IT risk analysis of The RedDog Company

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Tallinn Technical UniversityHomework project in Foundations and Management of Cyber Security ITX8043IT risk analysis of The RedDog CompanyTallinn 2009Security analysis 2009Tallinn University of Technology 2TABLE OF CONTENTSHomework project in Foundations and Management of Cyber Security ITX8043..........1Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................3The Reddog Company..................................................................................................................................3Background and development....................................................................................................................4Business purviews of The RedDog Company..............................................................................................5Infrastructure of TheRedDog Company......................................................................................................6Architecture of information security...........................................................................................................7Policies and procedures.............................................................................................................................7Physical protection................................................................................................................................7IT protection..........................................................................................................................................8Defence from malware...............................................................................................................................8Firewalls....................................................................................................................................................9Data qualification and protection.............................................................................................................10Data confidentiality, integrity and availability.....................................................................................11Incident management...............................................................................................................................11IT SWOT and risks...................................................................................................................................12Example risk analysis ...............................................................................................................................14Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................15References from internet..........................................................................................................................16Security analysis 2009Tallinn University of Technology 3IntroductionThe present analysis refers to the management of security in The RedDog Company and the measures taken to prevent "bad things" happen in their systems. There are many issues that have to be taken into account by the security department to secure the data of an organization and manage the security.

This analysis will bring light over certain problems that are necessary to take precautionary measures and management of security generally in The RedDog Company.

Following topics are covered:Architecture of information securitySecurity policies and proceduresDefense from malwareFirewallsData qualification and protectionData confidentiality integrity and availabilityIncident managementIT SWOT and risksExample risk analysisIn order to understand what protection in which enterprise is discussed, next few chapters are dedicated to give short overview of The Reddog Company.

The Reddog CompanyThe RedDog Company was established in 2005. Its main office is in Tallinn, Estonia and one branch office is located in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

This firm grew out from C-Connect which main fields of operations were low currency engineering and development and administration of IT systems. As well as C-Connect, The Reddog Company started with the same services but added one important field maritime electronics engineering.

The Reddog Company has many strategic partners all over the world Consililum Marine AB, Swedbank AB, Kelvin Hughes Ldt. Etc. Due to the maritime jobs, they are operating in most continents...