Write 10 pages.Assignment DescriptionThroughout this course you will be working on several aspects of
operating systems security that will result in a complete Operating
Systems Security Policies document for an organization of your choosing.
Operating systems security is vital to the operation of the computer
systems infrastructure in any organization and provides the protection
of valuable data and information. Each week, you will complete a part of
the Operating Systems Security Policies document, with the final draft
due at the end of the course.You will select an organization and apply your research to the
analysis and development of operating systems security policies that
would be appropriate for the organization and the needs it has for its
systems. Additional information and the deliverables for each Individual
Project will be provided in the assignment description for the project.
This is the course Key Assignment that you will make contributions to
each week. Project SelectionThe first step will be to select an organization as the target for
your Operating Systems Security Policies document. This organization
will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the
course and should conform to the following guidelines:
Nontrivial: The selected organization
should be large enough to allow reasonable exercise of the operating
systems security analysis process.Domain knowledge:
You should be familiar enough with the organization to allow focus on
the project tasks without significant time required for domain
education.Accessibility: You should have good
access to the people and other information related to the organization
because this will be an important part of the process.Note:
The selected organization may already have operating systems security
policies in place and may still be used as the basis for the projects in
this course.Note: The selected organization
must have a need for some type of operating systems security as part of
its operations. Therefore, you may feel free to identify a hypothetical
organization that meets the requirements. Any necessary assumptions may
be made by you to fulfill the requirements of organization selection. Select an existing organization or identify a hypothetical
organization that fits these requirements, and submit your proposal to
your instructor before proceeding further with the assignments in the
course. Approval should be sought within the first several days of the
course. Your instructor will tell you how to submit this proposal and
what notification will be given for project approval.AssignmentFor the assignments in this course, you will not be implementing an
operating systems security policy; rather, you
will be developing a
comprehensive operating systems security policies document. Your first
task in this process will be to select an organization or identify a
hypothetical organization to use as the basis of your projects. You will
also create the shell document for the final project deliverable that
you will be working on during each unit. As you proceed through each
project phase, you will add contents to each section of the final
document to gradually complete the final project delivery. Appropriate
research should be conducted to support the development of your
document, and assumptions may be made when necessary.
The following are the project deliverables:Submit the organization proposal to your instructor for approval.Operating Systems Security Policies document shell
Use MS WordTitle Page
Course number and nameProject nameStudent nameDate Table of Contents
Use autogenerated TOCSeparate pageMaximum of 3 levels deepBe sure to update fields of TOC so it is up-to-date before submitting project Section
Headings (Create each heading on a new page with TBD as the content
except for the sections listed under New Content below.)
Project OutlineOperating System Security ToolsSecurity Threat DetectionSecure CommunicationsVirus ProtectionSecurity Management New Content
Project Outline and Requirements
Give a brief description of the organization (can be
hypothetical) where the operating systems security policies will be
implemented. Include company size, location(s), and other pertinent
information.Identify the systems in the organization (i.e., the
type and number of computer systems and operating systems used, along
with a top-level view of the infrastructure). A network diagram would be
useful for this purpose, but the diagram should be pasted into your
Word document.Your project must assume that the organization
has UNIX, open source, and Windows operating systems in its computing
environment, so be sure to include all 3 categories in the systems
overview.Identify and describe any outside connections to the internal systems.Summarize the benefits the company would realize through the implementation of operating systems security policies.Material can be taken from the approved proposal submitted to the instructor.Be sure that this project is approved by the instructor. Operating System Security Tools
Based on the systems overview, identify and describe at least 3
security tools for each OS category (UNIX, open source, and Windows)
that can be used at the operating system level to protect the systems,
users, and data from security threats.The tools can be part of
the OS or third-party tools. Some examples would include firewalls,
account management, and port access management.