Unit 2 - Identify the Need for a Security Policy

Reading:
Textbook: Guide to Firewalls and Network Security Intrusion Detection and VPNs.
Chapter 2, pp. 37–60

References: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-41/sp800-41.pdf

Assignments:
Review Questions (RQ): 1–14, pp. 53, 54 Assignment due tonight.

Project:
Project Part 1: Submission (Part 1 is due tonight)
Project Part 2: Initiation (Part 2 Due Week 4)

Case Assignment 2-1 (CA1) p60:
Title: Develop a Response Plan
Deliverables and format:
Microsoft Word - Font: Arial Size: 11 Point, Double spaced

Case Assignment 2-4 (CA2) p60:
Title: Justify a Security Policy
Deliverables and format:
The paper should not exceed 250 words in length.
Microsoft Word - Font: Arial Size: 11 Point, Double spaced
Case Assignments are due before the start of class next week.

Labs: Lab assignments due tonight.
Lab1: Research and Create
▪ Task: Students will use this time to research a security policy and begin creating one. This will be used for the course project. Students may use the site: http://www.sans.org/score/incidentforms/
▪ Deliverables and format: Submit results of research on security policy along with an outline of a security plan.

Refer to Hands-On Projects (p56) in your textbook for the following Lab assignments:
Lab2: Project 2-1 Locate and Fill Out an Incident Identification Form
Lab3: Project 2-2 Draw up a List of Resources To Be Protected
Lab4: Project 2-3 Enable IPSec on a Windows 2000 Workstation

Submit each assignment type as a separate attachment (CA1, LAB1, RQ). You may group the labs into one document. Submit screenshots where appropriate.

Refer to the General Course Information link for Email Instructions and Assignment formats.