This document outlines the different parts of a research project on firewall threats, vulnerabilities, and solutions. It includes a research proposal, annotated bibliography, progress report, and literature review. The research proposal allows the organization of ideas and a plan of action. The annotated bibliography collects, summarizes, and evaluates sources for the literature review. The progress report outlines work completed and plans for finishing the project. The literature review analyzes and summarizes sources to argue the need for further research or additional data collection on a specific aspect of the topic.

1. Firewall threats, vulnerabilities, and solutions
This is a research paper which has different parts. – Research Proposal – Annotated
Bibliography -Literature Review Research Project – Research Proposal The proposal will
give you an opportunity to organize your ideas and present a viable plan of action as you
work towards collecting sources for the research project. The research proposal will help
you gain clarity about your audience, which in turn will help you focus the scope of the
research project. This assignment is designed to help you develop skills for writing a
proposal, a common genre in the workplace. Research Project – Annotated Bibliography
The Annotated Bibliography assignment will help you collect, summarize and evaluate the
sources you are exploring for your Literature Review report. It will be an important
component of your research, and it will help you understand the relationships among the
various sources and identify the existing research relevant to your topic. Research Project –
Progress Report This report is designed to outline your progress to-date. You will share
your research question, describe how each section is evolving, identify any concerns and
plan completion of the assignment. This report is scheduled before the draft for the
research assignment is due, but after a significant portion of the research has been
completed. It will help you articulate your ideas and finalize your plan of action as you begin
drafting the final project. Progress reports are common workplace requirements. Research
Project – Literature Review The literature review is a major assignment that will be worked
on in phases during the course of the semester. You will collect, analyze and summarize
sources to make an argument. You will argue for one of several possibilities; here are two
examples: the need for further research in a specific area; the need for additional data
collection to illuminate a specific aspect of the issue under investigation. The literature
review will demonstrate that you have a narrow research area, that you have discovered
gaps in the research, and that you are able to propose viable suggestions for future avenues
of research.