Assignment
Task
Part 1
1. Compare and contrast Channel reuse in WLAN with frequency reuse in Mobile Phone networks? Explain with the help of diagrams.
2. Research the security challenges for any two examples of WMAN technologies.
3. Read the two recent research papers on the topic of Internet of Things (loT) as saved in the resources folder; please give your critical reflection on the topic of Energy Harvest.
4. Telestra is a company that is licensed to provide wired telecommunication services in Australia. The company has contracted Exetel to assist it with the selection and implementation of a new field service system. The goal is to provide service technicians with wireless access to the corporate network and a vast electronic library of technical manuals and schematic diagrams, which would reduce or eliminate the need for staff to carry a large number of book and drawings, especially while servicing equipment underground or when climbing on transmission towers. In addition, this means that the technicians would be able to immediately read and update the records for all the equipment, thereby avoiding massive amounts of paperwork as well as potential errors and omissions. However, the company is having trouble deciding on which technology to adopt- handheld cellular, tables with 3G/4G/5G access, or notebooks equipped with cellular cards. Exetel has asked you to help.
-Create a presentation outlining the advantages for Telestra of using digital cellular handsets or cellular wireless cards. Determine the ability of the smaller cellular handsets (as opposed to notebook computers, which may be difficult to carry everywhere) to display standard PC documents such as Word, Excel, and PDF files, and evaluate how this could help the company. Because the group you will be presenting to is composed of nontechnical manager, be sur your presentation is understandable by both technical and non-technical personnel. Limit yourself to a maximum of 15 PowerPoint slides.
Rationale
Your task in this assessment is to prepare a response to each of the questions. Please refer to the marking guide when preparing your response to see what criteria and standards will be used to assess your work and your progress towards Learning Outcomes 3, 5, 6 and 7.
Part 2 - Risk Assessment Report
Your deliverable for this ITC596 task is an IT Risk Assessment report, written for the intended audience of management providing a risk assessment of a project. The project can be in any of the following areas:
• Cybersecurity
• Internet of Things
• Cloud security
• Mobile health devices
• Bring Your Own Device
• Smart vehicles
• Or an area in your profession
Scenario options:
1. You can work towards the scenario provided below; or
2. You also have the opportunity to choose your own scenario-based risk assessment that could potentially be drawn from your own professional experience or context. The second option requires a discussion with and approval by your Subject Coordinator. The report structure requirements and criteria should be the same regardless of your scenario.
Provided Scenario
You have been hired as the IT Risk Assessment lead consultant for Gigantic Corporation (your specialisation is based on the area you have chosen above). Your role is to be the interface between business stakeholders and technologists, translating potential technical difficulties into risk language to facilitate effective decision-making by stakeholders. You have been engaged to assess a project that falls into your specialised area. Once you complete a full assessment, you are required to provide the IT assessment report to the management in the department or section that is running the project for Gigantic.
How to complete this task:
1. You will write a report on the project IT risks based on the scenario.
2. Your report must be a Microsoft Word document, 10 - 15 pages in length at 12 point font and single spacing. The report must address the following criteria:
• An Executive Summary at the beginning of the report which provides a clear statement of the technology project that is being assessed, and an overview of your recommendations to management as to the merits of the project based on your risk assessment (2 - 3 pages in length).
• A risk assessment based on threats, vulnerabilities and consequences derived from an IT control framework and any existing industry risk recommendations for the project. Identify and discuss the key threat agents. What could be done to mitigate the risks and their impact on the system? (4 - 10 pages in length).
• Provide a brief summary (literature review) of protection mechanisms you could employ for the website security. (2 - 4 pages in length).
3. The report is worth 15 marks of the overall marks available for assessment 3.
Engaging with scenario-based tasks provides you with the opportunity to simulate real world application of your learning in this subject.