IS 340 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS CHAPTER 8 LAB
Lab 8-9: Management Decision Problem (40 Points) (Individual Assignment)
Resources needed:
1. A windows PC with Microsoft Access or Excel installed.
Scenario: A survey of your firm’s IT infrastructure has identified several security
vulnerabilities. Review the data about these vulnerabilities, which can be found in a
table below.
SECURITY VULNERABILITIES BY TYPE OF COMPUTING PLATFORM
Platform
Number of
computers
High
Risk
Medium
Risk
Low
Risk
Total
Vulnerabilities
Windows Server (corporate
applications)
1
11
37
19
67
Windows 10 Enterprise
(high-level administrators)
3
56
242
87
1155
Linux (e-mail and printing services)
1
3
154
98
255
Oracle Solaris (UNIX) (E-commerce
and Web servers)
2
12
78
778
247065
