1. In an artcle relating to the SPANAIR flight thst crashed in 2008 due to faulty equipment on the plane the central computer which triggered alarms for the airline had been infected by the trojans several weeks prior and did not trigger the alarm that would have prevented the plane from taking off. Given this story and recent stories discussing the potential for the addition remote control capabilities for all airplanes, answer the following questions. 1

a. what risk is this mitigating by allowing this capability?

b. what risk does it create by allowing this capability?

c. what benefits are there in allowing remote capability?

d. do the overall benefits outweigh the risk?

2. In the age of the Advanced Persistance Threat when attacks will take place over years, computer network design, traditional firewalls, regular software updates, etc are not enough. What is the approach used by these adversaries to bypass the traditional network defense without even trying that hard? Explain what approach they use and why it is the most difficult threat for security professionals to deal with