Network Security,Cyber Security Planning & Management

Network Security – Due date by Sunday
1.1 What is the OSI security architecture?
1.2 What is the difference between passive and active security threats?
1.3 List and briefly define categories of passive and active security attacks.
1.4 List and briefly define categories of security services.
1.5 List and briefly define categories of security mechanisms.
1.6 List and briefly define the fundamental security design principles.
1.7 Explain the difference between an attack surface and an attack tree.

Cyber Security Planning & Management – Due date by Thursday
Assignment –
Select ONE ARTICLE from the following links and summarize the reading in your own
words. Your summary should be 2-3 paragraphs in length and uploaded as a TEXT
DOCUMENT. There is an EXAMPLE attached to show you the format requirements. (I
am sending the attachment with a Sample Article Summary Assignment #1)
What is most important is that you use YOUR OWN WORDS to summarize the news
article. It is essential that you do not copy text directly from the Internet. Plagiarism is
unacceptable. You can easily avoid this by rephrasing the contents and summarizing it
using your own words.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/computer_security/index.html
https://www.lifewire.com/learn-how-antivirus-4102748
http://www.sans.org/newsletters/
http://news.cnet.com/security/https://www.onlinesecurity.com/news–publications-
pagehttp://www.esecurityplanet.com/viewshttp://netsecurity.about.com/

Discussion –
It is important to understand that humans and technology interact in all information systems. Why do you
feel businesses must spend time and money to educate their employees on security matters?