Assignment title: Information
Assignment 1- INFS 5055
Individual -15% Word limit 1500- 2000 words
Description:
Healthscope is an Australian company which operates private hospitals, medical centres and
International pathology services. The company operates medical/surgical hospitals as well as
a number of psychiatric and rehabilitation clinics. Healthscope is a leading private healthcare
provider in Australia with 46 hospitals and 52 medical centres. There are 17,000 employees
working in different roles and from multiple locations.
The IT Security & Information Assurance department (ISIA) of this large organisation has
several key responsibilities, including designing, planning and creating of secured
infrastructure. The ISIA is led by a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and four
security managers responsible for the key areas, such as Information & Physical security,
Privacy, Business continuity, Managing Malware and Botnets, Identifying security holes and
Applying appropriate remediation measures.
As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile and dispersed, Identity and Access
Management (IAM) becomes more important in ensuring organisational security. With
growing technological advances and recent threats to Information Security, senior
management is concerned about organisational preparedness to handle, Identity and access
management (IAM).
As a first step, CISO asks you, one of the Security Managers, to prepare a brief analysis
report on the description of IAM, the importance of IAM, developments and finally
recommend recent IAM technologies for the implementation in the organisation.
Note: The report should include relevant references in appropriate referencing format.
Submission:
Submit your assignment through learnonline on or before the due date.
Formatting
1500 word report- (Executive summary and references are not included in the word count)
Font –Times New Roman, 12 size
Line spacing-1.5
Standard Margins
References- Include minimum 5 academic references (web references, Wikipedia ...etc are
not considered as academic references)
Reference formatting- UniSA Harvard styleReference formatting- UniSA Harvard style
Assessment feedback
INFS 5055-Information Security Management
Assignment 1- Individual report- (15 %)
Key components of this assignment Comment by marker
Executive summary
Summary of the presentation/paper
What is covered in the presentation/paper
States some findings or issues 1 mark
Introduction
What is covered in the report
Aim/purpose of the report
Background of the report
1 mark
Analysis
Description of IAM,
Developments/trends of IAM
Recommend recent IAM technologies
Justify their benefits
Use Appropriate referencing
11 marks
Conclusion
Summary of the key elements of the report
States implication of the findings and analysis
1 mark
Presentation-
Neatness, correct spelling/grammar,
Appropriate referencing 1 mark
Summary comment:
The Graduate qualities being assessed by this assignment are indicated by an X:X GQ1: operate effectively with and upon a
body of knowledge X GQ5: are committed to ethical action and social responsibility
X GQ2: are prepared for lifelong learning X GQ6: communicate effectively
X GQ3: are effective problem solvers GQ7: demonstrate an international
perspective
X GQ4:can work both autonomously and
collaboratively
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