midterm quiz

4. Your friend just told you that he is developing a worm to attack the administrative systems at your college. The worm is "harmless" and will simply cause a message - "Let's party!" - to be displayed on all workstations on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. By 4 p. m., the virus will erase itself and destroy all evidence of its presence. What would you say or do?

='As an IT student,the very first thing to do is to convince him to stop on what he's planning to do. Although its "HARMLESS" it may also cause problem to those who works at the institution.
As an IT student you already knew what would be the problems in the result of his plan. So before anything bad will happen I will strongly disagree with his plan. To prevent consequences, avoiding from doing unnecessary thing would be the best thing to do.

2. You have just been hired as an IT security consultant to "fix the security problem" at Acme United Global Manufacturing. The company has been hacked mercilessly over the last six months, with three of the attacks making headlines for the negative impact they have had on the firm and its customers. You have been given 90 days and budget of 1 million dollars. Where would you begin, and what steps would you take to fix the problem?

First and foremost I will identify its cause. Research and study the possible cure of the said problem then APPLY...