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9.3: Hands-on Activity

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    handsonactivity.pngOverview

    Students review one NIST case study, either the Olympic Pipeline Explosion or the Maroochy Water Services Incident. They indicate the response steps and describe what went wrong.

     

    Hands-on Activity Objectives

    • Identify the 14 response core capabilities covered in the National Response Framework.
    • List some of common types of incidents that may occur in SCADA/ICS systems.
    • Identify the phases of an Incident Response, as described in NIST SP 800-61.
    • Explain the components of an Incident Response Plan.

     

    Assignment

    Download one of the two NIST case studies below.

    [embeddoc url=”http://textbooks.whatcom.edu/phil101...-Explosion.pdf” download=”all” text=”Download Olympic Pipeline Explosion”]

    Pipeline Rupture and Subsequent Fire in Bellingham, Washington June 10 1999.”  NTSB/PAR-02/02. PB2002-916502. National Transportation Safety Board.

     

    [embeddoc url=”http://textbooks.whatcom.edu/phil101...udy_report.pdf” download=”all” text=”Download Maroochy Water Services”]

    This document can also be downloaded from the Internet: https://www.mitre.org/publications/technical-papers/malicious-control-system-cyber-security-attack-case-study-maroochy-water-services-australia.

     

    Review and assess the case you selected.

    Write a short paper describing the response steps and what went wrong in the case study you read.

     

    Grading Criteria Rubric

    • Content
    • References
    • Use of American Psychological Association (APA) style in writing the assignment

    Grade Points: 100

     


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