This document provides details for a security assessment report on operating systems and information systems. It outlines topics to cover such as defining the user's role in an OS, differences between kernel applications and user applications, embedded operating systems, and how OSs fit into overall information system architectures. It also lists topics about OS vulnerabilities to discuss, including vulnerabilities in Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and mobile devices. Intrusion motives and methods for MS and Linux systems should be explained along with security management technologies and why corporate and government systems are targets of intrusions using methods like SQL and XML injections.

1. Specific Details
1. Security Assessment Report
Defining the OS
Brief explanation of operating systems (OS) fundamentals and
information systems architectures.
1. Explain the user's role in an OS.
2. Explain the differences between kernel applications of the OS
and the applications installed by an organization or user.
3. Describe the embedded OS.
4. Describe how operating systems fit in the overall information
systems architecture, of which cloud computing is a emerging,
distributed computing network architecture.

2. Include a brief definition of operating systems and information
systems in your SAR.
Other outstanding information
OS Vulnerabilities
1. Explain Windows vulnerabilities and Linux vulnerabilities.
2. Explain the Mac OS vulnerabilities, and vulnerabilities of
mobile devices.
3. Explain the motives and methods for intrusion of MS and
Linux operating systems.
4. Explain the types of security management technologies such
as intrusion detection and intrusion prevention system
5. Describe how and why different corporate and government

3. systems are targets.
6. Describe different types of intrusions such as SQL PL/SQL,
XML, and other injections