IGNOU OSEI 41 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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OSEI 41 2025 - English

Course Code : OSEI-041

Course Title : Information Security

Maximum Marks : 20

Last Date of Submission : 31st March, 2025

(For latest updates, refer SED Notification On IGNOU's website)

There are two questions in this Assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance explanation.

Question 1: It is very common in a networked environment for the user to share information and resources with his working partners and other people outside his/her working organization. As network connection of the computer that deals with confidential data is unavoidable, please suggest and advise as an internet security adviser for the measures and guidelines that help in protecting confidential data in the networked computers.

(10 Marks)

Question 2: Do you think that the implementation of security policies in the corporate culture hampers the working style of the employees? Please provide your viewpoint with explanation.

(10 Marks)

OSEI 041 (July 2025) - ENGLISH

Course Code : OSEI-041

Course Title : Information Security

Maximum Marks : 20

Last Date of Submission : 31st October, 2025 (For latest updates, refer SED Notification On IGNOU's website)

There are two questions in this Assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance explanation.

Question 1: Vulnerabilities are the flaws in computer software that create weaknesses in the overall security of the computer or network and allow an attacker to reduce a system's information assurance. Could you identify these vulnerabilities.

Question 2: What is a firewall and explain its functions in detail.

 

OSEI 041 (January 2026) - ENGLISH

Course Code : OSEI-041

Course Title

: Information Security

Maximum Marks

:20

Last Date of Submission

: 31 March, 2026 (For latest updates, refer SED Notification On IGNOU's website)

There are two questions in this Assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations and diagrams to enhance explanation.

Question 1: In today's business context, the employees of an organisation discharge their daily duties by using the tools and services provided by the organisation on its Enterprise Network. There is a need for employees on travel or out of their work place to access the Enterprise Network to look at or modify/add information on the network. What are the elements that help us secure the network connectivity?

Question 2: What is Application Layer? Explain the protocols included in the Application Layer.

 

OSEI 041 (July 2026) - ENGLISH

Course Code : OSEI-041
Course Title : Information Security
Maximum Marks : 20
Last Date of Submission : 31st October, 2026
 (For latest updates, refer SED Notification
 On IGNOU’s website)
There are two questions in this Assignment. Answer all the questions. You may use
illustrations and diagrams to enhance explanation.
Question 1: We use various advance functionality of computer to make things easier
e.g. online shopping, but same functionality and advancement are used by
virus writers and other malicious program writers to steal or corrupt your
confidential information. Do you agree? Suggest some countermeasures.

Question 2: Protocols are the special sets of rules that two computers "agree" to use for
communication. Explain the purpose and types of these protocols. 

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