Week 6 Assignment – Physical Access Security
Introduction
In this assignment, you will search the Web to identify incidents of current physical security breaches, analyze each incident, and identify best practices that could have been used to prevent the attacks.The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Research examples of physical security breaches.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Instructions
Write a 3- to 5-page paper in which you analyze two physical security breaches.Using either the Wall Street Journal or U.S. Newsstream, search for the term “physical security breach.” Select two news articles on the search topic that were posted within the last six months.
Article 1
Summarize, concisely, the key details of the physical security breach described in Article 1.
Include the date of the attack, the type of attack, who or what was affected, and any reported loss of revenue or personally identifiable information (PII).
Provide a screenshot that includes the article’s name and the date it was published, along with a valid URL.
Describe, clearly and accurately, the steps described in Article 1 that were taken, or are being taken, to alleviate the effects of the breach after the fact or to resolve the issue.
Explain whether the physical security breach described in Article 1 was preventable, why or why not, and if preventable, what preventive steps could have been taken.
Note: These are steps that would have prevented the security breach from having occurred in the first place, not mitigation steps taken after the breach has already occurred.
Describe the physical access security best practices that could have been used to prevent the breach described in Article 1, citing specific, credible sources of best practices.
Article 2
Summarize, concisely, the key details of the physical security breach described in Article 2.
Include the date of the attack, the type of attack, who or what was affected, and any reported loss of revenue or personally identifiable information (PII).
Provide a screenshot that includes the article’s name and the date it was published, along with a valid URL.
Describe, clearly and accurately, the steps described in Article 2 that were taken, or are being taken, to alleviate the effects of the breach after the fact or to resolve the issue.
Explain whether the physical security breach described in Article 2 was preventable, why or why not, and if preventable, what preventive steps could have been taken.
Note: These are steps that would have prevented the security breach from having occurred in the first place, not mitigation steps taken after the breach has already occurred.
Describe the physical access security best practices that could have been used to prevent the breach described in Article 2, citing specific, credible sources of best practices.
Source Citations and Writing
Support your main points, assertions, arguments, or conclusions with at least three specific and credible academic references synthesized into a coherent analysis of the evidence.
Cite each source listed on your references page at least one time within your assignment.
For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
Write clearly and concisely in a manner that is well-organized; grammatically correct; and free of spelling, typographical, formatting, and/or punctuation errors.
Use section headers in your paper to clearly delineate your main topics.
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