CIS 502 Week 3 Case Study 1 Advanced Persistent Threats Against RSA T CIS 502 Week 3 Case Study 1 Advanced Persistent Th | Page 2

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.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
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margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check
with your professor for any additional instructions.
professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not
included in the required assignment page length. 
The specific course learning outcomes
associated with this assignment are:
information security workforce from a management perspective.