4-2 Final Project Milestone Two: Case Analysis and Incident Impacts

IT 659 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric In Milestone Two, you will submit the Case Analysis and Incident Impacts portion of the final project. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the case and determine the impact of the incident. Prompt: Analyze the ethical issues and determine the legal compliance issues within the organization , as well as the social and cultural impacts of these compliance issues. You will be expected to address the impact the incident may have had on the ethical and leg al IT regulations at the time. The connection between the industry standards and the standards for informational technology should be determined, as well as the influence of the cultural impact on IT and cyber communication or commerce. Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

II. Case Analysis a) Analyze the case to determine the ethical issues within the organization that may have led to the incident. What are these is sues and why do

you credit them for the incident? b) Determine legal compliance issues within the organization that may have led to the incident or could lead to future incidents. Were there any

legal and ethical standards in existence at the time that were not followed by the organization? What were these issues and h ow did they impact the organization?

c) Determine the societal and cultural impact of these compliance issues. Some things to consider in your assessment include spe cific targeting of demographic groups, victimization of certain customers, and so on.

III. Incident Impact

a) Determine the impact this incident may have had on the ethical and legal IT regulatio ns of the time. If there were no direct results of this case, what may have been the indirect impact and/or what was the impact of similar cases? For example, what reg ulatory changes resulted from this or similar cases? What is your reasoning?

b) Determine the connection between the industry standards and the standards in existence for information technology. Specifical ly, determine if the organization was lacking in either industry-specific or IT-specific alignment with regulations that may have contributed to the incident, and provide support for your conclusions. For example, misalignment with HIPAA laws in healthcare is an industry-specific deviation from standards.

c) Cultural Impact: Analyze the influence this incident may have had on various cultural attitudes toward IT and cyber communicat ion or commerce. In other words, how could this incident impact views of information technology use ?

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: The format of this assignment will be a three- to five-page 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 (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Case Analysis: Ethical Issues

Meets “Profi ci ent” cri teri a , and reas oni ng evi dences s trong

ethi cal cri teri a or keen anal yti c s ki l ls regarding organizati onal ethi cs

Accuratel y anal yzes the cas e to determi ne whi ch ethi cal i s sues

wi thi n the organi zati on l ed to the i nci dent and why

Anal yzes the cas e to determi ne whi ch ethi cal i s s ues wi thi n the

organi zati on l ed to the i nci dent, and why, but wi th gaps i n accuracy or detai l

Does not anal yze the cas e to determi ne whi ch ethi cal i s sues

wi thi n the organi zati on l ed to the i nci dent and why

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Case Analysis: Legal

Compliance

Meets “Profi ci ent” cri teri a and

evi dences keen unders tandi ng of l egal cri teri a of the ti me

Accuratel y determi nes the l egal

compl i ance i s s ues wi thi n the organi zati on that l ed to thi s i nci dent and coul d have res ul ted i n other i s s ues

Determi nes the l egal

compl i ance i s s ues wi thi n the organi zati on that l ed to thi s i nci dent and coul d have res ul ted i n other i s s ues , but

wi th gaps i n accuracy or detai l

Does not determi ne the l egal

compl i ance i s s ues wi thi n the organi zati on that l ed to thi s i nci dent and coul d have res ul ted i n other i s s ues

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Case Analysis: Societal and Cultural

Impact

Meets “Profi ci ent” cri teri a and evi dences deep i ns i ght i nto unexpected, hi dden, or compl ex i mpacts on cul ture and

s oci ety

Comprehens i vel y and accuratel y determi nes the s oci etal and cul tural i mpacts of the l egal and ethi cal

compl i ance i s s ues

Determi nes the s oci etal and cul tural i mpacts of the l egal and ethi cal compl i ance i s sues , but wi th gaps i n accuracy or detai l

Does not determi ne the s oci etal and cul tural i mpacts of the l egal and ethi cal compl i ance i s sues

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Incident Impact: Regulations

Meets “Profi ci ent” cri teri a and evi dences keen unders tandi ng of ethi cal and l egal regul ati ons fol l owi ng the i nci dent

Accuratel y determi nes the di rect or i ndi rect i mpact of thi s or s i mi l ar case on ethi cal and l egal IT regul ati ons at the ti me

Determi nes the di rect or i ndi rect i mpact of thi s or s i mi l ar cas e on ethi cal and l egal IT regul ati ons at the ti me, but

wi th gaps i n accuracy or l ogi cal reas oni ng

Does not determi ne the di rect or i ndi rect i mpact of thi s or s i mi l ar case on ethi cal and l egal IT regul ati ons at the ti me

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Incident Impact: Standards

Meets “Profi ci ent” cri teri a and evi dences keen i ns i ght i nto unders tandi ng and appl yi ng IT

and i ndus try-s peci fi c s tandards for i nformati on s ecuri ty

Accuratel y determi nes the connecti on between the i ndus try s tandards and the

s tandards i n exi s tence for i nformati on technol ogy wi th l ogi cal reasoni ng and s upport

Determi nes the connecti on between the i ndus try s tandards and the s tandards i n exi s tence

for i nformati on technol ogy, but wi th gaps i n accuracy or gaps i n reas oni ng and s upport

Does not determi ne the connecti on between the i ndus try s tandards and the

s tandards i n exi s tence for i nforma ti on technol ogy

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Incident Impact:

Cultural Impact

Meets “Profi ci ent” cri teri a and

evi dences keen i ns i ght i nto nuances of vari ous cul tural i nterpretati ons and vi ews toward technol ogy and cyber

s ecuri ty

Accuratel y anal yzes the

i nfl uence thi s i nci dent may have had on vari ous cul tural atti tudes toward IT and cyber communi cati on or commerce

Anal yzes the i nfl uence thi s

i nci dent may have had on vari ous cul tural atti tudes toward IT and cyber communi cati on or commerce,

Does not anal yze the i nfl uence

thi s i nci dent may have had on vari ous cul tural atti tudes toward IT and cyber communi cati on or commerce

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but wi th gaps i n accuracy or detai l

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 i n 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 culation 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%