Case: You were notified that a network worm was spreading out through your organizational network. The worm has already disabled some of your network machines, including the email server. It seems the worm does not affect data, but sends out emails using the corporate email address book. Yet, you do not know whether the worm sent out emails to your business partners or not. Also, you are not sure where the worm started from and how to kill it. It could have come from a business email or through an unsecured application such as Kazaa or an instant messenger running on an employee’s computer.
Description:
In this assignment, you are required to ascertain details of the organization plan designed to deal with different types of emergencies including catastrophic events.
Questions:
Establish a response plan for the team members’ organization. The plan has to be specific to the organization you have chosen. The plan should include, but not be limited to, 1) response/recovery procedures, 2) a list of internal personnel and external organizations that need to becontacted in the incident, 3) a backup communication plan in case the primary communication link is broken, and 4) comparison of current practice and desirable preparedness status.