Threat Analysis and Mitigation Plan

About this Assignment

In this assignment, you will investigate security risks and IoT (Internet of Things) devices. You will analyze a specific threat (e.g., smart thermostat, industrial IoT devices, appliances, etc.), and describe how attackers might gain access to exploit vulnerabilities. You will develop a mitigation plan against this threat.

Course Learning Outcomes

The following course learning outcomes are assessed in this assignment:

• Explain how cybersecurity threats can be remediated or avoided
• Describe techniques to protect against cyber threats to operating system and networking resources
• Distinguish between different types of cybersecurity threats (software-based, hardware-based, and personnel-based) based on their attributes and their effects on people, technology, and practices

Related Lessons

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Prompt

In order to successfully complete this assignment, you will need to select a viable IoT component, thoroughly explore the security risks associated with this device, describe how attackers can exploit vulnerabilities of the component, and develop a mitigation plan. The following are the deliverables for this assignment:

1. Choose an IoT Device: Provide a brief overview of IoT devices and the security threats that are associated with them. Select a specific IoT device for your analysis.
2. Investigate Risks Associated with the Device: Thoroughly analyze the security risks associated with this device.
3. Describe Attack Methods: Describe various attack methods that hackers may use to gain access to the device: including actions they might take, and the consequences of them hacking this device. Be sure to connect the risks you defined earlier: how could these vulnerabilities be exploited?
4. Develop a Mitigation Plan: Based upon the risks and attack methods you analyzed earlier, create a mitigation plan to protect against these threats.
5. Putting it All Together: Your paper should be between 1500 and 2500 words.

Formatting & Sources

Please write your paper in the APA format. You may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must also use 3 to 5 sources and cite them using APA format. Please include a mix of both primary and secondary sources, with at least one source from a scholarly peer-reviewed journal. If you use any Study.com lessons as sources, please also cite them in APA (including the lesson title and instructor’s name).

• Primary sources are first-hand accounts such as interviews, advertisements, speeches, company documents, statements, and press releases published by the company in question.
• Secondary sources come from peer-reviewed scholarly journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Journal of Computer Security, and International Journal of Information Security. You may use sources like JSTOR and Google Scholar to find articles from these journals. Secondary sources may also come from reputable websites with .gov, .edu, or .org in the domain. (Wikipedia is not a reputable source, though the sources listed in Wikipedia articles may be acceptable.)

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