Assignment:
Question 1:
Microsoft bundles feature and function updates and refers to them as "service packs."
• Locate a recently released service pack.
• Does the service pack have a rollback option?
• Explain why a rollback strategy is important when upgrading an operating system or application.
Question 2:
An incident response policy is a plan outlying an organization's response to an information security incident.
• Describe a computer incident response policy purpose, scope, response, and reporting procedure.
• How would you apply a policy to a hospital?
• This discussion is intended to get you started on the incident response policy section for your upcoming assignment, Cybersecurity Policy Catalog.
Question 3:
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) are changing how organizations design their technology environments.
• How do IaaS and PaaS impact business continuity planning?
• Have any of the cloud service providers (such as Google, Amazon, Rackspace, Savvis) experienced any major outages that would impact their customers?
• Assuming a hospital used the services of a cloud provider for business continuity services, explain the type of response, recovery, and continuity testing they should conduct.