Unit 2 Assignment

Unit 2 Assignment

Outcomes addressed in this activity: Unit Outcomes:

• Explain how the investigator performs the preliminary investigation, determines the facts of the incident, and carries out an incident review.
• Identify the requirements for acquiring and authenticating evidence.
• Identify the methods by which the investigator determines the legal restrictions, intent, and scope of the investigation.

Course Outcome:

IT550–2: Perform scenario-based investigations for cybersecurity breaches.

Assignment Instructions

Your forensics team has provided the initial response detailing the meaning behind the cyber-terrorism case and the different types of associated evidence. In the preliminary investigative discussion, your Point Of Contact (POC) for the cybercrime case would like your team to disclose, in your forensics plan, how you will approach the incident review and include the identification of any collection requirements for seizi ng, preserving, and authenticating the evidence. You will provide the POC with the known facts of the incident and what procedures were used during the initial case reviews.

Assignment Requirements

The expected length of the report is 8–10 pages or 2000–2500 words. Your project submission should include the following in an MS Word document:

• A title page
• A report that includes the following:

o Effective introduction.

o  The use of APA throughout the main body of the paper (e.g., Mahaney, 2009) for all technical assertions.

o  How you will approach the incident review, to include the identification of any collection requirements for acquiring and authenticating the evidence.

o How your team will approach any legal restrictions and the determination of intent and scope.

o The known facts of the incident and what procedures were used during the initial case reviews.

o  A conclusion allowing the reader to reach a high level of understanding of all the major topics presented.

o A reference page in APA format.

Save your Word document using the following file name format: Username-IT550-Assignment-Unit#.docx (Example: TAllen-IT550-Assignment-Unit2.docx). Submit your file to the Unit 2 Assignment Dropbox by the end of Unit 2.

Written Assignment Requirements

Written work should be free of spelling, grammar, and APA errors. Points deducted from the grade for each

writing, spelling, or grammar error are at your instructor’s discretion.

For more information and an example of APA formatting, see the resources in Doc Sharing or visit the KU Writing Center from the KU Homepage.

Also review the KU Policy on Plagiarism. This policy will be strictly enforced on all applicable Assignments and

Discussion posts. If you have any questions, please contact your professor.

Assignment Grading Rubric = 100 points