UBER DATA BREACH

CSC/EE 565:Information Systems Individual Project 2 Case Study: 20 points Due Date: November 14, 2018

Directions

Your annotated bibliography provided you with an opportunity to see what threats related to information security are current and relevant to your own special interests. Your next step is to identify a security breach and research how it happened, what happened, what the response was, and what you would recommend to protect the victim from future threats.

• November 14, 2018: Individual project 2 due o Topic: Choose a major security and privacy breach within the last two years.

§ Introduce the players within the breach, describe the general scenario and provide a brief summary.

§ Research the breach. § Discuss how the breach happened (consider the technical aspects and why

the breach occurred) § Talk about what happened (consider privacy aspects involved) § Reveal what the response was. § Provide a critique or suggestions for a better response. § You may NOT pick the DNC breach which is the subject of the sample

paper. o Information for your case study might utilize the Internet/Web, magazines and

journals, books, reports, audiovisual sources, etc. o It should be 5-7 pages in length, double spaced, using an appropriate style

manual, and submitted in PDF format. o Please choose a style manual (MLA guidelines, APA Guidelines or Chicago) and

maintain consistency throughout your paper. Grading Rubric: Your paper will be evaluated as follows:

• Overview of breach (Introduction) (2 pts.) • Discussion of research (8 pts) • Discussion of technical aspects (2 pts.) • Discussion of privacy aspects (2 pts.) • Discussion of how the breach was handled (Response)(2 pts.) • Suggestions for a better response or a Critique of the response (2 pts) • Appropriate use of style manual (2 pts.)