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Homework: Physical Access Security

In this homework, you will search the Web to identify incidents of current physical security breaches, analyze each incident, and identify best practices that could have been used to prevent the attacks.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this homework is:

Research examples of physical security breaches.

Instructions

Write a 3 to 5 pages paper in which you analyze two physical security breaches.

Using either the Wall Street Journal or U.S. Newsstream, search for the term "physical security breach." Select two news articles on the search topic that were posted within the last six months.

Article I

1) Summarize, concisely, the key details of the physical security breach described in Article I.

a) Include the date of the attack, the type of attack, who or what was affected, and any reported loss of revenue or personally identifiable information (PII).

b) Provide a screenshot that includes the article's name and the date it was published, along with a valid URL.

2) Describe, clearly and accurately, the steps described in Article I that were taken, or are being taken, to alleviate the effects of the breach after the fact or to resolve the issue.

3) Explain whether the physical security breach described in Article I was preventable, why or why not, and if preventable, what preventive steps could have been taken.

a) Note: These are steps that would have prevented the security breach from having occurred in the first place, not mitigation steps taken after the breach has already occurred.

4) Describe the physical access security best practices that could have been used to prevent the breach described in Article I, citing specific, credible sources of best practices.

Article II

1) Summarize, concisely, the key details of the physical security breach described in Article II.

a) Include the date of the attack, the type of attack, who or what was affected, and any reported loss of revenue or personally identifiable information (PII).

b) Provide a screenshot that includes the article's name and the date it was published, along with a valid URL.

2) Describe, clearly and accurately, the steps described in Article II that were taken, or are being taken, to alleviate the effects of the breach after the fact or to resolve the issue.

3) Explain whether the physical security breach described in Article II was preventable, why or why not, and if preventable, what preventive steps could have been taken.

a) Note: These are steps that would have prevented the security breach from having occurred in the first place, not mitigation steps taken after the breach has already occurred.

4) Describe the physical access security best practices that could have been used to prevent the breach described in Article II, citing specific, credible sources of best practices.