Phase1: Case Study: National Infrastructure Protection Plan, computer science homework help
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Phase1: Case Study: National Infrastructure Protection Plan
On your first day as an Information Systems Security director, you met with the Chief Information Officer. During the meeting, he revealed to you his deep concerns about the Infrastructure Protection Plan. He asked you to read the Department of Homeland Security. (2009). National Infrastructure Protection Plan. Retrieved from http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/NIPP_Plan.pdf carefully and focus more on chapter 6: Ensuring an Effective, Efficient Program Over the Long Term.
Since he realizes that you are new to this position he asked you to deliver the final plan, memo and budget in 7 weeks (week 8) but he setup 3 checkpoints for you to deliver parts of the plan to ensure consistent progress of the deliverables before the big presentation in week 8.
Phase 1: Memo
In this phase, you need to create 3-5 page professional memo about your assessment of what needs to be done to meet the standards based on the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. You need to make sure that the language in the memo is clear of free of errors. You also need to be creative in presenting this information to capture the most important points from the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. You need to demonstrate critical thinking to prioritize the action items based on your findings.
Phase 1 grading will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the memo, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 25 | Case Study | |||
Criteria | Unacceptable Below 70% F |
Fair 70-79% C |
Proficient 80-89% B |
Exemplary 90-100% A |
1. Analyze authorities, roles, and responsibilities Weight: 20% |
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed authorities, roles, and responsibilities | Partially analyzed authorities, roles, and responsibilities | Satisfactorily analyzed authorities, roles, and responsibilities | Thoroughly analyzed authorities, roles, and responsibilities |
2. Analyze how to manage risk Weight: 20% |
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed how to manage risk | Partially analyzed how to manage risk | Satisfactorily analyzed how to manage risk | Thoroughly analyzed how to manage risk |
3. Determine methods for organizing and partnering for CIKR Protection Weight: 20% |
Did not submit or incompletely determined methods for organizing and partnering for CIKR Protection | Partially determined methods for organizing and partnering for CIKR Protection | Satisfactorily determined methods for organizing and partnering for CIKR Protection | Thoroughly determined methods for organizing and partnering for CIKR Protection |
4. Ensure an Effective, Efficient Program Over the Long Term Weight: 25% |
Did not submit or incompletely ensured an Effective, Efficient Program Over the Long Term | Partially ensured an Effective, Efficient Program Over the Long Term | Satisfactorily ensured an Effective, Efficient Program Over the Long Term | Thoroughly ensured an Effective, Efficient Program Over the Long Term |
5. 3 references Weight: 5% |
No references provided | Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. | Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. | Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% |