Information Assurance

Research topic:

Information assurance and security in software development.

Research paper should be 12 pages, exclusive of cover, title page, table of contents, appendices and bibliography. Research paper must use APA formatting with the exception that tables and figures can be inserted at the appropriate location rather than added at the end. An adequate literature search will include at least five 10 reputable scholarly sources. This Research Paper assignment will be reviewed using Turnitin.

ENSURE YOU ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING:

· What will be the next standard for software development and Why?

· Think about how fast security assurance standards need to change to keep up with threats. 

· What is lacking in the current standards that leave software vulnerable?

· You should also be stating a question or describing a problem to be analyzed in the Information Assurance domain. It should state the solution that will be used to perform the analysis to answer this question or solve the stated problem identify above.

· You are required to research a specific issue in your chosen topic area concentrating on analyzing the issue and evaluating the available solutions to the issue. The paper needs to discuss the corresponding benefits and limitations of these solutions and then provide recommendations.

Research Paper must demonstrate graduate-level writing ability and comply with the format requirements of the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association. Careful attention should be given to source citations, proper listing of references, and the presentation of tables and graphs. Be sure to carefully cite (using correct APA-Style in-line citations) all sources of information in your paper.

A final note on source citations and the use of reference material in your research paper: It is expected that much of the information you put in your paper will relate to topics which are new to you. For this reason, it is also expected that you will rely heavily at times on material found through references discovered in your research. It is essential that you give proper attribution to these sources of information. You should not quote extensively from your sources, but instead should express the ideas found in your own words, applying them to the specific points you are making in your paper. Short word-for-word excerpts are acceptable but should always be placed in quotation marks to clearly indicate a verbatim use of source material.