Sec/571 Week 1

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A Security Assessment and Recommendations to Remedy Security Loopholes for Aircraft Solutions Kwami A. Attipoe SEC 571 Keller School of Management November, 2013 Introduction This report assesses the security concerns of Aircraft Solutions. Aircraft Solutions is a well-known and highly respected component fabrication and equipment manufacturing company. They specialize in providing implementation and design solutions to companies in in a few different industries. The industries they serve include aerospace, defense, commercial and industrial industries. The company manages a plethora of highly qualified professionals and has an immense production plant. Their overall goal is to provide high-quality solutions to fulfill the needs of customers with an extensive range of demands. The purpose of this assessment is to identify multiple…show more content…
The company’s security directive stating that rule-sets for routers and firewalls be evaluated every two years is a big problem. So many things can happen in two years in the world of hacking and malicious threats. Thus, this two year time frame is far too long in between assessments. I could not find a bench mark, in terms of how frequent a company’s security rule sets should be evaluated, however I would assume that it would be based on the nature of the business conducted by a company, their growth rate and income. Due to the nature of Aircraft Solutions business and their clients, I would assume that they should probably have these rules evaluated more frequently. Leaving rule-sets stagnant for two years presents the risk of improperly configured security configurations for firewalls and routers. As a result, the potential exists for malicious programming initiated by hackers to exploit these out dated rule-sets, which could lead to

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