ISSC 361: Paper Powerpoint Presentation (Research paper)

Create a PowerPoint presentation (for your research paper), with a minimum of 10 slides [not including title slide and reference slide(s)] outlining the content of your paper. At a minimum include the following:

• Detailed description of the area researched
• Technology involved in the area
• Future trends in the area
• Example companies involved in the area
• Regulatory issues surrounding the area
• Global implications for the area
• References (minimum of 10)

Submission Instructions: A PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of 10 slides [not including title slide and reference slide(s)].

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Information about the project paper:

Project:

There will be a project paper (worth 15%) with topic selection (2%), outline (5%), and
presentation (8%), for a total of 30%of the final grade. The work has been divided up, so as to
spread out the impact on your schedules. If you follow the program, you should be able to
produce the final product on schedule, building on your previous work!

Deliverables

To help move you along the paper process, we’ve broken it down into four deliverables: Topic,
Outline, PowerPoint Presentation, and Paper

Topic Selection (Week 2)

Your paper topic must be on Information Assurance (IA) or an area closely related to IA.
Your professor (that would be me) must approve your topic before you can proceed with the
outline, presentation, and paper. The approved topic must be the same for the outline
assignment, the PowerPoint presentation, and the final paper.

Some thoughts on paper topic selection:

Information Assurance is an extremely broad topic, made up of a lot of almost as broad sub-
topics. If you look through your textbook’s table of contents, you should be able to find
something that interests you enough to write about it.

For the sake of an example, let’s say the topic of interest to you is in Chapter 17 of the book
(7.5.2 – TEMPEST).

By way of definition, TEMPEST was a phenomenon discovered in World War II, in which teletypes
were discovered to emit radio signals that could be read from a distance, allowing eavesdropping
on electronic communications. To counteract TEMPEST, elaborate shielding was created to
enclose teletypes, typewriters, and eventually computer terminals and even data centers.

So you might decide to research whether TEMPEST is still an issue as your paper topic.

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Step 1 would be to begin to create a thesis statement.

For guidance on that, you could consult the style guides in the APUS on-line library, located at:
http://apus.campusguides.com/content.php?pid=205954&sid=3202561#11508381

Looking at the thesis construction examples on that page, I come up with the research question:

‘In an age of mobile computing and microprocessors, is TEMPEST still a concern/risk?’

Step 2: In order to figure out if that’s a valid question, you’ll need to do some initial research

The APUS Library has an excellent set of resources for you to explore.
If you’ve never done online research using the library’s databases (or even if you have, and need
a refresher), check out the tutorial at:
https://apus.adobeconnect.com/_a795569749/LibraryWelcome2010

and watch the Youtube video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6drn0pKnOU&list=PLhKydzNQdJMQb68bh8CEY6BA4ZTvVk
5NI&index=1

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After I have done the initial research (keeping track of all the articles I look at, and downloading
or bookmarking/logging the ‘good ones’ – learn how to use Refworks!), I’m able to determine
It follows that the topic/thesis statement should be something like:

“Although the original need to control emissions from radiotelegraph machines has
diminished, it is still necessary to assess the risk of TEMPEST exposure in modern
systems”

Note: asking the question and formatting the thesis this way makes it much easier to do a good
job. If you just told me you wanted to write about TEMPEST, I would say, ‘that’s an awfully
broad topic, can you cut it down?’ By doing some initial research, you can discover if there is
even anything written on the topic, you may find there is nothing public on your topic!

It’s also important not to get in over your head. You probably don’t want to write (and I
certainly don’t want to read!) a 500 page paper on the history of TEMPEST, so by doing some
work up front, you’ll help focus yourself on a clear, to the point area. Save the massive paper for
your PhD dissertation!

Outline (week 3):

The outline of the paper is the skeleton of your paper. It should include all areas you plan to
discuss in your paper. It should include (Use APA format!):

1. A title page with the title, your name, date, class and school info
2. You may wish to include an abstract or leave it for the final paper.
3. Headings of all areas you wish to discuss with a short statement describing the

extent of your planned discussion
4. References page – with at least half (5) of the required final product references you

plan to include in your final paper

Presentation (week 6):

The presentation must be done using PowerPoint or a compatible product used for creating
presentations. This is basically an executive summary of the paper you plan to write. It should
highlight the major headings included in your Outline – simplified and presentable to
management. You should try to “sell” your project to management. Include rich graphics to make
it interesting (and attractive), include notes to tell me how you will be presenting it (basically your
cheat sheet for the presentation), and include references for the last slide to make it convincing.

Note: Sometimes Turn It In chokes on PowerPoint files, so please submit this
one as a PDF file.

Project Paper (week 7):

Your paper will be graded on the following categories:

• Focus/Thesis
• Content/Subject Knowledge
• Organization of Ideas/Format
• Writing Conventions (Grammar and Mechanics – APA Style))
• Use of Computer Technology/Applications (i.e. Appropriate use of word processor or

spreadsheets as it relates to the finished product )

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Carefully review the Citation, Reference Page, and Direct Quotations vs. Paraphrasing sections
of the APA Style Guide at
http://apus.campusguides.com/content.php?pid=205954&sid=3202561#11514338

Content:

1. At a minimum include the following:
o Detailed description of the area researched
o Technology involved in the area
o Future trends in the area
o Example companies involved in the area
o Regulatory issues surrounding the area
o Global implications for the area
o References (minimum of 10)

2. You may use resources from the APUS Online Library, any library, government library, or

any peer-reviewed reference (Wikipedia or any other publicly-reviewed source are
not accepted).
The paper must by at least 10 pages double-spaced, 1″ margin all around, 12 point fonts
(Times New Roman or Arial) with correct citations of all utilized references/sources,
Pictures, graphics, etc… are extra – allowed but do not count for the minimum page count.
The title page and references are also required but don’t count in the minimum page
count.
A minimum of 10 references are required.

3. The paper will be subjected to checking against plagiarism. The paper must follow
acceptable originality criteria (no more than 15% max total, and 2% per individual source
match are allowed).

4. Save the file in Microsoft Word format using the following file naming convention:
ISSC361_Project_First_Last (x) (where first and last are your first and last names
resp.) and submit the file in the assignment area

Originality report requirements:

1. The originality report must be less than 15% match
2. No single source shall be above 2%

I will give you the chance to rework your papers until an acceptable level of match is achieved.

If turnitin.com matches more than 40% you will be subject to academic reporting.