SU Week 3 Information Security and the National Infrastructure Paper

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Case Study 2: Information Security and the National Infrastructure

Due Week 3 and worth 100 points

Read the Infosecurity magazine article “Using Information Security to Protect Critical National Infrastructure: Energy Sector is Hackers’ Biggest Target,” located at http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/2310/using-information-security-to-protect-critical-national-infrastructure-energy-sector-is-hackers-biggest-target-/.

Write a two to four (2-4) page paper in which you:

  1. Explain in your own words the information security concerns that exist in protecting the United States’ national infrastructure.
  1. Describe why the author of the article says that oil and gas industries are prime targets for cyber criminals more than other infrastructures and state whether or not you agree and why.
  2. Conclude why there is a need to regulate SCADA and industrial control systems and why there is concern that this is not being dealt with appropriately.
  3. Using the Internet find a recent article, within the last 6 months, that either supports the need for regulating SCADA or that discusses a recent attack. Discuss how this article validates the need for tighter controls.
  4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Explain the national infrastructure plan in the context of strategic targets.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in homeland security.
  • Write clearly and concisely about topics related to Homeland Security Organization and Administration using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

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Running head: INFORMATION SECURITY AND NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Information Security and National Infrastructure
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Information security concerns in protecting the United States’ national infrastructure
The primary concern arising in protecting the United States national infrastructure is
cyber-crimes. Most companies involved in the oil and gas industries face hacking threats of
approximately 500 hacks in a week. Some hackers have successfully managed to hack into some
company's system. This has brought adverse effects on the company as well as on the
environment. For instance, an insider in Chevron succeeded in hacking into the system and
disabled an oil-leak detection system. His actions endangered the southern California coastline as
the oil leaks were not detected for a while (Infosecurity Group, 2009).
Data access in oil and gas companies is also a significant concern. Companies have been
warned to control who accesses data, and thus, softwares that provide user authentication such as
signify have been created. Signify helps a company like Vopak to manage the system's access as
it allows the password to change after every 60 seconds. Moreover, workers have an RSA
SecurID that makes sure only the ones with the RSA access the systems. Also, the concern of
data protection is on the rise, whereby the company needs to protect only the data that is
considered most crucial to the company. It should avoid shielding data that staff find essential in
running operations (Infosecurity Group, 2009).
Describe why the author says that oil and gas industries are prime targets of
cybercriminals — state whether you agree with him or not.
According to the author, the oil and gas industries are prime targets of cybercriminals.
Firstly, most of them operate in remote areas, making...


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