Case study assignment why do a case study – your success will

1. Case Study Assignment:
Why do a case study? – Your success will primarily come from
being able to apply your knowledge and skills to particular
situations and problem solving. A case study will allow you to
analyze an actual breach, discuss what happened, how and why
it happened, and then propose solutions and controls based on
your learning in this class.
Logistics of the Case Study
Each student will choose an actual breach for which adequate
publicly available information is available. You will post your
choice in the appropriate Blackboard Discussion folder. You
may choose any breach from this website or any other breach
incident of your choice (look at the Archive for incidents older
than 24 months):
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil
Rights- Breach Portal
All Data Breaches in 2019 & 2020 – An Alarming Timeline
However, each student must choose an organization no one else
has chosen. Two students cannot choose the same organization.
This is because you will read each other’s work within a group
in order to learn from each other as well as learn to provide
constructive critiques of other people’s work.
The case study will be divided into TWO papers.
· Paper One (1)
· In the first paper you will research the organization (introduce
the organization, its mission, organizational structure and
mission critical systems), and analyze the breach (what

2. happened, how, and why), and the financial damage. You will
upload a draft two weeks before the final version is due in the
appropriate Blackboard Discussion folder for your Group. You
will review peer and instructor comments and incorporate
revisions as appropriate for your final version which will be
graded. You will upload the final version in the appropriate
Blackboard Main Discussion area forum so everyone in the
class can learn from your research. Length of paper: 1,500 word
minimum (6-8 pages doubled spaced, not including images,
charts, etc). There is no penalty for longer papers.
· Paper Two (2)
· In the second paper you will apply the learning in this class to
write recommendations for the organization and how your
proposed solutions will reduce business risks and financial
damage. You will upload a draft two weeks before the final
version is due in the appropriate Blackboard Discussion folder
for your Group. You will review peer and instructor comments
and incorporate revisions as appropriate for your final version
which will be graded. You will upload the final version in the
appropriate Blackboard Main Discussion area forum so
everyone in the class can learn from your research. Suggested
length of paper: 6-8 pages doubled spaced. There is no penalty
for longer papers.
· Requirements
· There is a 1,500 words, minimum requirement, per paper, for
this assignment, no page limit. Be sure to follow APAv7 style.
I’m more interested in how much you learn from conducting the
research, select security technologies and craft interoperability.
What you will not do is copy from a website, book, or other
source and turn them in as your own work; this constitutes
plagiarism. Papers found to be plagiarized are subject to loss of
full credit and/or actions annotated in the Stevenson Academic

3. Honesty Policy. Liberal use of tools such as Visio or Dia
(network diagramming applications) is encouraged.
·
· Deliverables – Professionally written, Two (2), 6-8 page
papers
CDF-281: Advanced Network Defense
Stuart Denrich M.S.
Peer Review: You will be placed in a peer review group in
Blackboard. You will upload your drafts in the appropriate peer
review folder and provide constructive comments to all peer
paper drafts in your Group. These comments should be threads
below the paper for which you are providing comments.
Comments must be a minimum of 4 sentences, which share your
suggestions for the author to improve the draft paper.
Syllabus Checklist 2016-17 OAA Rev. 6/7/16, Page 1
CDF-281 Syllabus Spring 2021 Rev. 1/6/2021 , Page 6
Deliverables
Topic – Breach Subject - 2/8/2021
First Draft of Paper 1 2/24/2021
Peer Review Discussion 3/1/2021
Final Draft of Paper 1 3/22/2021
First draft of Paper 2 4/5/2021
Peer Review Discussion 4/12/2021
Final Draft of Paper 2 5/4/2021