4-2 Final Project Milestone Two: Case Analysis and Incident Impacts
Instructions
Submit the Case Analysis and Incident Impacts portion of the final project. In this assignment, you will analyze the ethical issues and determine the legal compliance issues within the organization, as well as the social and cultural impacts of these compliance issues. You will be expected to address the impact the incident may have had on the ethical and legal IT regulations at the time. The connection between the industry standards and the standards for informational technology should be determined, as well as the influence of the cultural impact on IT and cyber-communication or commerce.
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IT 659 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
In Milestone Two, you will submit the Case Analysis and Incident Impacts portion of the final project. The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the case and
determine the impact of the incident.
Prompt: Analyze the ethical issues and determine the legal compliance issues within the organization, as well as the social and cultural impacts of these
compliance issues. You will be expected to address the impact the incident may have had on the ethical and legal IT regulations at the time. The connection
between the industry standards and the standards for informational technology should be determined, as well as the influence of the cultural impact on IT and
cyber communication or commerce.
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
II. Case Analysis
a) Analyze the case to determine the ethical issues within the organization that may have led to the incident. What are these issues and why do
you credit them for the incident?
b) Determine legal compliance issues within the organization that may have led to the incident or could lead to future incidents. Were there any
legal and ethical standards in existence at the time that were not followed by the organization? What were these issues and how did they impact
the organization?
c) Determine the societal and cultural impact of these compliance issues. Some things to consider in your assessment include specific targeting of
demographic groups, victimization of certain customers, and so on.
III. Incident Impact
a) Determine the impact this incident may have had on the ethical andlegal IT regulations of the time. If there were no direct results of this case,
what may have been the indirect impact and/or what was the impact of similar cases? For example, what regulatory changes resulted from this
or similar cases? What is your reasoning?
b) Determine the connection between the industry standards and the standards in existence for information technology. Specifically, determine if
the organization was lacking in either industryspecific or ITspecific alignment with regulations that may have contributed to the incident, and
provide support for your conclusions. For example, misalignment with HIPAA laws in healthcare is an industryspecific deviation from standards.
c) Cultural Impact: Analyze the influence this incident may have had on various cultural attitudes toward IT and cyber communication or
commerce. In other words, how could this incident impact views of information technology use?
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: The format of this assignment will be a three to fivepage Word document with double spacing, 12point Times New Roman font,
oneinch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Case Analysis: Ethical
Issues
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
reasoning evidences strong
ethical criteria or keen analytic
skills regarding organizational
ethics
Accurately analyzes the case to
determine which ethical issues
within the organization led to
the incident and why
Analyzes the case to determine
which ethical issues within the
organization led to the incident,
and why, but with gaps in
accuracy or detail
Does not analyze the case to
determine which ethical issues
within the organization led to
the incident and why
15
Case Analysis: Legal
Compliance
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
evidences keen understanding
of legal criteria of the time
Accurately determines the legal
compliance issues within the
organization that led to this
incident and could have
resulted in other issues
Determines the legal
compliance issues within the
organization that led to this
incident and could have
resulted in other issues, but
with gaps in accuracy or detail
Does not determine the legal
compliance issues within the
organization that led to this
incident and could have
resulted in other issues
15
Case Analysis:
Societal and Cultural
Impact
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
evidences deep insight into
unexpected, hidden, or
complex impacts on culture and
society
Comprehensively and
accurately determines the
societal and cultural impacts of
the legal and ethical
compliance issues
Determines the societal and
cultural impacts of the legal and
ethical compliance issues, but
with gaps in accuracy or detail
Does not determine the societal
and cultural impacts of the legal
and ethical compliance issues
15
Incident Impact:
Regulations
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
evidences keen understanding
of ethical and legal regulations
following the incident
Accurately determines the
direct or indirect impact of this
or similar case on ethical and
legal IT regulations at the time
Determines the direct or
indirect impact of this or similar
case on ethical and legal IT
regulations at the time, but
with gaps in accuracy or logical
reasoning
Does not determine the direct
or indirect impact of this or
similar case on ethical and legal
IT regulations at the time
15
Incident Impact:
Standards
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
evidences keen insight into
understanding and applying IT
and industryspecific standards
for information
security
Accurately determines the
connection between the
industry standards and the
standards in existence for
information technology with
logical reasoning and support
Determines the connection
between the industry standards
and the standards in existence
for information technology, but
with gaps in accuracy or gaps in
reasoning and support
Does not determine the
connection between the
industry standards and the
standards in existence for
information technology
15
Incident Impact:
Cultural Impact
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
evidences keen insight into
nuances of various cultural
interpretations and views
toward technology and cyber
security
Accurately analyzes the
influence this incident may
have had on various cultural
attitudes toward IT and cyber
communication or commerce
Analyzes the influence this
incident may have had on
various cultural attitudes
toward IT and cyber
communication or commerce,
Does not analyze the influence
this incident may have had on
various cultural attitudes
toward IT and cyber
communication or commerce
15
but with gaps in accuracy or
detail
Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and
organization and is presented in
a professional and easytoread
format
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
10
Earned Total 100%