AssessmentDetailsandSubmissionGuidelines UnitCode MN501 UnitTitle NetworkManagementinOrganisations Term,Year Term-1,2017 Assessment Type Assignment-1 Assessment Title EthicalissuesforITsecuritypersonnel Purposeof the assessment (with ULO Mapping) The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills in research, critical analysis andacademicwritingofhighstandard.Inthisassignmentstudentswill:  IdentifypotentialethicalandsocialissuesrelatedtoITadministrationethics.  DiscussethicalandsocialissuespertainingtoITsystems’-`administration.  Interpretprofessionalcodesofethicsdevelopedbyvariousindustrybodies.  Discussethicalbehaviourinaccordancewithprofessionalcodes.  Explainethicalsolutionstoensurethatthesocietybenefits. Students must be able to generate ideas at abstract levels and support their arguments with strong reasoning. Students must strengthen critical thinking skillsby answeringtheassignment. Wordlimit 500-700 Submission Guidelines  TheassignmentmustbeinMSWordformat,1.5spacing,11-ptCalibri(Body) fontand2cmmarginsonallfoursidesofyourpagewithappropriatesection headings.  Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriatelyattheendinareferencelistusingIEEEreferencingstyle. MN501 NetworkManagement inOrganisations Page 2of 4 AssignmentDescription Debra Shinder writes, “IT security personnel often have access to confidential data and knowledge about individuals' and companies' networks and systems that give them a great deal of power. That power can be abused,eitherdeliberatelyor inadvertently.”[1] Investigate, reflect upon and answer the following questions using Ethical Guidelines published by organisations such as:EA,ACS,ACMandIEEE. 1) Should you read the private e-mails of your network users just because you can? Is it OK to read employees' e-mail as a security measure to ensure that sensitive company information isn't being disclosed? Is it OK to read employees' e-mail to ensure that company rules (for instance, against personaluseofthee-mailsystem)aren'tbeingviolated?Ifyoudoreademployees'e-mail,shouldyou disclosethatpolicytothem?Beforeorafterthefact? 10Marks 2) Is it OK to monitor the Web sites visited by your network users? Should you routinely keep logs of visited sites? Is it negligent to not monitor such Internet usage, to prevent the possibility of pornographyintheworkplacethatcouldcreateahostileworkenvironment? 10Marks 3) IsitOKtoplacekeyloggersonmachineson thenetworktocaptureeverythingtheusertypes?What aboutscreencaptureprogramssoyoucanseeeverythingthat'sdisplayed?Shouldusersbeinformed thatthey'rebeingwatchedin thisway? 10Marks 4) Is itOKtoreadthedocumentsandlookatthegraphics filesthatarestoredonusers'computersorin theirdirectoriesonthefileserver? 10Marks 5) What if a client asks you to save money by cutting out some of the security measures that you recommended,yetyouranalysisoftheclient'ssecurityneedsshowsthatsensitiveinformationwillbe atriskifyoudoso?You tryto explainthistotheclient, buthe/she isadamant. Shouldyougo ahead andconfigurethenetworkinalesssecuremanner? 10Marks [1] D.Shinder,‘Ethical Issuesfor ITsecurityprofessionals’,2005. [Online].Available http://www.computerworld.com/article/2557944/security0/ethical-issues-for-it-securityprofessionals.html[Accessed28-March-2017] MN501 NetworkManagement inOrganisations Page 3of 4 Markingcriteria: Marksare allocatedasfollows,foreachquestion: Aspectstobeincludedin eachanswer Descriptionof thesection Marks Introduction Introducetheethical issuesin2-3sentences 1 Identification Identify2importantissues 2 Analyse Analyseaboveidentified issues 2 Evaluate/justification Evaluate theissuesandwritejustificationofyourevaluation 2 Conclusion Write clearconclusionin1-2sentences 2 Referencestyle FollowIEEEreferencestyle 1 Total 10 Marksassigned: Section Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Totals Introduction Identification Analyse Evaluate/justification Conclusion Referencestyle Totals> MN501 NetworkManagement inOrganisations Page 4of 4 MarkingRubricforAssignment-1:TotalMarks50 Grade Mark HD 80-100% DI 70-79% CR 60-69% P 50-59% Fail <50% Excellent VeryGood Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Introduction Alltopicsare pertinentand coveredindepth. Abilitytothink criticallyand sourcematerialis demonstrated Topicsare relevantand soundly analysed. Generally relevantand analysed. Somerelevance andbriefly presented. Thisisnot relevanttothe assignment topic. Identification Demonstrated excellentabilityto thinkcriticallyand sourcedreference material appropriately Demonstrat ed excellent abilityto think criticallybut didnot source reference material appropriatel y Demonstrated abilitytothink criticallyand sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated abilitytothink criticallyanddid notsource reference material appropriately Didnot demonstrate abilitytothink criticallyand didnotsource reference material appropriately Analyse Logicisclearand easytofollowwith strongarguments Consistency logicaland convincing Mostly consistent logicaland convincing Adequate cohesionand conviction Argumentis confusedand disjointed Evaluate/justific ation Excellentuseof creditablesources. Accurate referencing. Obviousthat outstandingeffort made Extremely goodeffort Goodeffort madebutnot outstanding Madesome effort. For example,Web searchesonly Verylittle attemptto reference.Lazy effortwith inaccuracies Conclusion Logicisclearand easytofollowwith strongarguments Consistency logicaland convincing Mostly consistent logicaland convincing Adequate cohesionand conviction Argumentis confusedand disjointed Referencestyle Clearstyleswith excellentsourceof references. Clear referencing style Generallygood referencing style Sometimes clear referencing style Lacks consistency withmany errors