You are the Chief Information Technology Officer at a small retail organization, ABC Company, that sells services
Question:
You are the Chief Information Technology Officer at a small retail organization, ABC Company, that sells services and products online. ABC Company employs five architects, 10 programmers, three project managers, and two technicians. There are 25 store locations but 80% of revenue comes from online sales. Each location is equipped with a local area network. In addition, five computers are used by the administrative assistants for managing vendor and customer information. All of these computers are connected using a local area network. The senior management at the ABC Company decided to migrate all their applications into Amazon Cloud within six months. As the Chief Information Technology Officer, you are charged with the task of evaluating the data-security practices of the chosen cloud vendor (Amazon Cloud Services). The data encompasses customer and vendor, and data concerning the status of the facility network. Your task is to develop a report recommending the directions that the IT organization should follow in the near future. Your outline may include the following information: Existing and potential vulnerabilities and threats on the cloud. Suggestions and discussions of methods or tools that can be used to overcome the existing and potential security threats. Discussion of encryption techniques that can be used for the wireless network and the selection and justification of a proper technique for this facility. Discussion of the prevention of cyber-attacks and the proper maintenance needed to achieve this goal. Discussion about cloud-specific security mitigation strategies.
Principles of Information Systems
ISBN: 978-1133629665
11th edition
Authors: Ralph Stair, George Reynolds