (CCI)” is a new progressive training and consulting
firm that has been hired by the US Department of Defense to conduct a new federal inservice training requirement for the DoD managers as part of a federal information security
management team mandate. Your supervisor has tasked you to develop a14 slide
presentation dedicated to in-service training for Information Management teams.
Your supervisor has asked you to put together a PowerPoint presentation with at least 14
slides (it is okay to go over) that will help supervisors within the Homeland Security
Department and their teams understand some of the fundamental cybersecurity concepts to
help harden and secure their infrastructure.
Specific Training Tasks
• Describe fundamental aspects of documenting risk via the process of a risk
assessment.
• Explain various risk mitigation strategies and options.
• Explain the concept of an information security blueprint is, what its major
components are, and how it supports the information security program.
• Describe the important role of access control in computerized information systems,
and widely-used authentication factors.
• Describe The basic principles of cryptography.
• List some symmetric, asymmetric and hashing algorithms and explain when and
how they can be used
• Explain Firewall technology and list the various approaches to firewall implementation.
• Describe the categories and operating models of intrusion detection and
prevention systems.
• List the major categories ofscanning and analysis tools, and the specific tools used
within each of these categories
• Explain the nature and execution of the dominant methods of attack used against
cryptosystems.
• Describe key physical security considerations including fire control and surveillance
systems and why they are needed.
• List technical strategies and models for implementing a security project plan.
Sample Solution