IT 549

IT 549 Scenario Assignment Module Six Guidelines and Rubric For the Module Six assignment, students will be placed into the role of an IT consultant whose task is to evaluate an existin g organization’s security protocols. Once the protocols have been anal yzed, students will synthesize this knowledge to provide insight into the likelihood of certain threats occurring. The skills acquired from this exercise will prove to be beneficial during the final stages of designing the information assurance plan. Prompt: In your role as a highly paid consultant, you are given a list of potential threats to and vulnerabilities of the current communication security protocols of an organization. You are asked to provide quantitative data to measure the likelihood that any of these threats will actually occur for the information assets of the client. Conduct research and describe resources you found that might provide insight into measuring the likelihood that some of the threats would actually occur. In the explanation, include whether you see a trend in resources that might indicate a specific industry is particularly involved in gathering this kind of data. Additionally, evaluate which communication security protocols are more effective and provide an explanation. Guidelines for Submission: Your responses for the prompt must be submitted as two to three paragraphs and as a Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one -inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Quantitative Data Meets “Profi ci ent” cri teri a and the quanti tati ve data i s

s ubs tanti ated wi th res earch bas ed evi dence

Res pons e provi des quanti tati ve data to meas ure the l i kel i hood

that any of thes e threats wi l l actual l y occur

Res pons e attempts to provi de quanti tati ve data ; however, the

data requi res more s ubs tanti al evi dence to prove the l i kel i ness of the threats occurri ng or not

Res pons e does not provi de any quanti tati ve data

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Insight Meets “Profi ci ent” cri teri a and expl anati on us es content bas ed

vocabul ary and res earch based evi dence to s upport the ans wer

Res pons e expl ai ns and provi des i ns i ght i nto meas uri ng the

l i kel i hood that s ome of the threats woul d actual l y occur

Res pons e provi des i ns ight i nto meas uri ng the l i kel i hood that

s ome of the threats woul d actual l y occur but does not expl ai n the l i kel i hood of the

threats

Res pons e does not provi de i ns i ght i nto meas uri ng the

l i kel i hood that s ome of the threats woul d actual l y occur

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Trend in Resources Meets “Profi ci ent” cri teri a and

the trend that i s i denti fi ed i s s ubs tanti ated wi th res earch bas ed evi dence

Res pons e s peci fi es a trend i n

res ources that mi ght i ndi cate a s peci fi c i ndus try i s parti cularly i nvol ved i n gatheri ng thi s ki nd

of data

Res pons e s peci fi es a trend i n

res ources that mi ght i ndi cate a s peci fi c i ndus try i s parti cularly i nvol ved i n gatheri ng the data

but does not us e content bas ed vocabul ary to s upport the concl us i on

Res pons e does not s peci fy a

trend i n res ources

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Evaluation Meets “Profi ci ent” cri teri a and the eval uati on us es content

bas ed vocabul ary and res earch bas ed evi dence to s upport the ans wer

Res pons e eval uates whi ch communi cati on s ecuri ty

protocol s are more effecti ve and provi des an expl anati on

Res pons e eval uates whi ch communi cati on s ecuri ty

protocol s are more effecti ve but does not expl ai n the eval uati on

Res pons e does not eval uate the mos t effecti ve communi cati on

s ecuri ty protocol s

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Articulation of

Response

Submi s s i on i s free of errors

rel ated to ci tati ons , grammar, s pel l i ng, s yntax, and organi zati on and i s pres ented in a profes s i onal and eas y-to-read

format

Submi s s i on has no major errors

rel ated to ci tati ons , grammar, s pel l i ng, s yntax, or organi zati on

Submi s s i on has major errors

rel ated to ci tati ons , grammar, s pel l i ng, s yntax, or organi zati on that negati vel y i mpact readabi l ity and arti culati on of

mai n i deas

Submi s s i on has criti cal errors

rel ated to ci tati ons , grammar, s pel l i ng, s yntax, or organi zati on that prevent unders tandi ng of i deas

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Earned Total 100%