Description
The audience for your security assessment report (SAR) is the leadership of your organization, which is made up of technical and nontechnical staff. Some of your audience will be unfamiliar with operating systems (OS). As such, you will begin your report with a brief explanation of operating systems fundamentals and the types of information systems.
Click on and read the following resources that provide essential information you need to know before creating a thorough and accurate OS explanation:
operating systems fundamentals
the applications of the OS
The Embedded OS
information system architecture
cloud computing
web architecture
After reviewing the resources, begin drafting the OS overview to incorporate the following:
Explain the user’s role in an OS.
Explain the differences between kernel applications of the OS and the applications installed by an organization or user.
Describe the embedded OS.
Describe how the systems fit in the overall information system architecture, of which cloud computing is an emerging, modern web architecture.
Include a brief definition of operating systems and information systems in your SAR.
