[Answered] CSIA 459 Assignments Project 1: OSINT Tech Research Project – Homework Solution

Provided an excellent executive summary which clearly, concisely, and accurately summarized the deliverable. Information from authoritative sources was used and cited.

Provided an outstanding executive summary which comprehensively summarized the deliverable. Information from authoritative sources was used and cited.

Provided an acceptable executive summary which summarized the deliverable but could be improved through additional editing or content. Information from authoritative sources was used and cited.

Provided an executive summary but, this section was lacking in detail. Information from authoritative sources was used and cited.

Attempted to provide an executive summary but, this section was significantly lacking in content OR the executive summary was not well supported by information from authoritative sources.

Executive summary was missing or not relevant to this deliverable.

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Provided an excellent overview of an emerging technology or emerging application of technology. The overview included appropriately paraphrased and cited information from 5 or more authoritative sources including 3 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Provided an outstanding overview of an emerging technology or emerging application of technology. The overview included appropriately paraphrased and cited information from 3 or more authoritative sources including 1 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Provided an overview of an emerging technology or emerging application of technology. The overview provided some details about how the technology is used. The overview included paraphrased and appropriately cited information from authoritative sources.

Identified an appropriate technology. Provided an overview or introduction but, this section was lacking in detail. Information from authoritative sources was used and cited in the overview.

Identified an appropriate technology but the overview of that technology was significantly lacking in detail, was very disorganized, and/or was not well supported by information from authoritative sources.

The introduction and/or overview section of the paper was off topic or failed to provide an overview of the emerging application of technology.

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Provided an excellent discussion of the characteristics and uses of an appropriate emerging technology or emerging application of technology. The discussion was clear, concise, and accurate. Appropriately used information from 10 or more authoritative sources including 3 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Provided an outstanding discussion of the characteristics and uses of an appropriate emerging technology or emerging application of technology. The discussion was clear and accurate.  Appropriately used information from 8 or more authoritative sources including 3 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Provided an acceptable discussion of the characteristics and uses of an appropriate emerging technology or emerging application of technology. Appropriately used information from 5 or more authoritative sources including 2 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Provided an acceptable discussion of the characteristics and uses of an appropriate emerging technology or emerging application of technology. Appropriately used information from 5 or more authoritative sources including 2 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Discussed cybersecurity benefits from the use of the emerging technology but the discussion lacked detail and/or was not well supported by information drawn from authoritative sources.

The discussion of cybersecurity improvements / support from use of the emerging technology was missing or was not relevant to the selected technology.

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Provided an excellent discussion of how the emerging technology or emerging application of technology could be attacked or threatened. Discussion provided five or more examples of relevant threats, attacks or vulnerabilities for the technology or products which use it. The discussion was clear, concise, and accurate. Appropriately used information from 8 or more authoritative sources including 3 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Provided an outstanding discussion of how the emerging technology or emerging application of technology could be attacked or threatened. Discussion provided three or more examples of relevant threats, attacks or vulnerabilities for the technology or products which use it. The discussion was clear  and accurate. Appropriately used information from 5 or more authoritative sources including 3 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Provided an acceptable discussion of how the emerging technology or emerging application of technology could be attacked or threatened. Discussion provided two or more examples of relevant threats, attacks or vulnerabilities for the technology or products which use it. Appropriately used information from 3 or more authoritative sources including at least one professional article or report (see assignment for examples).

Discussion provided some information and examples of threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities affecting the technology or products using the technology. Appropriately used information from 2 or more authoritative sources.

Discussed attacks and/or reported on how the technology could be threatened but the discussion lacked detail and/or was not well supported by information drawn from authoritative sources.

This section was missing or the content was not relevant to the assignment.

