Assignments

Assignment 1

Consider a social networking site (e.g. Facebook).

  1. Give one example for each of the following requirements associated with such a site: confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity and accountability.
    Note: there is a distinction between security requirements (what is desired of a system) and security controls (mechanisms to achieve the goals).
  2. Give one example of each of the five security dilemmas for the site.
  3. Provide one example of a security control for the system for each of the open entries in the below table (your answer thus lists 9 different security controls). Provide a short (one line) explanation why you have classified the control as you did.
      physical logical/technical administrative
    preventive      
    detective      
    corrective/responsive