For each scenario below, imagine that you are in charge of security of the whole system. Apply the security mindset to answer these questions by following the Template listed later:

What assets are important for you to protect?

What security threats will you choose to defend against?

What countermeasures can you justify, in terms of costs and benefits?

Answer each of the above in the form of a bulleted list, with brief justifications or explanations as necessary. Your explanations for each part should be approximately a paragraph in length. State any critical assumptions you decide to make. Your grade will be based on the thoroughness, realism, and thoughtfulness of your analysis.

1). Pick two of the following scenarios. (If you submit responses for more than two, youll receive the two lowest scores.)

(a) You run the weekly Michigan Powerball lottery.

(b) You oversee the football stadium at a Big Ten school.

(c) You run Chez Betty, the self-checkout convenience store.

(d) You manage the email server for a major presidential campaign.

(e) You are grading homework submissions for a class of 360+ students.

2) Choose another scenario from everyday life that we havent discussed in class. Your choice may be directly related to computer security, but it doesnt have to be.

Submission Template

# Problem 1

Scenario:

{Lottery|Stadium|Betty|Email|Grading}

Assumptions:

explain_your_assumptions

Assets:

- Asset - explanatory_paragraph

- Asset - explanatory_paragraph

...

Threats:

- Threat - explanatory_paragraph

- Threat - explanatory_paragraph

...

Countermeasures:

- Countermeasure - explanatory_paragraph

- Countermeasure - explanatory_paragraph

...

# Problem 2

(Use the same format as Problem 1 for a different scenario from the list.)

# Problem 3

Original Scenario:

explain_your_scenario_and_assumptions

Assets:

...

Threats:

...

Countermeasures:

...