Background
IT is mid February 2019. The Board of Directors has read about the novel coronavirus outbreak in the media and wants to know what should be done next in terms of preparedness. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has been asked to contribute to a SVP presentation to the Board. You are the senior security manager tasked with preparing a briefing note for the CISO.
CHOOSE an industry sector (e.g. banking, telecommunications, educational, manufacturing, or government) that you are currently in or familiar with and write the brief. Your preparedness recommendations should incorporate key security concepts discussed so far in class:
YOU may
Planning always precedes action
Consult with other subject matter experts in physical security, personnel and legal as necessary Always incorporate Defense-in-depth/Layered defense strategy
Preservation of human life supersedes everything else in security
People are the weakest links in the security chain
Senior management understands security requirements best in terms of financial and legal risk
also find the following tips useful:
What were the lessons learned from the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak?
Dissimilar disruptive events can trigger out-of-the-box insights. Google research papers on Hurricane Katrina.
The US government actually hired Max Brooks, author of the book“World War Z”,as a consultant for their COVID-19 response. If you can obtain a copy, speed-read the book and observe that life sometimes imitates art. The movie starring Brad Pitts is not true to the book.
Assignment
PREPARE the final briefing note for the CISO. Recommended length is minimum one page, maximum two-pages. Format can either be in point form or full paragraphs; both will be accepted