Cybersecurity Dimensions and Principles

Cybersecurity Dimensions and Principles

OBJECTIVE & PURPOSE:

The purpose of this assignment is to help students be able to: Define cybersecurity; define the dimensions and principles of cybersecurity; describe the fundamental concepts of the cybersecurity discipline and use to provide system security; describe why each principle is important to security and how it enables the development of security mechanisms that can implement desired security policies; and properly use the vocabulary associated with cybersecurity.

DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT

Your assignment will be to develop a written paper that will provide a summary of the following:

Cybersecurity Definitions: Identify and quote three different definitions of Cybersecurity – with sources, where one should be government source (ensure to quote per APA, cite the reference with exact page number of the source).
Dimensions and Principles of Cybersecurity: In your own words (no quotes, but use references), describe the three dimensions of cybersecurity and within each dimension describe the three principles (sub-dimensions) (follow APA!)
Overall Security: In your own words (no quotes, but use references), describe how each of the three dimensions of cybersecurity and their principles of the cybersecurity discipline are used to provide overall system security
Assured Operations: In your own words (no quotes, but use references), describe why each principle is important to cybersecurity and how it enables the concept of ‘Assured Operations’
Conclusion: In your own words (no quotes, but use references), provide a conclusion that summarizes the whole paper.

develop a 5- to 7-page document that outlines each of the section above and provides the details to address the points above.

FORMAT

All text in the proposal should be word-processed (letter or correspondence-quality font), New Times Roman or Calibri, 12 point, double space and standard margins. The body of the proposal should be 5- to 7-pages long