3 page Information Security Paper for computerscience

Notes on the Week 2 and 3 Individual Assignments Class, As you look ahead on your schedule and begin work on your first paper, please re-read the definition of "evaluative writing" from the Week 1 Individual Assignment (quoted below). This has given a lot of students a lot of issues in the past, and since TWO weeks' assignments, and 30 points, are evaluative writing, I wanted to give you a heads-up. Remember, I will read the article myself. From the syllabus: Evaluative Writing—requires students to take a stand on the quality of the material being evaluated. Provide an introduction, and select various aspects of the article or website. Describe each aspect, providing comments on the usefulness, validity or appropriateness of the article or website. The evaluation should provide details, examples and/or reasons for your viewpoint. Some key points on your paper:

1. Do *NOT* just summarize the article. Though some aspects of the paper may require you to tell the reader about the content, this is not a book/article report.

2. How useful is the information in the article to an information security professional?

3. Is there bias in the article (or any blatant errors)?

4. What's good about the article? What's bad about it? (Back up your statements with authoritative APA cited sources!) [Note: "authoritative" means your source uses an editorial staff, which means no wikis or personal blogs.]

5. What can be improved? How?

6. Anything the author missed?

7. Again, do NOT just summarize the article. I am not asking you what the article was about; I am asking you to evaluate it.

Additionally, follow the APA guidelines for an academic paper. See the Grammar and Writing Guides: Writing & Style Information under the "Useful Links" on the Center for Writing Excellence website. You will find a Sample Paper, Reference and Citation Examples, a Citation Generator, Title Page Template, and the Riverpoint Writer tool. One exception to APA for these assignments: please include your article's information, including URL, on the References page even if you do not 'borrow' (quote or paraphrase) any material from the article. [FYI: in APA, you only include material you have cited on the References page.]

Remember to proof your work and verify any citations, including format, and the maximum amount of properly cited, borrowed material, is 20% (though 10% is more reasonable.)

I highly recommend using WritePoint and the Plagiarism Checker (I will! ) to assist you in editing your work before submitting it. You may not use Wikipedia, or any other wikis or blogs, as the source for your articles. The source must be authoritative (have an editor or editorial staff.) Thank you, and Happy Article Hunting! Bill