Title: Module 11 Discussion: Security
Course: CGS 1560 Microcomputer Operating Systems > Section: Module 11 - Workgroups and Workflow

The computer network’s goal of sharing resources brings with it the responsibility of sharing those resources with authorized individuals only. Windows 8 has added several new acronyms associated with security such as UEFI, ELAM, ASLR and DEP. Windows 8 made some headlines when it survived the 2012 Black Hat Technical Security Conference in Las Vegas. It was subjected to a variety of attacks during the convention. It endured those attacks making it very secure at the moment.

Your assignment is to read the following three articles:

- Windows 8 Security Garners Praise at Black Hat
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Windows-8-Security-Garners-Praise-at-Black-Hat-162001/

- Windows Server 2012: What's New in Security (Part 1) - DirectAccess Improvements
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Windows-Server-2012-Whats-New-Security-Part1.html

- Windows 8: Redmond’s Safest Operating System Ever?
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/technical papers/Sophos Windows 8.pdf

After reading the articles give your opinion of the role that the operating system must play in the security of the network. You will play the role of a InfoSec Security Specialist and your post must be a minimum of 100 words. Discuss the roles of the client and server in network security. Are the creators of new operating systems moving in the right direction? As we close up vulnerability points on current systems, hackers and cyber criminals will try to exploit other areas of the computer. Is direct access the way to go?

Once everyone has completed their discussion posts, go back and read your classmates' responses. Respond to two of them with at least one complete paragraph each. In the first response, evaluate the posting as if you were another Security Specialist. In the second response, evaluate the posting as if you were a hacker.

Use the information in the rubric as a guide toward successful completion of this module's discussion.