...Introduction According to information reviewed as part of this project, Aircraft Solutions is a recognized leader and highly respected equipment and component fabrication company. Aircraft Solutions provides full spectrum design and implementation solutions to multiple industries including the electronics, aerospace, commercial, and defense industries. In addition to the background information presented in the course assignment, additional information on geographic layout, business process, and IT architecture were presented. With the information provided, and based on additional research, the primary objective in this assessment was to identify the possible presence of vulnerabilities within the overall framework of Aircraft Solutions operations. Based on the presence on weaknesses, an evaluation of the associated threats was conducted, followed by an analysis of any risks that may be present and potential outcomes. Overview Three areas of potential security weaknesses in Information Technology (IT) for Aircraft Solutions, or any company are hardware, software, and IT policy. In terms of hardware, the provided Network Architecture Map detailed that Aircraft Solutions lacks a firewall between the Commercial Division and the Internet, while all other branches of the company are protected through a firewall in one manner or another. This is a significant vulnerability to the entire system. For Software, Aircraft Solutions uses a Business Process Management System (BPM) that handles...
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...Aircraft Solutions Security Assessment Phase 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary ……………………………………………………………………..1 Company Overview ……………………………………………………………………..1 Assessment ……………………………………………………………………………….2 Security Vulnerabilities …………………………………………………………............2 A Hardware Firewall Vulnerability …………………………………………………....2 A Software Policy Vulnerability ………………………………………………………..3 Recommended Solutions ………………………………………………………………..5 A Hardware Firewall Solution …………………………………………………...........5 A Software Policy Solution …………………………………………………………….6 Impact on Business Processes …………………………………………………………6 Budget …………………………………………………………………………………....7 Summary ………………………………………………………………………………....9 References ………………………………………………………………………………10 Aircraft Solutions Executive Summary Aircraft Solutions (AS) desired a security assessment to highlight the company’s vulnerabilities. AS is a highly esteemed leader in the design and component manufacturing enterprise those solutions can be used within the business applicability of the electronics, commercial, defense and aerospace industries. There were discovered hardware and software vulnerability of non-firewall at the commercial division and software policy updates. The solutions that will be presented are to purchase a firewall system and update the policy update timeframe within the standards that will be introduced from...
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...Aircraft Solutions (AS) Security Overview Introduction Aircraft Solutions is a well respected equipment and component fabrication company who provides a full spectrum design and implementation solutions to several industries which includes; electronics, aerospace, commercial and the defense sectors. Aircraft Solutions employs a range of highly qualified professionals and houses an immense production plant, with an overall goal of providing high-quality solutions to accommodate specifications from a wide range of customer demands. The following report is a security assessment on Aircraft Solutions and the primary objective in this assessment is to identify the existence of vulnerabilities present within the global context of Aircraft Solutions’ operations. An evaluation of the associated threats will be deduced, accompanied by the exposed weaknesses. This will be followed by an analysis of the degree of risk present. Finally, there will be a focus on the consideration of the consequences resulting from revealing of potential threats. Assessment Hardware and policy will be the main focus of this investigation. It will be narrowed down more to hardware issues. It is very curious that there is no firewall implemented between the commercial division and the Internet. The Defense Department must be routed through Headquarters, but the Commercial department is connected straight to the Internet. This is a significant vulnerability. The second weakness that will be...
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...SECURITY MEASURES AND AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS Anita Crawford-Cowan Submitted To: Professor Kevin Reynolds SEC571 Principles of Information Security and Privacy Keller Graduate School of Management Submitted: September 21, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview Page 1 Security Vulnerabilities Page 2 Policy Vulnerabilities Page 2 Hardware Vulnerabilities Page 3 References Page 4 Company Overview Aircraft Solutions (AS) is worldwide provider in the design and fabrication of component parts and services to industries such as aerospace, defense, electronics and commercial. Its headquarters, located in San Diego, California, has easy accessibility to various modes of transportation. Its locality creates an advantage to transportation modes either by land, sea, air or rail to anyplace on the globe. It also is homed with two (2) divisions which service either the Commercial Sector, whose locality is in San Diego County and its Defense Sector located in Santa Ana. Aircraft Solutions has an organizational structure divided into various departments to adhere to the mission of the company, which is to provide excellent service to its customers. It is dedicated to providing timely delivery, high quality, and low-cost product solutions to its customers, so as to keep long term, satisfied customers. These departments include a set of well trained staff of machinists, assembly workers, design engineers...
