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 is sues 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 h ow 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 and legal 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 industry-specific or IT-specific 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 industry-specific 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 ?
Requirements: 3 to 5 pages, double speaced
IT 659 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric InMilestoneTwo,youwillsubmit theCaseAnalysisandIncident Impactsportionofthe finalproject.Thepurposeofthisassignment isto analyzethecaseand determine the impact of the incident. Prompt: Analyzethe ethicalissuesanddetermine the legal complianceissueswithintheorganization,aswell asthesocialandculturalimpactsofthese compliance issues. Youwill be expectedto addresstheimpact the incident mayhave hadonthe ethical andlegal ITregulationsat the time. Theconnection 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) Analyzethecaseto determinetheethicalissueswithintheorganizationthat mayhaveledto theincident.What aretheseissuesandwhydo you credit them for the incident? b) Determinelegalcomplianceissueswithintheorganizationthat mayhaveledto theincident orcouldleadto futureincidents.Werethereany legal andethicalstandardsinexistenceat thetimethat were not followedbythe organization? What were these issuesandhowdidtheyimpact the organization? c) Determinethesocietalandculturalimpact ofthesecomplianceissues.Somethingsto considerinyourassessmentincludespecifictargetingof demographicgroups,victimizationofcertaincustomers,and soon. III. Incident Impact a) Determinetheimpact thisincident mayhavehadontheethicalandlegalITregulationsofthetime.Iftherewerenodirect resultsofthiscase, what mayhavebeentheindirect impact and/orwhat wasthe impact ofsimilarcases? Forexample,what regulatorychangesresultedfrom this or similar cases? What is your reasoning? b) Determinetheconnectionbetweentheindustrystandardsandthestandardsinexistenceforinformationtechnology.Specifically,determineif theorganizationwaslackingineitherindustry-specificorIT-specificalignment withregulationsthat mayhave contributedto theincident,and provide support foryourconclusions.Forexample,misalignment withHIPAAlawsinhealthcareisanindustry-specificdeviationfrom standards. c) CulturalImpact:Analyzetheinfluencethisincident mayhavehadonvariousculturalattitudestowardITandcybercommunicationor commerce. In other words, how could this incident impact views of information technology use ?
Rubric Guidelines forSubmission: The format ofthisassignment willbeathree-to five-pageWorddocumentwithdouble spacing,12-point TimesNewRomanfont, one-inch 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: Meets Proficient? criteria and Accurately determines the Determines the direct or Does not determine the direct 15 Regulations evidences keen understanding of ethical and legal regulations following the incident direct or indirect impact of this or similar case on ethical and legal IT regulations at the time indirect impact of this or similar case on ethical and legal IT regulations at the time, but with gaps in accuracy or logical reasoning or indirect impact of this or similar case on ethical and legal IT regulations at the time Incident Impact: Meets Proficient? criteria and Accurately determines the Determines the connection Does not determine the 15 Standards evidences keen insight into understanding and applying IT and industry-specific standards for information security connection between the industry standards and the standards in existence for information technology with logical reasoning and support between the industry standards and the standards in existence for information technology, but with gaps in accuracy or gaps in reasoning and support connection between the industry standards and the standards in existence for information technology Incident Impact: Meets Proficient? criteria and Accurately analyzes the Analyzes the influence this Does not analyze the influence 15 Cultural Impact evidences keen insight into nuances of various cultural interpretations and views toward technology and cyber security influence this incident may have had on various cultural attitudes toward IT and cyber communication or commerce incident may have had on various cultural attitudes toward IT and cyber communication or commerce, this incident may have had on various cultural attitudes toward IT and cyber communication or commerce
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 easy-to-read 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%
