The objective of the Writing Assignment is to analyze
security and privacy issues, laws, and/or standards related to government or
industry.

The paper should discuss a law or standard pertaining to
information security and privacy, give the background that caused the law or
standard to be developed, outline the major provisions of the law or standard,
indicate any legal proceedings that resulted from an application of the law or
standard, and discuss security safeguards that may be implemented to comply
with the law or standard.

Click Writing Assignment Guidelines and Rubric for further
details on this assignment.

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Writing Assignment Guidelines and Rubric

The objective of the Writing Assignment is to analyze
security and privacy issues, laws, and/or standards related to government or
industry.

The Writing Assignment should discuss a law or standard
pertaining to information security and privacy, give the background that caused
the law or standard to be developed, outline the major provisions of the law or
standard, indicate any legal proceedings that resulted from an application of
the law or standard, and discuss security safeguards that may be implemented to
comply with the law or standard.

The body of the Writing Assignment will be between 8 to 10
pages in length, not including cover page, table of contents, and references.
Additionally, the Writing Assignment will be in MS Word format, double-spaced,
with one-inch margins all around. The citations and the reference list must be
formatted in accordance with the most current APA edition guidelines.

The Writing Assignment must include:

Cover Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

Section Headings and Subheadings

Conclusions

References (including APA compliant in-text citations and
page numbers)

Email the Writing Assignment Topic to the instructor no
later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 2.

Submit the Writing Assignment to the Assignment box no later
than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 7. (This Assignment box is linked to
Turnitin.)

Criteria

Not Attempted

Novice

Basic

Proficient

Exemplary

(Criterion is

(Does not

(Works towards

(Meets

(Exceeds

Elements

missing, not in

meet

meeting

expectations;

expectations;

Score

evidence, or fails to

expectations;

expectations;

performance is

performance

meet minimum

performance

performance needs

satisfactory).

is

requirements).

is

improvement).

outstanding).

substandard).

Background that

caused the law or

0-4 Points

5 to 6 Points

7 Points

8 Points

9 to 10 Points

__/10

standard to be

developed.

The major provisions

0-19 Points

20 to 23

24 to 24 Points

25 to 27 Points

28 to 30

__/30

of the law or standard.

Points

Points

Legal proceedings

19 to 20

resulting from the law

0-12 Points

13

Points

14 to 16 Points

17 to 18

Points

__/20

Points

or standard.

Security safeguards

that may be

14 to 15

implemented to

0-6 Points

8

Points

9 to 10 Points

11 to 13

Points

Points

__/15

comply with the law or

standard.

Quality of the writing.

0-7 Points

8

Points

9 to 10 Points

11 to 13

Points

14 to 15

__/15

Points

References used and

0-5 Points

6 Points

7 Points

8 Points

9 to 10 Points

__/10

in correct formatting.

TOTAL

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