IT545-4: Analyze cybersecurity risks or vulnerabilities within wireless, mobile, and cloud infrastructures, as well as disruptive technologies, to develop effective cybersecurity solutions.

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is for you to evaluate security issues in a specific wireless sensor network and make recommendations to mitigate the security risks and threats.

Scenarios

Choose one of the following scenarios:

• Underwater environment and marine life monitoring system
• Underground earthquake and landslide monitoring system
• Mobile wildlife movement monitoring system
• Remote patient monitoring system
• Transport and asset tracking system
• Bridge monitoring system
• Traffic monitoring and management system.

1. You are a cybersecurity consultant. You have been asked to consult with the CIO of a large organization using the type of wireless sensor network you selected from the above list. 
2. Assume the following:
   1. All of the servers that communicate with the sensors and store and retrieve data will be housed in a cloud environment. 
   2. The sensor nodes run on batteries.
   3. The nodes communicate using radio or electromagnetic signals.
   4. The sensor devices must communicate with each other and with the main servers in the cloud.
   5. Based on this week’s readings and your own research on the Internet, prepare a report for this CIO that discusses the following:
      • unique security principles for this type of wireless sensor network, 
      • the types of attacks that occur in wireless sensor networks.
      • attacker motivation for this wireless sensor networks
3. Discuss at least three specific types of attacks that can occur in your specific wireless sensor network. 
4. Through research on the Internet, determine what you believe will be a good approach to securing this wireless sensor network that will address the unique security principles discussed.
5.  Propose a cybersecurity strategy to the CIO to protect your chosen wireless sensor network.

Assignment Requirements

The paper should be 4–5 pages, use 12 pt. Times New Roman, and be in APA format.

IT550-4: Analyze the impact of technological changes on digital forensics techniques.

Purpose

Computing technology has been changing rapidly and it is having a major impact on the field of digital forensics. In particular, the shift towards cloud computing is a fundamental change in how computing resources are used. You will research various cloud computing services that are being offered today and how these services impact the overall process of digital forensics.

Assignment Instructions

Research various services models that cloud computing enables. How do cloud services impact the field of digital forensics and how a forensic analysis would be different from one where you are only dealing with devices that you have full control over? List some of the challenges faced when working on a forensic case which utilizes cloud resources.

Consolidate your responses to these requests in a 5–7 pages long paper in Word. Ensure that the document follows APA format.

Assignment Requirements

Your 5–7 pages document should include the following:

• Title page.
• Introduction to the content of the report.
• Describe the impact of changes in technology on the field of digital forensics.
• Describe the details of how the cloud services impact the field of digital forensics.
• Describe how a forensic analysis will be different from one where you are only dealing with devices that you have full control over.
• Provide a summary and highlight the major details and methods.
• Main body of the paper and reference list in APA format.

Written work should be free of spelling, grammar, and APA errors. Points deducted from the grade for each writing, spelling, or grammar error are at your instructor’s discretion.