Reference no: EM133912175
Penetration Testing
Assessment - Cybersecurity Threat Analysis Report
Task
This assessment is to be completed individually. In this assessment, you will conduct individual research and submit a report on TWO different cybersecurity threats.
Assessment Description
The objective of this assessment is to help you develop research skills and the ability to analyse various cybersecurity threats and recommend countermeasures based on topics covered up to Week 7.
In this assessment:
You will choose TWO different types of cyber threats and investigate their techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs).
You are allowed to consult with the workshop facilitator for clarification and approval of their chosen cyber threat for this assessment.
Individually, you are also required to analyse the threat's potential impact on an organisation's systems, networks, and applications.
Finally, you must write a report that should include recommended countermeasures for the cyber threats chosen and submit via MyKBS.
Assessment Practical Business Purpose
The threat assessment report you will generate in this assessment will equip you with the skills needed to assess, understand, document, and mitigate specific cybersecurity threats, which is essential for organisations aiming to strengthen their security posture.
Assessment Targeted Audience
This assessment is useful to different organisations and people including security analysts, IT administrators, and organisations looking to enhance their security posture.
Finishing this assessment will equip you with the skills needed to assess, understand, document, and mitigate specific cybersecurity threats and recommend countermeasures for different roles they may be given in different organisations.
This assessment requires you to develop PowerPoint training materials to demonstrate your understanding of the key penetration testing concepts and your ability to explain these key concepts to others. Your PowerPoint presentation should accurately reflect and expand upon the content covered in Weeks 1 to 3 as well as fitting into the broader subject learning outcomes. Get Assignment Help from trusted tutors.
Learning outcome 1: Explore appropriate countermeasures to mitigate the risk of unauthorised access, hacks and exploits to systems, networks, and applications.
Learning outcome 2: Investigate cyber-attack techniques on computer systems, networks, and web applications.
Learning outcome 3: Investigate existing defensive security measures.
Assessment Instructions
Assessment instructions for this assessment:
You are supposed to work individually on this assignment.
Each student must select TWO distinct types of cyber threats.
Consult the workshop facilitator if in doubt.
Conduct external individual research that will give you at least five (5) sources of information from various sources. E.g., websites, social media sites, industry reports, census data, journal articles, and newspaper articles
Note - ChatGPT or other generative AI tools may be used for brainstorming purposes, but your conversation must be attached with your report in an appendix to show the brainstorming process.
Any copying and pasting of AI text is a form of plagiarism and will be detected by Turnitin.
Note - Students can use any referencing style of their choice, but KBS's Academic Success
Centre team can support you in using Kaplan Harvard Referencing.
Investigate the attack techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs).
Analyse the vulnerabilities the chosen cyber threats take advantage of.
Analyse the cyber threats potential impact on an organisation's systems, networks, and applications.
Recommended countermeasures for the chosen cyber threats.