INFO 101 Assignment 2: Security and Privacy Measures Word Limit: 900 Words Maximum (excluding reference list) Worth 10% Due Wednesday 12th April at 4pm Size 12 font, 1.5 line spacing, and black ink You are a few weeks into your new internship and have become the office tech guru following your successful explanation of data, information and knowledge (Assignment 1). Congratulations! Your manager has informed you that the company is tightening their security protocols and privacy procedures, in light of a recent series of sinister hacks in competitor companies. Your manager has tasked you with identifying day-to-day security and privacy factors which could be exploited. You have no idea where to begin, but realise you should change your login password to something other than password123. After some research into what privacy is, you also realise you should start reading the terms and conditions before agreeing to using Facebook. Your manager has tasked you with the following requirements: “Can you please tell us what privacy and security means to small to medium sized business in New Zealand? How should we prepare ourselves to avoid having a problem with the privacy act? Find some real world examples or scenarios that illustrate security, privacy, or ethical failures (nb. You can’t use the ones from tutorials). What are some measures a small business should take to avoid having a security, privacy or ethical problem” For this assignment you are required to explain the concept of security, privacy and ethical management of digital information, and explain using real-world examples to each of these concepts. It is recommended that you keep your examples as consistent as possible, and are reflective of information security and privacy. In tutorial two you would have discussed some real life examples of privacy and security measures in action. It is important you read the prescribed textbook chapters, as they give a solid explanation of security and privacy concepts. This information will be presented to many employees within your company, including your punctual manager, therefore you must use a professional tone, and good grammar/spelling and reference all sources. You ARE expected to reference, as well as presenting a high quality written standard with attention with grammar, spelling and structure. You are recommended to follow this structure: • Introduction • Security explanation (Why is it important) • Privacy explanation (Why is it important) • Ethical explanation (Why is it important) • A real-world example of a security failure, and how the situation could have been avoided • A real-world example of a privacy breach, and how it could have been avoided • A real-world example of a moral hazard in digital information sharing, and how it could have been mitigated. • Conclusion Assignment 2 Marking Rubric Type Description Areas of Focus Points (Out of 10) Excellent Good Poor Introduction and Conclusion The introduction gives context to the essay; conclusion summarises main ideas. Both should compliment each other. 1 Concise and high quality introduction and conclusion Good introduction or conclusion or both adequate Weak introduction and conclusion or not done Security, Privacy and Ethics explanation Why is it important? The concept of Security, Privacy and Ethics is well explained and concisely written. 2 Concise, high quality explanation for all three Adequate explanation. Or two are explained Incorrect explanation or one is explained Your own personal example of security privacy and ethical measures, and how you could improve this Provides a relevant personal example, explains why this is important to the concept of security. 4 Contextually relevant example identified, and importance well explained for all three Example identified but limited explanation, either good example or good explanation for two. Irrelevant example, not well explained, No explanation None example given or one is explained Writing/ Presentation Grammar, Spelling and concise style. Appearance, format and structure. 2 Correct use of grammar and spelling. Concise, to-the-point style. Good presentation, pleasing to read Some grammar and/or spelling problems, mostly concise. Overall fine presentation, could be improved Poor grammar and spelling, does not attempt to be concise, talks about irrelevant points excessively. Poor presentation, difficult to follow Referencing APA style Includes all text, websites and other information referenced. 1 All sources correctly referenced in correct APA style Adequate attempt at APA, could be improved, most points referenced No attempt to reference, unreferenced statements or no APA style