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Submit a Topic and Outline
Submit a topic and outline for the assignment.
Option #1: Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan
Create a hypothetical risk assessment and mitigation plan.
Assume the role of risk manager/security professional and include the following information in your plan:
1. Choose a hazard or threat. (It cannot be one that you have already analyzed in class in a previous assignment. This includes both the Critical Thinking assignments and the discussion forums).
2. Assess the criticalities and consequences of your chosen hazard or threat.
3. Choose a facility (business, school, government, etc.).
Your plan should answer the following questions:
1. What countermeasures are in place?
2. Are the countermeasures in place designed to deal with your threat or hazard?
3. How will you assess the probability of the threat or hazard occurring?
4. Considering your answers to the above questions, what mitigation strategies would you recommend to handle your hazard or threat? Why?
Your paper must meet the following requirements:
· Your written paper should be 7-9 pages in length not counting the title and reference pages, which you must include.
· Use terms, evidence, and concepts from class readings.
· Cite at least seven scholarly sources for this assignment. Scholarly resources include: peer-reviewed journal articles, books, the class textbook, or reports/documents from the government (.gov sites). A scholarly source does not include general sources from the internet (.com, .org, .edu, and .net sites are not scholarly). Scholarly resources should be current (no older than five years). If the class textbook is used as a source, then two other scholarly sources must be used.
Option #2: Electromagnetic Pulse Attack (EMP) Scenario Briefing
Write a 7-page analytical briefing on the topic of EMP attack.
Address the following questions in your briefing:
1. What is an EMP attack?
2. What are the sources of EMP attacks (natural and man-made)?
3. How serious is the EMP threat to the United States?
4. What federal legislative action has taken place to address the EMP threat in terms of risk recognition and both structural and non-structural mitigation?
5. What individual state action has taken place to address the EMP threat in terms of risk recognition and both structural and non-structural mitigation?
6. What should be done to address this issue of Public Policy on the horizon, if anything and when?
7. How should the federal and state governments work together to harden the nation’s electrical grid to prevent possible catastrophic issues that would result from an EMP attack?
Your paper must meet the following requirements:
· Your written paper should be 7-9 pages in length not counting the title and reference pages, which you must include.
· Use terms, evidence, and concepts from class readings.
· Cite at least seven scholarly sources for this assignment. Scholarly resources include: peer-reviewed journal articles, books, the class textbook, or reports/documents from the government (.gov sites). A scholarly source does not include general sources from the internet (.com, .org, .edu, and .net sites are not scholarly). Scholarly resources should be current (no older than five years). If the class textbook is used as a source, then two other scholarly sources must be used.