Design Principles and Electromagnetic Pulse Assignment

Purpose

Apply the Security Design Principles against a real$-$world example and discuss how secure $($or insecure$)$

the ecosystem is$.$ In addition, explore the impact of an electromagnetic pulse $($EMP$)$ to the nation$$s

critical infrastructure $$ including information systems.

Assignment

Design Principles

The class spent several weeks examining the $11$ General$/$Fundamental and Security Design Principles.

While some examples were provided, this assignment is going to have you apply those design principles

to a real$-$world system $$ the npm package manager. NPM is a package manager for JavaScript and there

have been numerous incidents that illustrate the $$ecosystem$$ was not designed to be secure$.$

Electromagnetic Pulse $($EMP$)$

On March $26,2019,$ the President issued Executive Order $13865$Coordinating National Resilience to

Electromagnetic Pulses.$$ The purpose, found in Section $1$ of this order is:

Section $1.$ Purpose. An electromagnetic pulse $($EMP$)$ has the potential to disrupt, degrade, and

damage technology and critical infrastructure systems. Human$-$made or naturally occurring

EMPs can affect large geographic areas, disrupting elements critical to the Nation's security and

economic prosperity, and could adversely affect global commerce and stability. The Federal

Government must foster sustainable, efficient, and cost$-$effective approaches to improving the

Nation's resilience to the effects of EMPs.

$($The combination of bolded and italics is my editing.$)$

This assignment should be an individual effort. You may discuss the assignment with other students or

individuals, but all answers must be your own work $$ and based on your own research$/$studying$.$

Deliverables

A report, using reasonable document settings for font, margins, etc. that contains answers$/$responses to

the questions below.

Include appropriate references as footnotes, endnotes, or a references section.