University of Sunderland

School of Computer Science

CET324 – Advanced CyberSecurity

Assignment 1
2021-2022

The following learning outcomes will be assessed:

1. Critical analysis of the tradeoffs of balancing the range of key security properties taking into
account the concepts of trust and trustworthiness in cybersecurity(LO2)
2. Critical analysis of the tradeoffs of balancing the range of key security properties taking into
account the concepts of trust and trustworthiness in cybersecurity (LO3)
3. Analysis and evaluation of the professional requirements of a cybersecurity practitioner, and
critically discuss the challenges facing the cybersecurity practitioner (LO4)

Important Information

You are required to submit your work within the bounds of the University
Infringement of Assessment Regulations (see your Programme Guide). Plagiarism,
paraphrasing and downloading large amounts of information from external sources,
will not be tolerated and will be dealt with severely. Although you should make full
use of any source material, which would normally be an occasional sentence and/or
paragraph (referenced) followed by your own critical analysis/evaluation. You will
receive no marks for work that is not your own. Your work may be subject to checks
for originality which can include use of an electronic plagiarism detection service.

For this assessment you are asked to submit an individual piece of work, therefore the
work must be entirely your own. The safety of your assessments is your
responsibility. You must not permit another student access to your work.

Referencing for this assessment should be done using the Harvard referencing
system. (see your Programme Guide).

Please ensure that you retain a duplicate of your assignment. We are required to
send samples of student work to the external examiners for moderation purposes. It
will also safeguard in the unlikely event of your work going astray.

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Replace “studentID” with your university student

ID.
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Assignment weight 40%
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Assignment Specification

For this assignment you are required to produce a report a report consisting of the
following parts.

Part 1 (20 marks)

The University of Sunderland is considering the establishment of a cyber clinic to
provide a service for the students and employees of the University and for individuals
and organisations outside the University.

The objective of the cyber clinic is to provide advice for those concerned about cyber
security and for those who may have encountered a breach of cyber security. Your
task is to produce a report (approximately 750 words) outlining the followings:
1. Identify the types of activities that a cyber clinic might undertake to provide
services to its stakeholders,
2. the benefits of such activities. You should Support your claims with external
sources (e.g., literature resources).
3. Identify the concerns that might arise from establishing such a service, and
4. Issues concerning liability and any legal and / or professional concerns in
establishing a cyber clinic.

Part 2 (20 marks)

Based on the work you have undertaken on this module – both in seminar / lab tasks
and in independent study, produce a report of approximately 750 words to outline the
steps that can be taken by individuals and organisations to enhance their cybersecurity
before and after they experience a cyber-attack. Your report should include the
following points:
1. List and describe the necessary steps that can be taken by individuals and
organisations.
2. The benefits that such steps will provide to protect them against cyber-
attacks.
3. An outline of the major ethical and professional issues in relation with the
implementation of steps you identified.
 Assessment grade criteria
Criteria for Assessing Written Work – these indicate the level of academic work that
will be assessed in the relevant sections of the report for this module.

Criteria Fail ( Fail (up to Pass (up to Pass (up to Pass (up Pass (up Pass (up Pass (up
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