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...Aircraft Solutions: Security Assessments And Recommendations Session: March 2012 Security in Computing Professor: Randy Strauber BACKGROUND Aircraft Solutions (AS) located in beautiful southern California has become a recognized leader in the electronics, commercial, defense and aerospace industries. This is due their design and fabrication of component products and services available to their customers in the various industries. What set Aircraft Solutions apart from other design and fabrication companies are their dedicated, trained workforce and the maintenance of a large capacity plant and extensive equipment that enables the company to meet customer requirements. The company is made up of a large highly skilled work force that works its highly automated production systems from design engineers, programmers, machinists and assembly personnel. Aircraft Solutions goals are to provide excellent customer service and success through its machined products and services. This is achieved while at the same time keeping their cost, quality and scheduled deliveries in check. The main headquarters for Aircraft Solutions is currently in San Diego, California, while their Commercial Division is located 40 miles east of headquarters and the Defense Division is located in Santa Ana, California. Security Weakness In reviewing the current business process, geographic layout, current IT architecture and network infrastructure there were some security...
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...Summary 2 Company Overview 2 Two Security Vulnerabilities 3 Recommended Solutions 3 Summary 4 Citation: 5 Executive Summary The purpose of the report is to assist Aircraft Solutions (AS) in identifying the most significant Information Technology (IT) security vulnerabilities. AS products and services are at the forefront of the industry and the protection of such is very important as they are an industry leader. The vulnerabilities that will be discussed are those of the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System and defining security policy regarding the timeliness of firewall configuration and updates. Company Overview Aircraft Solutions (AS) is a recognized leader in the design and fabrication of component products and services for companies in the electronics, commercial, defense, and aerospace industry. Located in Southern California, AS has a dedicated, trained workforce and maintains a large capacity plant and extensive equipment to meet customer requirements. Much of the equipment is automated to increase production while reducing costs. The company's workforce has a large skill base: design engineers, programmers, machinists, and assembly personnel to work its highly-automated production systems. The mission of AS is to provide customer success through machined products and related services, and to meet cost, quality, and schedule requirements. Aircraft Solution uses Business Process Management (BPM) to handle end to end processes that...
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...Aircraft Solutions, headquartered in San Diego, California, is a company specializing in business-to-business products and services. Their customers are primarily in the electronic, commercial, defense and aerospace industries. They specialize in offering low-cost design and computer-aided packages to help their customers lower their costs for development and involve their customers in every step of the fabrication process while utilizing the Business Process Management System (BPM). With this method they hope to keep repeat business and attain long-lasting customer relationships. They have two remote locations outside of San Diego: The commercial division is 40 miles east in Chula Vista, California and the defense division is 90 miles away in Santa Ana, California. Aircraft Solutions prides itself on being recognized as an industry leader. However, after assessing the company’s information security, they may not be a leader for much longer. Two major security weaknesses have been identified: a hardware configuration problem and an unsound security policy for the firewalls. The company has five servers, a database, one switch, two routers, and a firewall. All of the hardware is behind the firewall except the main router. This router connects directly to the Internet, which is also the connection the commercial division in Chula Vista uses to connect to the headquarters. This configuration is set up in such a way where all Internet traffic hits the main router first...
