Scenario
Consolidated Electronics Group, Inc. is a manufacturer and supplier of avionics equipment to various airlines across the continental United States. Recently, the company laid off several employees, resulting in many disgruntled workers.
Now, the information technology (IT) staff has reported a spike in network attacks numbering in the thousands. Reports from the intrusion detection system (IDS) indicate that two of these potential attacks may have compromised highly classified plans for a new prototype avionics switchboard, which is expected to revolutionize the market. The IT staff suspects that the attacks and potential security breach may have something to do with the recently laid-off staff.
Assignment Instructions
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a recognized authority for providing security standards, guidelines and procedures. NIST provides a large array of other security-related documents, which are of great value to information security professionals.