UT Dallas CS 3162 Homework #2 Page 1 of 1Homework #2 CS 3162 F22 Due: Thursday, December 15th, 2022 at 11:59PM Purpose To analyze a recent real-life security breach – overview an...

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UT Dallas CS 3162 Homework #2 Page 1 of 1 Homework #2 CS 3162 F22 Due: Thursday, December 15th, 2022 at 11:59PM Purpose To analyze a recent real-life security breach – overview an account by the discoverer of the breach, read the official response, and provide your opinion on the incident and how it was handled. Assignment There have been a lot of security breach-related incidents in the recent past. One of them involved Verizon, and one of its vendors, which resulted in an estimated 6 million records being exposed. The data breach was discovered by Chris Vickery, from the security firm, UpGuard, who informed Verizon of the data exposure, but it took more than a week to secure the breached data. • The account of the discovery, and further details are available here: https://www.upguard.com/breaches/verizon-cloud-leak • An official response issued by Verizon is available here: http://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-responds-report-confirms-no-loss-or-theft-customer-information You are to write a paper expressing your analysis and opinion of the situation. You may focus on any aspect(s) of the security breach as you feel appropriate, but some topics that you must touch upon are: 1. The official response by Verizon states – “…this was NOT a breach or a hack.”…do you agree that it was neither? 2. UpGuard opines that “The long duration of time between the initial June 13th notification to Verizon by UpGuard of this data exposure, and the ultimate closure of the breach on June 22nd, is troubling.” Do you agree (that the duration is troubling)? Why/why not? 3. An account of why it might have taken long to address is discussed in an online article on the Washington Post at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/07/17/why-it-took-more-than-a- week-to-resolve-the-verizon-data-leak. Assuming the explanation is correct, what would you (as a representative of Verizon) have done differently to help resolve the problem more urgently/speedily? Deliverables You must submit your homework through eLearning in a free-format document (a text-based document which you can format/style as you see fit). The document must be at least 2 pages long, double-spaced, with no larger than a 12-point font. Don’t just answer “I agree/I disagree” – the focus is on your opinion (reasoning) and that is the main grading criteria. Notes Plagiarism is not acceptable and will result in score of 0. https://www.upguard.com/breaches/verizon-cloud-leak http://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-responds-report-confirms-no-loss-or-theft-customer-information https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/07/17/why-it-took-more-than-a-week-to-resolve-the-verizon-data-leak https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/07/17/why-it-took-more-than-a-week-to-resolve-the-verizon-data-leak