Question description
Policy Research
Paper
Research and write a 5 page academic research paper on
one of the following policy related topics. Your research paper should fully
address your chosen topic and be suitable for use as a policy brief distributed to an executive audience whose members are
meeting to discuss IT Governance issues and policy needs within their respective
organizations.
Your paper must present a summary of your research,
discuss the applicability to IT governance, present a discussion of five or
more policy issues related to the topic, and provide compelling reasons as to
why busy executives should become more informed about these issues.
Your summary for the paper must address the question:
How can this information be used to improve policy implementation? The summary
should include five or more recommendations which you developed from your
research.
Preapproved Topics
Assessment
and Authorization Requirements for IT Systems
Audit
Requirements for Finance Systems (Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA Compliance)
Change
Management (Configuration Control) for information systems and
infrastructures.
Implementing
the NIST Risk Management Framework
Information
Security Metrics and Measurements (Audits and/or Governance)
Information
Sharing for Threats, Warnings, and Indicators (legal ramifications)
Mobile
Application Security
Product
Liability for Cybersecurity Products and Services
Requirements:
1. Your paper must
be based upon 5 or more authoritative sources obtained from peer reviewed
journals, published dissertations and theses, reports from public policy
research organizations (e.g. Brookings, CSIS, PEW, etc.) or published government
documents (not including Web pages). These authoritative sources must have been
published within the last ten years.
2. Use the UMUC
library databases and the Cybersecurity research guide http://libguides.umuc.edu/cybersecurity (in the
OneSearch box, type “policy” and then check the boxes for “Full-text Only” and
Scholarly journals only”)
4. Your paper must meet the APA
formatting requirements as shown in the sample papers provided in the LEO
classroom. See Course Resources > APA Resources and Course
Resources > Writing Resources for more information.
