Information technology

Recently, a terminated employee used his mobile device to log in to the company network and steal sensitive data. As the manager of the information technology (IT) security department, you were asked by your boss to present a summary of what the organization should do to prevent this from happening again. Create a PowerPoint presentation of your summary. In your PowerPoint presentation, you should include the components listed below.

• Explain the goal of information security in relation to mobile devices.
• Identify the three sources of threats, provide a summary of each, and provide at least one example of each.
• Explain technical safeguards, and discuss which technical safeguard(s) should be used for mobile devices.
• Explain data safeguards, and discuss which data safeguard(s) should be used in this type of scenario.
• Explain human safeguards, and discuss which human safeguard(s) should be implemented.
• Discuss why the organization needs an incident response plan to secure information and knowledge.

Your presentation must be a minimum of eight slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides. Be sure that any graphics used are appropriate and support the content of your presentation.

Answer preview

• A response plan helps an organization to improve its data security measures.
• It ensures that organizations are prepared for data breach risks.
• It helps an organization to identify potential security breaches.
• Containment and prevention measures facilitate coordinated handling of crises (Padayachee & Worku, 2020).
• It lays out frameworks for quick recovery and integration of lessons learned.

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