Biometrics and Tokens for Authentication Assignment

In 2011, RSA was compromised by an attack that impacted their RSA SecurID security tokenproduct line. Conduct open source research to learn about the attack and respond to thefollowing:

1. Summarize the incident and RSAs response to it.

2. Describe the target (the RSA SecurID token and its ecosystem).

3. Characterize the consequences and impact the scope (who it affected) and damage(potential and actual).

4. In your estimation, what type of adversary mounted this attack, and for what end?

5. How would this kind of event influence your decision on if or how to integrate securitytokens in your organization.

6. Provide your references (consider their quality, this will be an aspect of grading).

Read and respond to the questions in their entirety. Some of the questions are multi-part.