Prepared by: your name Moderated by: A/Prof Savitri Bevinakoppa Month, year Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Unit Code MN501 Unit Title Network Management in Organisations Term, Year Term-1, 2017 Assessment Type Assignment-1 Assessment Title Ethical issues for IT security personnel Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills in research, critical analysis and academic writing of high standard. In this assignment students will:  Identify potential ethical and social issues related to IT administration ethics.  Discuss ethical and social issues pertaining to IT systems’-` administration.  Interpret professional codes of ethics developed by various industry bodies.  Discuss ethical behaviour in accordance with professional codes.  Explain ethical solutions to ensure that the society benefits. Students must be able to generate ideas at abstract levels and support their arguments with strong reasoning. Students must strengthen critical thinking skills by answering the assignment. Weight 10% Total Marks 50 Word limit 500 - 1000 Due Date Week-7 Thursday 5.00 PM. Submission Guidelines  All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.  The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.  Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style. Extension  If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly to the School's Administration Officer, in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policiesprocedures-and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment Academic Misconduct  Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policiesprocedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-PolicyProcedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.MN501 Network Management in Organisations Page 2 of 4 Prepared by: A/ Prof Nalin Sharda Moderated by: Ms Beverly Jones March, 2017 Assignment Description 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, either deliberately or inadvertently.” [1] Investigate, reflect upon and answer the following questions using Ethical Guidelines published by organisations such as: EA, ACS, ACM and IEEE. 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 personal use of the e-mail system) aren't being violated? If you do read employees' e-mail, should you disclose that policy to them? Before or after the fact? 10 Marks 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 pornography in the workplace that could create a hostile work environment? 10 Marks 3) Is it OK to place key loggers on machines on the network to capture everything the user types? What about screen capture programs so you can see everything that's displayed? Should users be informed that they're being watched in this way? 10 Marks 4) Is it OK to read the documents and look at the graphics files that are stored on users' computers or in their directories on the file server? 10 Marks 5) What if a client asks you to save money by cutting out some of the security measures that you recommended, yet your analysis of the client's security needs shows that sensitive information will be at risk if you do so? You try to explain this to the client, but he/she is adamant. Should you go ahead and configure the network in a less secure manner? 10 Marks [1] D. Shinder, ‘Ethical Issues for IT security professionals’, 2005. [Online]. Available http://www.computerworld.com/article/2557944/security0/ethical-issues-for-it-securityprofessionals.html [Accessed 28-March-2017]MN501 Network Management in Organisations Page 3 of 4 Prepared by: A/ Prof Nalin Sharda Moderated by: Ms Beverly Jones March, 2017 Marking criteria: Marks are allocated as follows, for each question: Aspects to be included in each answer Description of the section Marks Introduction Introduce the ethical issues in 2-3 sentences 1 Identification Identify 2 important issues 2 Analyse Analyse above identified issues 2 Evaluate/justification Evaluate the issues and write justification of your evaluation 2 Conclusion Write clear conclusion in 1-2 sentences 2 Reference style Follow IEEE reference style 1 Total 10 Marks assigned: Section Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Totals Introduction Identification Analyse Evaluate/justification Conclusion Reference style Totals >MN501 Network Management in Organisations Page 4 of 4 Prepared by: A/ Prof Nalin Sharda Moderated by: Ms Beverly Jones March, 2017 Marking Rubric for Assignment-1: Total Marks 50 Grade Mark HD 80-100% DI 70-79% CR 60-69% P 50-59% Fail <50% Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Introduction All topics are pertinent and covered in depth. Ability to think critically and source material is demonstrated Topics are relevant and soundly analysed. Generally relevant and analysed. Some relevance and briefly presented. This is not relevant to the assignment topic. Identification Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrat ed excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriatel y Demonstrated ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Analyse Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed Evaluate/justific ation Excellent use of creditable sources. Accurate referencing. Obvious that outstanding effort made Extremely good effort Good effort made but not outstanding Made some effort. For example, Web searches only Very little attempt to reference. Lazy effort with inaccuracies Conclusion Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed Reference style Clear styles with excellent source of references. Clear referencing style Generally good referencing style Sometimes clear referencing style Lacks consistency with many errors