by a small firm that has been compromised, as some of their proprietary products have

Now that you’ve researched and learned about network intrusion, detection and response, your final project is to evaluate a theoretical intrusion and write a response plan. You have been contacted by a small firm that has been compromised, as some of their proprietary products have begun appearing on the market from other sources. Their IT person has found evidence that a vendor account was not disabled after use, and someone made unauthorized access to their system over several day periods. They don’t know who it was, or where the attack originated from. You are to write a paper detailing the steps you’d take in an investigation, explaining why you would take the steps in an attempt to determine where the attack originated from. You also need to write an incident response plan for the firm so they can have it on file in case something happens again, as well as make recommendations as to how they can best prevent this kind of attack from happening again. The EOS Project will require the student to write a paper not to exceed 5000 words, double-spaced, excluding the title page and works cited section. All references must be from authentic, established and reliable sources (sites like Wikipedia will not be accepted). This assignment must contain a minimum of 8 resources. When selecting credible sources to use in your research documentation, peer-reviewed journals, governmental publications, and newspapers/magazines tend to be the best places to begin. Submitted documents must be in MS Word format (.doc or .docx) and have the required filename convention from the assignment description.