For this lesson’s assignment, your task will be to compose a proposal that accounts for the strategic leadership challenges to protecting critical information resources from current and future losses. Your report will need to include a discussion on the cost to implement protection for these critical information resources, including quantum computing and compliance requirements such as GDPR and PCI-DSS. The following items must be included in your submission:
Discussion on new uses for cloud and remote computing vulnerabilities, threats, and compliance
Discussion on future compliance challenges
Discussion on what perspective changes there may be for cloud and remote computing vulnerabilities, threats, and compliance with quantum computing
A quantitative assessment of meeting compliance requirements (provide and estimated cost in tools, services, and employee hours)
Length: 9 -pages, not including title page and references
References: Include a minimum of ten scholarly resources presented in the course materials. Identify two additional quality scholarly resources that were not introduced in your required readings yet will enhance understanding when addressing organizational challenges. Your additional resources should be credible and relevant to addressing identified organizational challenges. Be sure to synthesize your resources and use APA standards.
This proposal asks you to address the strategic-leadership challenges of protecting critical information resources from current and future losses — covering cloud/remote vulnerabilities, compliance (GDPR, PCI-DSS), the impact of quantum computing, costs, and a quantitative compliance assessment. Tie technical risk to leadership and cost.
Key takeaways
- Address protecting critical information resources now and in the future.
- Cover cloud/remote vulnerabilities, threats, and compliance (GDPR, PCI-DSS).
- Analyze how quantum computing changes the threat and compliance picture.
- Include implementation costs and a quantitative compliance assessment.
- Frame it as strategic leadership, not just technical controls.
Current risks and compliance
Discuss new uses and vulnerabilities in cloud and remote computing — expanded attack surface, misconfiguration, identity threats — and the compliance requirements that apply (GDPR for personal data, PCI-DSS for payment data), including the leadership challenge of meeting them.
Future challenges and quantum computing
Analyze future compliance challenges and how quantum computing shifts the picture — notably the threat to current encryption (necessitating post-quantum cryptography) — and what perspective changes leaders must prepare for.
Cost and quantitative assessment
Discuss the cost to implement protection and provide a quantitative assessment of meeting compliance (e.g., estimated costs, risk-reduction metrics, or a cost-benefit/ROI calculation).
Strategic leadership framing
Tie it together: protecting information resources is a strategic leadership responsibility balancing risk, cost, and compliance over time.
Format
Follow the proposal structure, include the required items, and cite sources.