Question

Good morning can you please help me with this assignment?

Scenario 1 - You are not only the security administrator for your organization but also the IT trainer! Teach your users how to set passwords in Windows, Linux, and OS X. But more importantly, show them how to check whether their passwords are complex enough to meet today's standards. Finally, show the junior network admins how to enforce complex passwords. In the following table, describe the following:

• How you would set passwords in Windows, Linux, and macOS/OS X
• How to check the complexity of passwords online
• What method should be used to enforce complex passwords (2 pts each)

Task	Your Solution
Configure a Windows Password
Configure a Linux Password
Configure a MAC OS/OSx password
Identify where to check the complexity of passwords online
Choose a method to enforce complex passwords

Part 2 – Understanding Risk and Vulnerability

Risk is the possibility of an attack or threat compromising your IT infrastructure. It is normally accomplished by exploiting vulnerabilities in computers, networks, and even people.

Scenario:

You work for a medium-sized business with 200 computers and users. The company has experienced extremely fast growth, and until now has not been concerned with risk. Your task is to define risk to your company and develop plans to deal with it effectively. The board of directors is interested in finding out the annualized loss expectancy for the company's servers. The board also wishes to have some kind of management plan in place that includes analyzing network documentation and mitigating threats and potential compromise.

Answer each question below – each question worth 2.5 pts

1. What type of risk assessment should you recommend?

Because you don't know exactly what will happen to your company's servers in the future, it is impossible to predict exactly what will happen to them, and when, and how much it will cost.

2. What concept, in addition to your risk assessment method, can aid in this?

3. What kind of management plan should you implement? What basic steps does it entail?

Answer 1

CONFIGURE A WINDOWS PASSWORD

Select Start  > Settings  > Accounts  > Sign-in options . Under Password, select the Change button and follow the given steps:

After you've entered an incorrect password:

1. Select the Reset password link on the sign-in screen. If you use a PIN instead, see PIN sign-in issues. If you're using a work device that's on a network, you may not see an option to reset your password or PIN. In that case, contact your administrator.
2. Answer your security questions.
3. Enter a new password.
4. Sign in as usual with the new password.

CONFIGURE A LINUX PASSWORD

Type following passwd command to change your own password:
$ passwd

CONFIGURE A MAC OS/OX PASSWORD

1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.

2. Click Change Password.

3. Enter your current password in the Old Password field.

4. Enter your new password in the New Password field, then enter it again in the Verify field.

   For help choosing a secure password, click the Key button next to the New Password field.

5. Enter a hint to help you remember the password.

   The hint appears if you enter the wrong password three consecutive times, or if you click the question mark in the password field in the login window.

6. Click Change Password.

PASSWORD COMPLEXITY

Passwords must contain:

• a minimum of 1 lower case letter [a-z] and
• a minimum of 1 upper case letter [A-Z] and
• a minimum of 1 numeric character [0-9] and
• a minimum of 1 special character: ~`!@#$%^&*()-_+={}[]|\;:"<>,./?
• at least 1 upper case, numeric, and a special character must be EMBEDDED somewhere in the middle of the password, and not just be the first or the last character of the password string.