Reference no: EM133030015

Question 1:

Microsoft bundles feature and function updates and refers to them as "service packs."

• Locate a recently released service pack.

• Does the service pack have a rollback option?

• Explain why a rollback strategy is important when upgrading an operating system or application.

Question 2:

An incident response policy is a plan outlying an organization's response to an information security incident.

• Describe a computer incident response policy purpose, scope, response, and reporting procedure.

• How would you apply a policy to a hospital?

• This discussion is intended to get you started on the incident response policy section for your upcoming Week 8 assignment, Cybersecurity Policy Catalog.

Question 3:

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) are changing how organizations design their technology environments.

• How do IaaS and PaaS impact business continuity planning?

• Have any of the cloud service providers (such as Google, Amazon, Rackspace, Savvis) experienced any major outages that would impact their customers?

• Assuming a hospital used the services of a cloud provider for business continuity services, explain the type of response, recovery, and continuity testing they should conduct.