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Due Week 3 and worth 100 points
Authentication breach by impersonation or password crack has been popular for attackers to
breach our assets. The latest RSA APT attack to breach one of the most secure RSA tokens
alerted the industry and reminded all of us that there is no security that can last forever. We
must remain vigilant and stay ahead of the game. Read the following documents:

Write a five to eight (5-8) page
paper in which you:
1. Analyze the Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) Summit Findings article as well as the RSA
Security Brief article and identify the vulnerabilities that existed in the system.
2. Analyze the attack methods carried out in pursuit of the authentication breach and explain
which methods were successful and why.
3. Suggest three (3) techniques or methods to protect against APT attacks in the future as the
CSO for a large organization.
4. Determine what types of technologies would help alleviate the problems identified in the
articles assuming you are the CSO or CTO in an organization.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar
Websites do not qualify as quality resources.