Reference no: EM133741821
Networks and Information Security Project
Project Plan - Security Posture and Risk Assessment
Overview
Our project is based on the topic "Security Posture and Risk Assessment." The purpose of the project is to define the general security posture of the organization and prepare a detailed risk assessment report. In this case, we will assess and document possible security threats in the organization's IT infrastructure, which comprises servers, network devices, data, and identities. In this project, surveys will be conducted on IT and security personnel to learn about the current state of the infrastructure and potential threats, especially of shadow IT. The organization we are working with will benefit from our detailed analysis and recommendations for mitigating these risks. Our work will help them enhance their security measures and protect their enterprise data from potential attackers.
Objectives:
• Assess the Security Posture: Conduct a research and gather information on the existing security practices, standards, and technologies in the firm.
• Conduct Stakeholder Interviews: Consult with the IT and security personnel to obtain specific data on the organization's structure, technological equipment, networks, servers, data, and identities.
• Identify Shadow IT: Identify any IT resources or applications not approved by the organization to be in use in the organization.
• Perform Vulnerability Assessment: Employ sophisticated technologies to search for the weaknesses in the network, servers and applications.
• Analyze Attack Surfaces: Assess the risks posed to data and network exposure, such as unauthorized access to data and networks, data leakage, insider threats, and network invasions.
• Prioritize Risks: Develop a risk register to classify and rank the identified risks according to the risk assessment results.
• Develop Mitigation Strategies: Develop risk control recommendations for the identified risks through technical, administrative, and physical controls.
• Compile Risk Assessment Report: Prepare the report that should include all the findings, analyses and recommendations made.
Scope: This project will be more concerned with the assessment of the security status and the potential threats that may exist within the organization's current IT systems.
The scope includes:.
• Network, server, data, and identities analysis.
• Identification of shadow IT.
• Scanning of the systems and evaluation of the risks associated with it.
• Formulation of measures of risk reduction.
• Interviews with IT and security staff
Note: Take australia company and existing network structure And prepare it.