Type of assignment: This assignment is individual.

Points: The maximum number of points for this assignment is 17, which will be prorated accordingly after all assignments are posted. Weight of each problem is in parenthesis.

Format: Assignment submissions are accepted in the following formats only: (plain) ASCII text (.txt), HTML (extension .html), PDF (.pdf). Assignments submitted in any other format will be discarded without marking and 0 points will be given. All text in the assignment submissions must be typed and figures (if any) plotted to be easy to read and understood. Spelling, grammar, and other language errors will result in fewer points credited to the corresponding problem solutions.

Problems

1. (6 points) Analyze 1) the value of the assets at risk, 2) threats to these assets, and 3) threat agents, for any two of the following systems used in the following scenarios:
   1. You are reviewing your accounts, paying your cell phone bill, and transferring money between your own accounts using online banking system from an Internet kiosk at Vancouver International Airport.
   2. You are using UBC campus wireless network at the SUB while having your lunch between classes.
   3. You are buying a new Toshiba laptop for $1,500 on an online auction system like eBay.com
   4. You are withdrawing $200 from your checking account at an unattended HSBC bank machine at 11:30 PM on East Hastings Street, Vancouver.

Classify threats according to the threat types

2. (5 points) For each threat in problem #1, classify which of the CIA policies would be violated by the threat if it were realized.
3. (6 points) Describe countermeasures, either existing or proposed by you, that would reduce the risks associated with the threats and assets from problem #1.