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Criteria

Excellent

Outstanding

Acceptable

Needs Improvement

Needs Significant Improvement

Missing or Unacceptable

Provided an introduction or overview for the case study

20 points

Provided an excellent introduction / overview of the scenario and associated security and privacy issues. The overview was clear, concise, and accurate. Appropriately used information from 3 or more authoritative sources.

18 points

Provided an outstanding introduction / overview of the scenario and associated security and privacy issues. The overview was clear and accurate. Appropriately used information from 2 or more authoritative sources.

16 points

Provided an acceptable introduction / overview of the scenario and associated security and privacy issues. Appropriately used information from authoritative sources.

14 points

Provided an overview or introduction that was lacking in detail. Information from authoritative sources was cited and used in the overview.

9 points

Attempted to provide an introduction but, this section did not address the issues OR the introduction was not well supported by information drawn from authoritative sources.

0 points

The introduction and/or overview section of the paper was missing, off topic or failed to provide an overview of relevant issues as presented in the case.

Identification and Analysis of the Issues

25 points

Provided an excellent analysis of 5 or more privacy and security issues relevant to the case study topic. Discussed the relevance of the issues to the case study company and its employees and managers (must incorporate information from scenario as provided in the case study assignment). Appropriately used information from 5 or more authoritative sources.

22.5 points

Provided an outstanding analysis of 4 or more privacy and security issues relevant to the case study topic. Discussed the relevance of the issues to the case study company and its employees and managers (must incorporate information from scenario as provided in the case study assignment). Appropriately used information from 3 or more authoritative sources.

20 points

Provided an acceptable analysis of 3 or more privacy and security issues relevant to the case study topic. Discussed the relevance of the issues to the case study company and its employees and managers (must incorporate information from scenario as provided in the case study assignment). Appropriately used information from authoritative sources.

17.5 points

Provided a discussion that mentioned at least one privacy or security issue relevant to the case study topic. Mentioned the relevance of the issue to the case study company and its employees and managers. Appropriately used some information from authoritative sources.

12.5 points

Attempted to discuss privacy or security issues relevant to the case study topic. But, the discussion missed major points OR the discussion was not well supported by information from authoritative sources.

0 points

Section was missing or not relevant to the case study.

Recommendations for Resolving or Addressing the Privacy and Security Issues

20 points

Identified and discussed 5 or more recommendations for actions that the company and its managers / employees should take to address the identified privacy and security issues. The discussion was clear, concise, and accurately represented best practices for privacy and security. Appropriately used information from 3 or more authoritative sources.

18 points

Identified and discussed 4 or more recommendations for actions that the company and its managers / employees should take to address the identified privacy and security issues. The discussion was clear and accurately represented best practices for privacy and security. Appropriately used information from 2 or more authoritative sources.

16 points

Identified and discussed 3 or more recommendations for actions that the company and its managers / employees should take to address the identified privacy and security issues. The discussion included some best practices for privacy and security. Appropriately used information from authoritative sources.

14 points

Mentioned actions that the company and its managers / employees should take to address the identified privacy and security issues. Appropriately used information from authoritative sources.

9 points

Mentioned actions that the company and its managers / employees should take but the discussion missed major points OR, the discussion was not well supported by information from authoritative sources.

0 points

This section was missing or not relevant to the case study topic.

Summary and Conclusions

10 points

The closing section provided an excellent summary of the privacy and security issues and the best-practicebased recommendations for this case. Appropriately used information from authoritative sources.

8 points

The closing section provided an outstanding summary of the privacy and security issues and the best-practicebased recommendations for this case. Appropriately used information from authoritative sources.

7 points

The closing section provided an acceptable summary of the privacy and security issues and best-practice based recommendations for this case. Appropriately used information from authoritative sources.

6 points

The closing section provided a summary of a few issues and at least one recommendation for this case. Appropriately used information from authoritative sources.

4 points

The closing section failed to provide a summary of issues and recommendations for this case. OR, the summary was not well supported by information from authoritative sources.

0 points

Summary or closing section was missing or not relevant to this case study.

Professionalism: Use of Cybersecurity Terminology

5 points

Demonstrated excellence in the integration of standard privacy, security, and/or cybersecurity terminology into the briefing paper.

4 points

Provided an outstanding integration of standard privacy, security, and/or cybersecurity terminology into the briefing paper.

3 points

Integrated standard privacy, security, and/or cybersecurity terminology into the briefing paper.

2 points

Used some standard privacy, security, and/or cybersecurity terminology.

1 point

Misused or misdefined standard terminology for privacy, security or cybersecurity.

0 points

Did not integrate standard privacy, security, or cybersecurity terminology into the discussion.

Professionalism: Consistent Use and Formatting for Citations and Reference List

5 points

Work contains a reference list containing entries for all cited resources. Sufficient information is provided to allow a reader to find and retrieve the cited sources. Reference list entries and in-text citations are consistently and correctly formatted using an appropriate citation style (APA, MLA, etc.).

4 points

Work contains a reference list containing entries for all cited resources. Sufficient information is provided to allow a reader to find and retrieve the cited sources. One or two inconsistencies or errors in  format for in-text citations and/or reference list entries.

3 points

Work contains a reference list containing entries for all cited resources. Sufficient information is provided to allow a reader to find and retrieve the cited sources. No more than 5 inconsistencies or errors in  format for in-text citations and/or reference list entries.

2 points

Work has no more than three paragraphs with omissions of citations crediting sources for facts and information. Work contains a reference list containing entries for cited resources. Work contains no more than 10 inconsistencies or errors in format.

1 point

Work attempts to credit sources but demonstrates a fundamental failure to understand and/or consistently apply a professional formatting style for the reference list and/or citations.

0 points

Reference list is missing. Work demonstrates an overall failure to incorporate and/or credit authoritative sources for information used in the paper.

Professionalism: Organization & Appearance

5 points

Submitted work shows outstanding organization and the use of color, fonts, titles, headings and sub-headings, etc. is appropriate to the assignment type.

4 points

Submitted work has minor style or formatting flaws but still presents a professional appearance. Submitted work is well organized and appropriately uses color, fonts, and section headings (per the assignment’s directions).

3 points

Organization and/or appearance of submitted work could be improved through better use of fonts, color, titles, headings, etc. OR Submitted work has multiple style or formatting errors. Professional appearance could be improved.

2 points

Submitted work has multiple style or formatting errors. Organization and professional appearance need substantial improvement.

1 point

Submitted work meets minimum requirements but has major style and formatting errors. Work is disorganized and needs to be rewritten for readability and professional appearance.

0 points

No work submitted for this assignment.

Professionalism: Execution

10 points

No formatting, grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors.

8.5 points

Work contains minor errors in formatting, grammar, spelling or punctuation which do not significantly impact professional appearance.

7 points

Errors in formatting, spelling, grammar, or punctuation which detract from professional appearance of the submitted work.

6 points

Submitted work has numerous errors in formatting, spelling, grammar, or punctuation. Work is unprofessional in appearance.

5 points

Submitted work is difficult to read / understand and has significant errors in formatting, spelling, grammar, punctuation, or word usage.

0 points

No work submitted for this assignment.

Overall Score

Excellent 90 or more

Outstanding 80 or more

Acceptable 70 or more

Needs Improvement 50 or more

Needs Significant Improvement 1 or more

No Submission 0 or more