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A Study of a Cryptographic Technology
Objectives
To evaluate the potential security and privacy issues of new technologies, evaluate the severity of those issues and discuss how to address those security and privacy issues. These security reviews (projects) should reflect deeply on the technology that you are discussing, and should therefore be significantly detailed and presented in a way that allows a layman to grasp its fundamentals.
Guidelines
Week 1: Begin thinking of a cryptographic technology, its application in a specific environment, or an issue associated with its use. Use the Course Q & A Forum to ask questions and discuss your ideas about the project. Communicate with your professor for ideas. See the Week 1 Assignments section for the deliverables due from your work in Week 1.
Weeks 2–7: Follow the weekly Assignments page for a listing of the deliverables for each week. Communicate with your professor to discuss any concerns or questions.
The Course Project is due Week 7. See the Grading Rubric and Course Project Instructions sections below for additional information.
Grading Rubric
Category Points % Description
Documentation and Formatting 15 15 A quality paper will include a title page, an abstract, proper citations using APA style, and a bibliography.
Organization and Cohesiveness 20 20 A quality paper will include an introduction based on a well-formed thesis statement. The logical order of the content will be derived from the thesis statement. The content will be properly subdivided into sections derived from the outline. In a quality paper, the conclusion will summarize the previously presented content and will complement the thesis statement from the introduction.
Editing 15 15 A quality paper will be free of any spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors. Sentences and paragraphs will be clear, concise, and factually correct.
Content 50 50 A quality paper will have significant scope and depth of research to support any statements. Strategic implications will be explained and supported. Relevant illustrations or examples are encouraged. A quality paper will employ use of sound reasoning and logic to reinforce conclusions.
Total 100 100 A quality paper will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.
Course Project Instructions
• The project has seven weekly deliverable documents, the Week 7 deliverable being a PowerPoint presentation in class. If you are taking this class online, the professor will suggest technologies with which you can record a presentation and post it for the rest of the class to access it.
• This is a “Build-a-Bear” project: It starts in Week 1 and you build on it every week until you reach the conclusions and presentation in Week 7.
• The overall premise of this project is to evaluate the potential security and privacy issues of new technologies, evaluate the severity of those issues, and discuss how to address those security and privacy issues.
o These security reviews (projects) should reflect deeply on the technology that you are discussing and should therefore be significantly detailed and presented in a way that a layman can grasp its fundamentals.
• The professor shall suggest a list of technologies from which you will select one technology to use in your project. This list will be a living list that will change from one class offering to the next!
• There is a project section in each week’s Assignments page. The deliverables for that week will be provided for each project topic by the professor.
WEEK 1: COURSE PROJECT: TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION
Your instructor will provide you with a list of project topics and will ask you to choose from these topics. Each week, the instructor will post the deliverables for your chosen project for that week in the Introduction and Resources area, starting in Week 2 and running until the end of Week 7, when the last part of the project is due.
Complete the Course Project Week 1 deliverables.
• You need to introduce the technology that you have chosen from the provided list.
• Give a detailed view of this technology, and fully analyze the importance and relevance of the product or service that this technology is used in.
• Explain why this technology must be afforded the level of security you are about to address in the upcoming weeks.
Provide a written response to the listed items in a Word document, and submit the document.
WEEK 2: COURSE PROJECT: WEEK 2 TOPIC
Complete the Course Project Week 2 deliverables.
Your professor will establish a breakdown of your chosen topic into seven weekly subtopics and list the subtopic for this week.
You should produce 6–8 college-level paragraphs for the topic above in a Word document and submit the document.
WEEK 3: COURSE PROJECT: WEEK 3 TOPIC
Complete the Week 3 Course Project deliverables.
Your professor will establish a breakdown of your chosen topic into seven weekly subtopics and list the subtopic for this week.
You should produce 6–8 college-level paragraphs for the topic above in a Word document and submit the document.
WEEK 4: COURSE PROJECT: WEEK 4 TOPIC
Complete the Week 4 Course Project deliverables.
Your professor will establish a breakdown of your chosen topic into seven weekly subtopics and list the subtopic for this week.
You should produce 6–8 college-level paragraphs for the topic above in a Word document and submit the document
WEEK 5: COURSE PROJECT: WEEK 5 TOPIC
Complete the Course Project Week 5 deliverables.
Your professor will establish a breakdown of your chosen topic into seven weekly subtopics and list the subtopic for this week.
You should produce 6–8 college-level paragraphs for the topic above in a Word document and submit the document.
WEEK 6: COURSE PROJECT: WEEK 6 TOPIC
Complete the Course Project Week 6 deliverables.
Your professor will establish a breakdown of your chosen topic into seven weekly subtopics and list the subtopic for this week.
You should produce 6–8 college-level paragraphs for the topic above in a Word document and submit the document.
WEEK 7: COURSE PROJECT: POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Complete the Course Project Week 7 deliverables.
• Analyze what you have presented in the past 6 weeks.
• Provide thoughtful conclusions and reflections on what you researched and discovered.
• Discuss relevant bigger-picture issues such as ethics, the likelihood of technologies evolving, the usefulness of the product or service, and so on.
• Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that is professional, concise, and uses most of the features that the PowerPoint tool provides (all the bells and whistles!).
• Practice, practice, practice, and then hone in your presentation skills before the Week 7 presentation day! Good luck!
Submit the PowerPoint presentation.