Se571 Aircraft Solutions
AIRCRAFT SOLUTIONS
Professor
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 the network has solid hardware firewall protection at every public network connection but one. The Commercial Division(CD) in Chula Vista, CA does not have a hardware firewall protection, it is connected directly to the public internet. The CD is directly connected to the headquarters in San Diego which contains the IT, Finance and S&M servers. These servers are vulnerable to attack since there is not a firewall in place to prevent an intrusion. A perpetrator could
Professor
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 the network has solid hardware firewall protection at every public network connection but one. The Commercial Division(CD) in Chula Vista, CA does not have a hardware firewall protection, it is connected directly to the public internet. The CD is directly connected to the headquarters in San Diego which contains the IT, Finance and S&M servers. These servers are vulnerable to attack since there is not a firewall in place to prevent an intrusion. A perpetrator could
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