M8.7 Reflection Paper

Introduction

Imagine yourself as a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in a major organization or federal agency.  From what you have learned in this course, what would be the most important vulnerability and a threat to your organization? 

Instructions

Evaluate the various cybersecurity areas of concern you have studied in the areas of:

Web Application Security
Mobile Applications
Software Development Lifecycle
Input/Output Validation
Authentication and Authorization
Cryptography
Session and Error Handling and Auditing
Database Security

For your reply, select a currently well-known company in one of the following industries/sectors on which to focus.  Discuss why your vulnerability/threat selection is relevant to the industry selected.

Online Retail
Social Media
Financial and Banking Institutions
Healthcare Industry

Websites to get you started:

The Cyberwire https://thecyberwire.com (Links to an external site.)

Threatpost https://threatpost.com(Links to an external site.)

SC Magazine https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/(Links to an external site.)

Discuss the measures you would take to mitigate this most important vulnerability and a threat to your organization.  Based on the well-known Linux toolkit, what tool(s) would you use to support your approach? For example, if you selected Authentication and Authorization as your area of concern you might select a Password tool like John the Ripper to support your concern.

Finally, how would you articulate your concerns to the CISO of the company for immediate action giving him/her examples from a recent threat (within the last year)?