Business Messages Send To: Andrea, Tech. Rep., Term Paper

Business Messages

Send to:

Andrea, Tech. Rep., CIS

Copy To:

Janet, Supervisor,

Jack, Manager, CIS

Information Services

Potential Threat to Company IT Systems

Over the past few weeks, it has become increasingly evident to me that our company may be the target of a denial of service attack or other computer virus for which we may be ill-prepared today. In this regard, I have reviewed the company standing operating procedures concerning computer viruses in an attempt to determine what measures should be taken by hom and hen. Unfortunately, the company's SOP does not even address denial of service threats and only mentions computer viruses in a tangential ay.

To help address this apparent gap in the company's ability to respond to threats to the integrity of its IT systems, I believe e should form a task force immediately to develop appropriate responses in the event of a computer virus infection in general and a denial of service….....