Adebusola Adewole c00448223
Assignment Requirements
X Axis is a renowned private cancer hospital located in Las Vegas. The hospital
maintains a critical database in-house that includes patient data for all patients.
You are the IT security manager at X Axis. The power from the city to the company’s
data center has been unstable in recent months. The database was offline twice due to
power issues, once for 6 hours and once for 10 hours. You are evaluating the risk to the
organization of continued power issues and database availability.
Risk Handling
Strategy
Description
Avoidance
Sourcing for alternate power supply other than the one
provided by the city
Liaising with the city to make special accommodations
for them to always have power
Moving operations to another city that has stable power
supply
Transference
Outsourcing the data center to a third party
Purchasing an insurance policy
Shifting operations to cloud based system in another
city
Mitigation
Make accommodations for unforeseen circumstances