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Provided an excellent discussion of how the emerging technology or emerging application of technology could be used by attackers to further their own goals and/or how specific anticipated or known vulnerabilities could be exploited (3 or more specific examples). The discussion was clear, concise, and accurate. Appropriately paraphrased and cited information from 10 or more authoritative sources including 3 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Provided an outstanding discussion of how the emerging technology or emerging application of technology could be used by attackers to further their own goals and/or how specific anticipated or known vulnerabilities could be exploited (2 or more specific examples). The discussion was clear and accurate. Appropriately paraphrased and cited information from 8 or more authoritative sources including 3 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Provided an outstanding discussion of how the emerging technology or emerging application of technology could be used by attackers to further their own goals and/or how specific anticipated or known vulnerabilities could be exploited (including at least one specific example). Appropriately paraphrased and cited information from 5 or more authoritative sources including 2 or more professional articles or reports (see assignment for examples).

Discussion provided few details in regards to how the emerging technology or emerging application of technology could be used or exploited by attackers. Provided few details regarding known or suspected (anticipated) vulnerabilities in the technology. Information from authoritative sources was used in the discussion.

Discussed attacks and/or reported on how the technology could be used against defenders but the discussion lacked detail and/or was not well supported by information drawn from authoritative sources.

This section was missing or the content was not relevant to the assignment.

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Provided a clear, concise, and accurate summary of the threat analysis which included 3 more more relevant conclusions about the vulnerability of the technology. Information from authoritative sources was used and cited.

Provided a clear, concise, and accurate summary of the threat analysis which included at least 2 relevant conclusions about the vulnerability of the technology. Information from authoritative sources was used and cited.

Provided an acceptable closing paragraph which summarized the threat analysis and included at least one relevant conclusion. Information from authoritative sources was used and cited.

Provided a closing paragraph but the summary did not adequately address the content of the deliverable. Information from authoritative sources was used.

Attempted to provide a summary but this section was significantly lacking in content OR was not well supported by information drawn from authoritative sources.

Section was missing or content was not relevant to the topic of this deliverable.

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Work was well researched and contains information paraphrased from at least 15 authoritative sources. Paraphrasing, citing, and reference list entries use a consistent format and include sufficient source identification information to allow the reader to fact-check the information presented in this deliverable.

Work was well researched and contains information paraphrased from  12 or more authoritative sources. Paraphrasing, citing, and reference list entries use a consistent format and include sufficient source identification information to allow the reader to fact-check the information presented in this deliverable.

Work was well researched and contains information paraphrased from  8 or more authoritative sources. Paraphrasing, citing, and reference list entries use a consistent format (minor inconsistencies allowed) and provides sufficient source information to allow the reader to fact-check the information presented in this deliverable.

Work shows some evidence of research and contains information paraphrased from at least 3 authoritative sources. Inconsistencies in formatting and/or missing citation and publication information make it difficult to fact check some sources.

Work has minimal research and/or fundamentally fails to appropriately use and cite information from authoritative sources. OR the work was not well supported by information from authoritative sources.

Reference list is missing. Work demonstrates an overall failure to incorporate and/or credit authoritative sources for information used in the paper.

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Submitted work shows outstanding organization and the use of color, fonts, titles, headings and sub-headings, etc. is appropriate to the assignment type.

Submitted work has minor style or formatting flaws but still presents a professional appearance. Submitted work is well organized and appropriately uses color, fonts, and section headings (per the assignment’s directions).

Organization and/or appearance of submitted work could be improved through better use of fonts, color, titles, headings, etc. OR Submitted work has multiple style or formatting errors. Professional appearance could be improved.

Submitted work has multiple style or formatting errors. Organization and professional appearance need substantial improvement.

Submitted work meets minimum requirements but has major style and formatting errors. Work is disorganized and needs to be rewritten for readability and professional appearance.

No work submitted.

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No formatting, grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors.

Work contains minor errors in formatting, grammar, spelling or punctuation which do not significantly impact professional appearance.

Errors in formatting, spelling, grammar, or punctuation which detract from professional appearance of the submitted work.

Submitted work has numerous errors in formatting, spelling, grammar, or punctuation. Work is unprofessional in appearance.

Submitted work is difficult to read / understand and has significant errors in formatting, spelling, grammar, punctuation, or word usage.

No work submitted.

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