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• BSS 482 Discussion Questions (5 DQs)
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• 1. What do the terms protection, mitigation, and
  recovery refer to? What types of actions
  constitute as protection, mitigation, and
  recovery? What are some examples of current
  events in which the local, state, or federal
  governments have implemented such actions?
  (Minimum of 125 words)
• 2. Select two types of infrastructure assets,
  such as a large dam and a major rail station. How
  do the asset protection techniques differ, and
  how are they similar? Remember to consider
  physical, cyber, and human risk
  considerations.(Minimum of 125 words)

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• BSS 482 Discussion Questions
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• How can access to cyber systems create an
  economic gain if not detected? How does this
  situation differ from disrupting a critical
  infrastructure system? What are some other
  motives malicious actors may have for accessing
  or disrupting a critical infrastructure system?
  (Minimum of 250 words)
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• Why are humans considered a critical
  infrastructure asset? What security practices
  must be done to protect them from being
  exploited? (Minimum of 250 words)

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• BSS 482 Literature Review and Mitigating Risks
  Annotated Bibliography
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• Literature Review and Mitigating Risks Annotated
  Bibliography
• Conduct a literature review on security practices
  related to human and property assets. Review two
  articles from the reputable source and create
  separately (Minimum of 85 words each)
• Also create a table to accompany the annotated
  bibliography that describes the pros and cons of
  each security practice.

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• BSS 482 Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
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• What is Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
  (SCADA)? What are the potential risks to SCADA by
  malicious actors? How might organizations protect
  their control systems from a compromise or an
  attack that affects critical infrastructure?

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• BSS 482 U.S. border entry points
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• The following U.S. border entry points
• New York via commercial airplane
• Detroit via commercial transport truck
  highway
• Vancouver to Seattle via intercity
  passenger train
• Compare the security practices used for the three
  modes of transportation.

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• BSS 482 Week 1 Sectors Partnerships Paper
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• Review the Sector Overviews and Partnerships
  sections of the U.S. Department of Homeland
  Securitys Critical Infrastructure Resource
  Center.
• Select a critical infrastructure sector that
  interests you and imagine that you are working in
  a position in this sector.
• Write a 750- to 1050-word paper based on the job
  position and critical infrastructure sector you
  selected.
• Answer the following questions in your paper

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• BSS 482 Week 2 Infrastructure Asset Protection
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• Infrastructure Asset Protection
• Explain Briefly describe how computers
  and humans can pose risks to infrastructure
  assets.
• Identify two physical techniques and
  two cybertechniques used to attack communications
  infrastructure.
• Explain the implications of the risks
  and techniques on critical infrastructure
  sectors.
• Describe how humans and computers can
  protect against the risks and techniques.
• (Minimum of 550 words)
• With proper citation and reference.

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• BSS 482 Week 3 Attacks and Counterstrategy
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• Part I Role of the Malicious Actor
• Your supervisor asks you to write a report in
  which you imagine that you are a malicious actor
  interested in exploiting or harming U.S. critical
  infrastructure.
• Identify two critical infrastructure sectors you
  will attack, your motives for attacking and
  exploiting the sectors, the sectors potential
  vulnerabilities, and the approaches you will take
  to exploit the vulnerabilities in the following
  table.

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• BSS 482 Week 4 Critical Infrastructure and
  National Planning
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• Select a recent annual plenary meeting report of
  the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys
  Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory
  Council (CIPAC). http//www.dhs.gov/critical-infra
  structure-partnership-advisory-council
• Write a 700- to 1050-word paper based on the
  selected CIPAC annual plenary meeting report. ?
• Include the following in your paper
• Describe one of the national planning
  approaches covered in the annual report. Explain
  how prevention, protection, mitigation, response,
  and recovery were integrated into the approach.

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• BSS 482 Week 5 Border and Transportation Security
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• Write a 1,450- to 2,100-word research paper on
  border and transportation security systems.
• Include the following in your paper
• An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses in
  border and transportation security. Include both
  physical systems and cybersystems in your
  analysis.
• An explanation of the best practices for
  improving border and transportation security
  systems. Include practices for both physical
  systems and cybersystems.

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