Assessment on Cybersecurity for BRUNEL TECH STARTUP

System Architecture

This assessment requires you to demonstrate your learning in two distinct ways: (1) Through your understanding of application, network and device architecture and (2) by identifying appropriate countermeasures and tools that reduce or mitigate risk of attack. Importantly, you will be using an office context – titled BRUNEL TECH STARTUP. This threshold coursework assesses all three of the module’s learning outcomes, as listed in the study guide:

LO1: Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental concepts and theories of Cybersecurity.
LO2: Demonstrate evidence of critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and evaluation in the design and formulation of Cybersecurity solutions.
LO3: Select relevant Cybersecurity tools and techniques, and show how they can be effectively applied to solve real-world problems in the Cyberspace.

This threshold assessment is a piece of coursework that addresses your adapted BRUNEL TECH STARTUP context. The submission will be in the form of a single report with the following sections:

a) System Architecture: A diagram depicting the environment (nodes, networks, applications), including the three additional IP connected devices that you have chosen to include. [LO1]
b) System Architecture Description: A narrative analysis of the environment that covers nodes, networks and applications. This must include articulation of all of the elements of the office network, identifying possible risks in the network, devices and applications (and any assumption made). [LO1-
c) Risks and Countermeasures: A risk model presenting identified risks (in a) using a recognised cyber security risk modelling technique. Clear links to at least three countermeasures should be highlighted. [L02, LO3]