Name: Pied Piper

Locations: Office based in California

All clients are physically located in the United States

Staffing

$20$ total employees Management $(4)$:

$$ CEO

$$ CFO

$$ COO

$$ Compliance Officer Cybersecurity $(7)$:

$$ Assessors $/$ Analysts $(3)$

$$ Pen Testers $(2)$

$$ Incident Responders $(2)$

Sales & Marketing $(5)$:

$$ Sales Director

$$ Sales Reps $(2)$

$$ Marketing Mgr$.$

$$ Marketing Intern Support Staff $(4)$:

$$ HR Manager

$$ IT Support $(2)$

$$ Admin Asst.

Annual Profits: $$200,000$ per year

$5\%$ to be spent on Cybersecurity: $$10,000$ annually.

Product

Offerings: Cybersecurity Consulting: Provides cybersecurity$-$consulting analyses for companies by

$$ Cybersecurity Assessments and Audits

$$ Pen Testing

$$ Incident Response and Forensics

Key Functions Cybersecurity Assessments and Audits:

$$ Vulnerability Assessments: Identifying security weaknesses in systems, networks, and software.

$$ Security Audits: Reviewing and verifying compliance with security policies and standards.

$$ Threat Modeling: Analyzing potential threats and creating models to predict and mitigate risks.

Pen Testing:

$$ External Testing: Testing the security of externally visible servers or devices like web servers and firewalls.

$$ Internal Testing: Assessing the risks from an internal threat by testing what an insider could do$.$

$$ Social Engineering: Testing the human element of security through phishing and other methods to assess employee awareness and response.

Incident Response and Forensics:

$$ Incident Detection: Identifying and analyzing indicators of compromise.

$$ Incident Handling: Managing the response to a cybersecurity event to minimize impact.

$$ Digital Forensics: Collecting and analyzing digital evidence to understand the incident's origin, impact, and perpetrators.

Task: write a business continuity plan$/$disaster recover plan for the company pied piper.

Your document should include the following points:

$1\mathrm{.}0$ Introduction

The introduction needs to briefly describe the organization you are focusing on$,$ including its size, industry, and key operations. This part of the document needs to set the scene for the business continuity plan. Keep in mind that a cybersecurity program for a restaurant will differ from that of an accounting firm.

$1\mathrm{.}1$ Objective

The objective, or scope, is where you would explain what the purpose of the document is$.$

$2\mathrm{.}0$ Business Impact Analysis

The business impact analysis details the important functions that the business needs to exist and make money. This is where the maximum downtime, or the longest that these functions cannot happen before the business suffers serious consequences. The consequences could be a loss of trust by customers, regulatory repercussions, or loss of money.

$2\mathrm{.}2$ Threat Identification

This section should focus on what could go wrong for this business. Many things can be grouped. For example, if ransomware hit the company servers, or if the data was unavailable, the company might still react the same way with minor changes. If the building is unavailable, the why doesn$$t matter, the results are the same. Think of what affects your business. What could you group?

$2\mathrm{.}3$ Maximum Tolerable Downtime

This section should list all of the items that you identified as important functions, and then think about how long the company can survive without this specific function. For example, if you had payroll, and payroll is biweekly, then it would not need to be up and running within $24$ hours. If you need to collect payment from customers, there is more of an urgency. If the inventory management system is down, then how do you track your inventory? Advertising can wait a bit longer than product orders.

$2\mathrm{.}4$ Assets and Resources

This section provides some alternatives to whatever resources may be down. If it$$s the cash register, maybe there is another one. If it$$s the internet, maybe the owner has a hot spot for credit cards. If it$$s a credit card reader, maybe switch to cash until the vendor of the credit card replaces the machine.

$3\mathrm{.}0$ Strategy Development

This section should leave nothing up to the interpretation of the reader. This should include very specific actions. This is where you would describe what IT should do$,$ what employees should do$,$ etc. Who owns the task, when should the task be done, and how. In addition, the following scenarios can also be visualized or presented as a flowchart or table.

$4\mathrm{.}0$ Training and Awareness

Describe programs to teach employees how to act and what to do in case of an emergency. This should include how to communicate and who to communicate with during such times.

$4\mathrm{.}1$ Communication

This should outline who can speak to law enforcement, the media, the public, clients, etc. This should also include how the information will be disseminated to employees, the public, clients, etc. before, during, and after an incident.

$4\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}2$ Emergency Declaration and Resolution

This should outline how an emergency is declared.

$4\mathrm{.}2$ BCP Testing and Maintenance Schedule