Assignment 1: Privacy, Laws, and Security Measures

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You are an information security manager for a large retail sporting goods store. The sporting goods store is involved in the following in which they:

Maintain an internal network and an intranet protected by a firewall
Maintain a Web server in the DMZ that is protected by another firewall
Accept credit card sales in the store and over the Web via e-Commerce transactions
Maintain an email server for employee email communication and communication with other business partners and customers
Maintain a wireless network within the store
Use RFID for inventory and theft prevention
Maintain a Facebook presence
Provide health screening for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other potential health risks

The CEO is concerned about the amount of information that is being collected and maintained within the organization.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

Describe the major privacy issues facing organizations today.
Analyze the major privacy issues described above and compare that to the potential privacy risks facing the sporting goods store.
Explain the security risks and applicable laws that govern the privacy risk.
Describe the security measures that the organization needs to implement to mitigate the risks.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

Points: 70	Assignment 1: Privacy, Laws, and Security Measures
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 60% F	Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Describe the major privacy issues facing organizations today. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely described the major privacy issues facing organizations today.	Insufficiently described the major privacy issues facing organizations today.	Partially described the major privacy issues facing organizations today.	Satisfactorily described the major privacy issues facing organizations today.	Thoroughly described the major privacy issues facing organizations today.
2. Analyze the major privacy issues described above and compare that to the potential privacy risks facing the sporting goods store. Weight: 25%	Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the major privacy issues described above and did not submit or incompletely compared that to the potential privacy risks facing the sporting goods store.	Insufficiently analyzed the major privacy issues described above and insufficiently compared that to the potential privacy risks facing the sporting goods store.	Partially analyzed the major privacy issues described above and partially compared that to the potential privacy risks facing the sporting goods store.	Satisfactorily analyzed the major privacy issues described above and satisfactorily compared that to the potential privacy risks facing the sporting goods store.	Thoroughly analyzed the major privacy issues described above and thoroughly compared that to the potential privacy risks facing the sporting goods store.
3. Explain the security risks and applicable laws that govern the privacy risk. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely explained the security risks and applicable laws that govern the privacy risk.	Insufficiently explained the security risks and applicable laws that govern the privacy risk.	Partially explained the security risks and applicable laws that govern the privacy risk.	Satisfactorily explained the security risks and applicable laws that govern the privacy risk.	Thoroughly explained the security risks and applicable laws that govern the privacy risk.
4. Describe the security measures that the organization needs to implement to mitigate the risks. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely described the security measures that the organization needs to implement to mitigate the risks.	Insufficiently described the security measures that the organization needs to implement to mitigate the risks.	Partially described the security measures that the organization needs to implement to mitigate the risks.	Satisfactorily described the security measures that the organization needs to implement to mitigate the risks.	Thoroughly described the security measures that the organization needs to implement to mitigate the risks.
6. 3 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.	Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 8 errors present	7-8 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present