Case Study Why should businesses participate in Public Private Partnerships computer science homework help

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Case Scenario:

A large regional utility company has been approached by a federally funded research and development organization (FFRDC) which is recruiting companies for participation in a government initiated public-private partnership designed to improve cybersecurity for the energy sector. The utility distributes both natural gas and electricity across a three state area that includes both urban and rural households and businesses. The utility company’s board of directors is not familiar with the concept of public-private partnerships. They have hired your small consulting firm to help them make an informed decision. Their biggest question is “What’s in this for us?” The second looming question is what types of resources would they be expected to contribute to the effort (e.g. money, personnel, facilities)?

Your immediate (quick response) task is to research and write a three page issues brief which addresses public-private partnerships, the types of cybersecurity improvements which could be addressed by such a partnership, the potential benefits to industry partners, and the potential risks and/or costs in resources.

Write:

Write a two to three page summary of your research. At a minimum, your summary must include the following:

  1. An introduction or overview for public-private partnerships which provides definitions and addresses the laws, regulations, and policies which permit this type of cooperation between federal, state, and local governments and private companies such as your customer (the utility company). This introduction should be suitable for an executive audience.

  2. A separate section which provides an overview of public-private partnerships for cybersecurity which addresses the types of activities which the utility company could reasonably be expected to contribute to (cybersecurity activities for energy sector critical infrastructures). You should provide 3 or more specific examples.

  3. An analysis of whether or not participation in a public-private partnership is likely to have benefits for the utility company (with specific examples of those benefits). After you address the benefits, address the problem of costs and/or risks which the company could expect to face (with specific examples). (One risk to consider is how much information about company operations could be exposed to the federal government.) 

  4. A recommendation with justification or rationale for which, if any, existing or proposed public-private partnerships the utility company should consider participating in.

Your white paper should use standard terms and definitions for cybersecurity and privacy. The following sources are recommended:

 
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