Research Project – Information Security Management

Research Project – Information Security Management

Date Assigned: Wednesday 4/15/15

Date Due: Wednesday 4/29/15

40 points (Rubric to Follow)

Background: Information Security is one of the most challenging tasks in creating and maintaining an information system. Chapter 12 introduces some of the more common problems and ways to counter them. Figure 12-5 on page 315 shows the most common categories of attacks. In the last two months there have been news stories about several large scale attacks on MIS systems in some very large companies. Choose one of these research.

Requirements: You will write a 2-3 page research paper on a large scale attack on an information system occurring in the time period between June 2014 and April of 2015. Using reliable online sources (large newspapers, respected magazines, journals) find 2-3 articles that talk about this issue. Summarize the information you found in these articles. Use the material in your textbook as well to identify what type of a treat it was (see chart on page 315). At the end of your research paper write 1-2 paragraphs suggesting some safeguards that individuals and companies can follow that will help to reduce, if not eliminate, the likelihood that they are exposed to this threat.

· You must use in-text references (see pages 142-149 of The Business Writer’s Handbook) MLA or APA style accepted.

· After your 2nd or 3rd page, have one separate page for your list of references . Your textbook must be one of your references(see the pages above). Note references are not the same as a bibliography.

· No title page, nor title please. Your first page will only have your name in the upper-right corner.

· Double spaces, 1” margins, 10-12 font, Times New Roman or Calibri font.

No paper will be graded if it is missing in-text references or the reference page.

Submit your paper to the Research Project Submission Link by the date due.