Assignment:
An appropriate IT risk management training program must above all be relevant to the skills required to mitigate the kinds of risk to which an organization's critical information is exposed. A poorly framed or overly generalized risk training program may fail to adequately prepare employees for real-world threats to an organization's critical IT infrastructure.
Based on the resources and discussions you have completed in Units 5-8 of this course, write a paper of at least four pages that addresses the following training program requirements for an organization that deals with information, both classified and unclassified, related to U.S. defense.
• Evaluate what available federal guidelines are appropriate for mitigating risk peculiar to national defense issues.
• Differentiate training between regular users and those in technology positions.
• Analyze a set of tools that could effectively aid in IT risk mitigation in such an organization.
• Evaluate unique human risk factors in such an organization.
• Evaluate training elements that could be critical to creating an effective IT risk management program in such a national defense-related organization.
Assignment Requirements
• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
• Length of paper: At least 4 pages, excluding the references page.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.