Lab #1 – Report file
Identifying Threats and Vulnerabilities in an IT Infrastructure
Course Name and Number: Risk Management IS355
Student Name: Sherry Best
Instructor Name: Nicole Goodyear
Lab Due Date: 1/16/2018
In your Lab Report file, describe how risk can impact each of the seven domains of a typical IT infrastructure: User, Workstation, Local Area Network (LAN), Local Area Network to Wide Area Network (LAN-to-WAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Remote Access, and System/Application domains.
Risk is the likelihood that a loss will occur. A loss results in a compromise to business functions or assets.
• User Domain can come in various forms; people are the weak link here such as a user writing a password on a sticky note and sticking under the keyboard or on the monitor. Unknown to the user a malicious individual can log unto the network or domain using that person's credential to steal or launch a DoS or a DDoS attack. This can overwhelm the entire network that can lead to loss of revenue for the organization. …show more content…
An improperly configured Workstation can allow users to plug in external devices like USB that can result in users infecting the Workstation with viruses or malware that can lead to theft of Intellectual properties and or be downloading of sensitive information. New vulnerabilities are found in the software and OS within workstations.
• LAN Domain is in the Firewall. Individual devices on the network must be physically protected or all devices are at risk to attack. Therefore, all IOS must be secured with the latest software