CONSIDERATIONS WHEN CONDUCTING THE RISK ASSESSMENT:
This Risk Assessment and your suggested security improvements are of critical importance. CEO Thompson is set
on outsourcing GFI's IT competency and you've been told of a plan from COO Willy to outsource network
management and security functions away from your department and over to a service integrator. COO Willy warns
you that the political environment will only become more contentious over time; you must make a compelling case
as to what value your department can bring over an integrator to provide security improvements in certain key areas
without a significant increase to the IT budget. It is extremely important that you take into account the value of the
assets being protected when selecting security controls to mitigate the risks (i.e. don't spend $1000 to protect an
asset worth $500). In addition to what you learned from COO Mike Willy about the previous exploits of GFI's
vulnerabilities and what you gathered when reviewing GFI's network infrastructure, the COO has provided some
additional information that he wants you to take into account:
About the recuiterMember since Aug 27, 2017 Jenn D.
from England, United Kingdom