This is a 3 part weekly assignment. The 1st part requires you to write an essay about the provided topic. The 2nd part requires you to respond to two peers postings and the instructor. The assignment will be extended after each deadline until Sunday to remain engaged in the discussion.
Choose one of the following discussion topics and create a post with your response:
1. What does CISSP stand for? Use the Internet to identify the ethical rules CISSP holders have agreed to follow.
2. For what kind of information security jobs does the NSA recruit? Use the Internet to visit its Web page and find out.
3. Using the resources in your library, find out what laws your state has passed to prosecute computer crime.
4. Using a Web browser, go to www.eff.org. What are the current top concerns of this organization?
5. Using the ethical scenarios presented earlier in this chapter in the Offline feature called The Use of Scenarios in Computer Ethics Studies, finish each of the incomplete statements and bring your answers to class to compare them with those of your peers.
6. Using a graphics program, design several security awareness posters on the following themes: updating antivirus signatures, protecting sensitive information, watching out for e-mail viruses, prohibiting the personal use of company equipment, changing and protecting passwords, avoiding social engineering, and protecting software copyrights. What other themes can you imagine?
7. Search the Web for security education and training programs in your area. Keep a list and see which category has the most examples. See if you can determine the costs associated with each example. Which do you think would be more cost-effective in terms of both time and money?
8. Search the Web for examples of issue-specific security policies. What types of policies can you find? Using the format provided in this chapter, draft a simple issue-specific policy that outlines fair and responsible use of computers at your college, based on the rules and regulations of your institution. Does your school have a similar policy? Does it contain all the elements listed in the text?
9. Use your library or the Web to find a reported natural disaster that occurred at least six months ago. From the news accounts, determine whether local or national officials had prepared disaster plans and if the plans were used. See if you can determine how the plans helped officials improve disaster response. How do the plans help the recovery?
***REQUIREMENTS***
Create a thread for your original post identified with your name
An average of 350-500 words in length with proper punctuation, capitalization, and grammar
Include supportive evidence, such as direct applicable experience and expert sources
Due no later than Wednesday 11:59 pm CT
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