Reference no: EM132210037
Case Study 2: Disaster Recovery (DR) Lessons Learned: September 11th
Read the article titled "9/11: Top lessons learned for disaster recovery," from Computerworld.com, and consider the effects the attacks of September 11, 2001, have had on technology recovery efforts.
Write a two to four (2-4) page paper in which you:
1. Explain how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.
2. Analyze the use of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.
3. Determine whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations / data centers, and determine the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.
4. Evaluate the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization, and explain how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations.
5. Determine whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Provide a rationale to support the answer.
6. Use at least four (4) 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 APA 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 risk management in the context of information security.
• Summarize the various types of disasters, response and recovery methods.
• Compare and contrast the methods of disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Explain and develop a business continuity plan to address unforeseen incidents.
• Develop techniques for different disaster scenarios.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in disaster recovery.
• Write clearly and concisely about disaster recovery topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
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Recommend the proper audit controls to be employed
: Imagine you are an Information Security consultant for a small college registrar's office consisting of the registrar and two assistant registrars.
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How cloud-based services change incident response
: Discuss from your perspective how cloud-based services change incident response, for better or worse, and determine what you believe to be the greatest.
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Create a hypothetical organization with details
: Create a hypothetical organization with details including geographic location(s), number of employees in each location, primary business functions.
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Describe the proper procedures and policies
: Describe the proper procedures and policies that would be implemented specific to the DR team personnel as well as special equipment that would be required.
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Explain how the attacks affected risk management
: Explain how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives.
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Construct a process-flow diagram using given information
: Construct a process-flow diagram that illustrates the process of determining the incident containment strategy that would be used in this scenario.
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Discuss in detail the role that an ids-ips would play
: Discuss in detail the role that an IDS / IPS would play in the IR efforts, and explain how these systems can assist in the event notification, determination.
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Summarize various types of disasters and recovery methods
: Read the article titled "When Stuxnet Hit the Homeland: Government Response to the Rescue," from ABC News and consider this threat in terms of incident response
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Explain the basic primary tasksand major policy
: Explain the basic primary tasks, ongoing evaluations, and major policy and procedural changes that would be needed to perform as the BC lead / manager.
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