BCP Process

“Value” Please respond to the following:

Assess BCP as a process that adds business value. Give your opinion on whether or not the argument that states BCP adds value is a credible argument. Explain why or why not.
Speculate the strategic values that could be realized by having an effective BCP. Provide a rationale for your answer.

“Cloud Computing” Please respond to the following:

Evaluate the benefits of cloud computing for

modern
and legacy organizations looking to migrate to the cloud. Support the use of cloud computing as a viable option within an organizational business continuity strategy.
Identify the drawbacks for using cloud computing in your BCP. Determine the strategies you would use to mitigate the drawbacks if you were the IT manager in charge of the decision. Provide a rationale for your answer.

“Implementation Issues and Organizational Challenges” Please respond to the following:

Examine the implementation issues for IT security policy development. Determine which of these issues

are
the most challenging for organizations to overcome and explain why.
Propose at least three control measures that organizations can implement to mitigate the potential issues associated policy development and implementation.

“Awareness and Training” Please respond to the following:

Develop a list of the key elements that need to be included in a security awareness program. Analyze how security awareness programs differ from security training programs.
Examine at least four common hindrances to organizations developing effective security awareness programs and security training programs. Propose solutions to these hindrances.

“IT Security Policy Enforcement and Monitoring” Please respond to the following:

Describe how monitoring worker activities can increase the security within organizations. Describe the rationale that managers should use to determine the degree of monitoring that the organization should conduct.
Explain the extent to which you believe an organization has the right to monitor user actions and traffic. Determine the actions organizations can take to mitigate the potential issues associated with monitoring user actions and traffic.

“IT Policy Compliance and Emerging Technologies” Please respond to the following:

Propose at least three control measures that organizations need to put in place to ensure that they remain

complaint
with emerging technologies and in a continually changing IT environment.
Examine the correlation of effective configuration management and change control procedures to remain compliant with emerging technologies and IT security changes.