Security Architecture And Design

In this case study, assume that you work for an Information Technology Security firm in Atlanta

and your company has been hired to provide a threat model of Equifax consumer and business

data and provide remediation to address the security issue.

Create 20 pages written paper and 25 pages PowerPoint presentation document to address the

following area.

Key Deliverables

Your Company Information

▪ Company profile

▪ Leadership profile and expertise

Equifax

▪ Equifax company background and history

▪ Discuss Equifax 2017 data breach

o Discuss the impact of the security incident

1 https://www.equifax.com/about-equifax/

2 https://www.ftc.gov/equifax-data-breach

3 http://fortune.com/2018/09/07/equifax-data-breach-one-year-anniversary/

Discuss the scope of consumers and businesses affected?

o Discuss how Equifax handled the security incident.

o Discuss how the government handled the security incident

Threat Model Proposal

▪ Propose strategies and discuss a threat model for managing Equifax consumer and

business data.

Identify Threats

▪ Find and discuss at least three threats to Equifax information systems using one of the

threat model strategies.

*NOT threat types!

One for data flow, one for data store, one for a process.

Manage and Address Threats

▪ Discuss and recommend at least two remediations per threat identified in the earlier

section.

Closing Section

▪ Discuss the likelihood of another data breach and recommend what Equifax needs to do

to be prepared and possibly avoid it.

**The Written paper must comply to APA guidelines. Provide references and citations for source