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...Principles of Information Security and Privacy Introduction and Overview Aircraft Solutions (AS) is a design and fabrication firm that serves different sectors of the industry by providing high quality products and services with a variety of applications in the defense, aerospace, or electronics industry. AS is known by its large capacity automated production facilities located in Southern California and its well-trained workforce of design engineers, programmers, machinists, and other specialized manpower in the production platforms. Automated procedures helps the company in increasing productivity and reducing costs, as well as keeping a high level of credibility in meeting obligations and contracts with its customers and users. It uses the Business Process Management (BPM) scheme to manage its processes. BPM is a universal management methodology based on aligning the organization functions with customers’ requirements to produce the best product that meets the client’s definition according to the company standards. Security Vulnerabilities From studying current company’s configuration, layout, networking facilities, and policies, it is obvious that vulnerabilities do exist in some areas which will be addressed and analyzed. Actions that must be taken to mitigate the risk of any threat are dependent on the area of the weakness or the vulnerability, and the possible attacks that may utilize these vulnerabilities. The AS’s network has many vulnerabilities that...
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...Running head: AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS Keller Graduate School of Management SEC 571 Principles of Information Security and Privacy Abstract An assessment of Aircraft Solutions (AS) as to what Security Vulnerabilities that might be found, two areas discussed are Hardware & Policy weakness and impact. Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Company Overview 1 Security Vulnerabilities 2 Hardware Vulnerability …………………………………………………..…….....2 Policy Vulnerability……………………………………………………………….3 Recommended Solutions 5 Hardware Vulnerability 5 Policy Vulnerability 8 Impact on Business Processes 9 Summary 11 References 12 Executive Summary The purpose of this paper is to explore and assess computer security as it relates to Aircraft Solutions. When we talk about computer security, we mean that we are addressing one or all of the three important aspects of any computer-related system: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. One of the challenges in building a secure system is finding the right balance among the goals, which often conflict. Aircraft Solutions provides full spectrum design and implementation solutions to multiple industries including the electronics, aerospace, commercial, and defense industries. In addition to the background information presented in the course assignment, additional information on geographic layout, business process, and IT architecture were presented. With the information provided, and based on...
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...Executive Summary Aircraft Solutions (AS) is a recognized leader in the design and fabrication of component products and services for companies in the electronics, commercial, defense, and aerospace industry. The mission of AS is to provide customer success through machined products and related services, and to meet cost, quality, and schedule requirements. Company Overview The main company strategy of Aircraft Solutions is to provide low cost design and computer-aided modeling packages to customers to reduce their development operating cost. One thing AS is especially proud of is that it will help the customer through all phases of new product deployment. It will help starting from the early prototypes through final large-volume production and assembly. Eventually the goal of Aircraft Solutions is to make long-term relationships with its customers and to keep on doing business with them in the long run. AS uses a few different business processes within the company. The first is Business Process Management (BPM). BPM is focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology (Chang, 2006). Then the Design Engineering department is responsible for reviewing the electronic models, interacting with the customer and making necessary modifications with customer approval, then placing them in an Engineering Release (ER) directory...
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...AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS SE571 Principles of Information Security and Privacy Phase II Course Project Company Overview Aircraft Solutions (AS) is a recognized leader in the design and fabrication of component products and services for companies in the electronics, commercial, defense, and aerospace industry. Located in Southern California, AS has a dedicated, trained workforce and maintains a large capacity plant and extensive equipment to meet customer requirements. Much of the equipment is automated to increase production while reducing costs. The company's workforce has a large skill base: design engineers, programmers, machinists, and assembly personnel to work its highly-automated production systems. The mission of AS is to provide customer success through machined products and related services, and to meet cost, quality, and schedule requirements. The company strategy is to offer low-cost design and computer-aided modeling packages to customers to reduce their development expenses. AS will help the customer through all phases of new product deployment, from initial prototypes through final large-volume production and assembly. By involving itself in all phases of customer product development, AS hopes to establish long-term relationships and secure repeated follow-on business with its customers. In addition, AS continues to invest heavily in workforce education and training, so as to improve capability to serve its customers. Security Vulnerabilities Overall...
