Project

Practicum Project

Late submissions will not be graded.

Total Points: 100

You can work in groups of maximum 5 students. All group members must submit both the word document Project and PP slides. OR you can do your project individually. If you work in groups, please make sure: Name of all group members is written on the first page and ALL group members must submit the project.

Project Description

Information is often considered the most important asset of a corporation. Security of data and systems provides a critical foundation for the successful operation of an enterprise.

Your project for this course is to investigate potential security technologies, policies and practices which can play an important role in addressing security issues experienced by organizations or a software application. For example, security issues related to Database OR Cyber security issues. The topic of your paper must be related to security…….

How to Compose your Paper/Project

You will first identify an organization for example a university computing system, or a banking system or any business that you are familiar with, OR you can choose an IT system or application used within the organization for example database system, cloud system…..

At a minimum, your project report shall include the following elements:

Part I:

1. Description of the Organization or the IT system

2. Business and Systems Overview of Selected IT System (purpose and benefits of system)

3. Detailed System /Organization Description

4. Summary of Potential Threats and Security threats/risks to the System or the organization

5. Implications for the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system or application.

Building upon the above description, you or your team will now investigate technologies, policies or practices that will help mitigate the security threats and risks that were identified

At a minimum, your project report shall include the following elements:

Part II

1. Summary of available technologies that address the potential security threats and risks identified in part I

2. Summary of suggested policies or practices that can be implemented to mitigate the security threats or risks identified

3. Implications for the reliability, accuracy and integrity of information processed within the system

4. Recommendations on an approach to security that the organization should adopt using some or all of the technologies, policies or practices discussed.

Please submit the following by the due date

A) Word document of your project. Submit only ONE FILE for part 1 and 2.

(10-12 pages). Please use APA style. This part worth %80 of project grade.

B) PowerPoint presentation of your project (5-7 pages). This part worth %20 of project grade.

In Simple words you do not need to divide your paper/project into 2 parts. All you need to do is to choose an organization OR an IT system. Then describe the system or the organization and discuss the potential security threats to the system or the organization and finally provide recommendation/technology or policy to mitigate /minimize the security threats. That is all

Any questions please send me an email OR post your question under Open Forum this week. Thank you.