Technical Project Paper: Information Systems Security

Technical
Project Paper: Information Systems Security
Due Week 10 and
worth 150 points
Suppose you are
the IT professional in charge of security for a small pharmacy that has
recently opened within a shopping mall. The daily operation of a pharmacy is a unique
business that requires a combination of both physical and logical access
controls geared toward protecting medication and funds located on the premises,
as well as the customers’ personally identifiable information and protected
health information that resides on your system. Your supervisor has tasked you
with identifying inherent risks associated with your pharmacy and establishing
strong physical and logical access control methods to mitigate the identified
risks.

1) Firewall (1)

4) Desktop computers (4)

2) Windows 2012 Active Directory
Domain Controllers (DC) (1)

5) Dedicated T1 Connection (1)

3) File Server (1)

Write an eight
to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

Identify at least five (5) potential
physical threats that require attention.
Determine the impact of at least five (5)
potential logical threats that require attention.
Detail the security controls (i.e.,
administrative, preventative, detective, and corrective) that the pharmacy
could implement in order to protect it from the five (5) selected physical
threats.
Explain in detail the security controls
(i.e., administrative, preventative, detective, and corrective) that could
be implemented to protect from the five (5) selected logical threats.
For each of the five (5) selected physical
threats, choose a strategy for addressing the risk (i.e., risk mitigation,
risk assignment, risk acceptance, or risk avoidance). Justify your chosen
strategies.
For each of the five (5) selected logical
threats, choose a strategy for handling the risk (i.e., risk mitigation,
risk assignment, risk acceptance, or risk avoidance). Justify your chosen
strategies.
Use at least five (5) quality resources in
this assignment (no more than 2-3 years old) from material outside the
textbook. 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.