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...Security weaknesses within an organizations system put the organizations assets at risk. After reading and viewing the infrastructure and architecture of AS, there are a few vulnerabilities that are very noticeable that would put their system at risk. The two evident areas are the vulnerabilities with the policy and the hardware. The first vulnerability apparent is the policy on updating the firewall and router rule sets. The security policy of AS, require that all firewalls and router rule sets are to be evaluated every two years. This is a lengthy amount of time to go without evaluating the rule sets. The intervals in the evaluation of the rule sets would put the organization at great risk for potential threats. The second vulnerability that is noticeable is that the backups are stored at the server location. This would put the company at great risk if there were ever some kind of disaster to occur. The security weaknesses mentioned above can be decreased with proper security controls. Vulnerabilities Hardware Vulnerabilities The hardware infrastructure of the AS Headquarters in San Diego, California had been identified during our recent security assessment as being a potential security weakness to the company's overall information systems security infrastructure. The system hardware infrastructure comprises of Five (5) Individual Servers One (1) Switch Two (2) Routers One (1) Firewall The hardware area of concern was the lack of Firewalls being used to protect...
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...Security Assessment for Aircraft Solutions Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Company Overview 3 Security Vulnerabilities 4 Hardware Vulnerability – Absence of a Firewall 4 Policy Vulnerability – Lack of Timely Updates 5 Recommended Solutions 6 A Hardware Solution 6 Impact on Business Processes 9 A Policy Solution 9 Impact on Business Processes 10 Summary 10 References 12 Executive Summary This report will seek to evaluate and address security weaknesses with the Aircraft Solutions company. As security weaknesses are pointed out relating to hardware and policy weaknesses, recommendations will be made to Aircraft Solutions to be examined and hopefully implemented to improve IT security operations. Aircraft Solutions, located in Southern California, recognized leader in the design and fabrication of component products and services for companies in the electronics, commercial, defense, and aerospace industry. In reviewing Aircraft Solutions and its operations, uncovered were security vulnerabilities. Two vulnerabilities that were evident were issues with a lack of firewalls and the current security policy in place that is reviewed only every two years. Recommendations have been made that made help to remedy these vulnerabilities through the use of virtualization and by changing the security policy to be evaluated semi-annually instead of every two...
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...Security Weakness for Aircraft Solutions Michelle Harris SE 571 Principles of Information Security and Privacy Keller School of Graduate Course Project – Phase 1 January 22, 2012 Introduction In this report I will provide a security assessment of Aircraft Solutions (AS), a well known and respected equipment and component fabrication company located in Southern California. In the assessment I will identify and evaluate potential weaknesses, possible threats, the likelihood of the threat occurring and the threat if exposed in three key potential areas. AS has a dedicated, trained workforce and maintains a large capacity plant and extensive equipment to meet customer requirements. AS provides full spectrum design and implementation solutions to multiple industries, including the electronics, aerospace, commercial, and defense sectors. Aircraft Solutions employs a range of highly qualified professionals and houses an immense production plant, with an overall goal of providing high-quality solutions to accommodate specifications from a wide range of customer demands. I will primarily focus on the assessment that will identify the existence of vulnerabilities present within the context of AS operations as it pertains to their hardware and software. Lastly, recognition of the consequences resulting from the unfolding of potential threats will be given due attention. Security Weakness In the three areas targeted for potential threats, hardware, software...
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...Aircraft Solutions (AS) Security Assessment Submitted to: Professor SEC-571 Principles of Information Security and Privacy Keller Graduate School of Management Submitted: Overview Aircraft Solutions (AS) is a southern California company specializing in cutting edge design and manufacturing. AS supplies products and solutions in the fields of electronics, commercial, defense, and aerospace to a wide variety of customers. AS not only has a highly skilled and trained workforce, but they also utilize state of the art equipment that provides efficiency and productivity rarely seen in this industry. AS’s headquarters is located in San Diego, California while their Commercial Division (CD) is located 40 miles east of San Diego in Chula Vista, California. The AS Defense Division (DD) is located between Los Angeles and San Diego in Orange County, California. AS uses Business Process Management (BPM) to integrate customers, vendors, and suppliers in order to create a successful product. The success of the BPM is closely dependent on the success and efficiency of the Information Technology (IT) process of AS. Customer data, design engineering, and Proof For Production (PFP) are all examples of how AS’s IT success directly impacts their BPM. Vulnerabilities Hardware vulnerability AS has an obvious hardware vulnerability that could potentially have a catastrophic effect on the Chula Vista CD and the rest of AS. AS has a current network architecture that...
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