Week 8 Project Deliverable 5 – Submit Here 
 
Capstone Project Overview
The purpose of this Capstone Project is for students to examine and  solve real world information assurance problems and apply associated  techniques to create practical solutions. The course takes an  integrative and senior security officer approach to address the policy,  risk, and control opportunities within cyberspace and IT environments.  Deliverables 1 through 5 focus on preparing students toward the final  Capstone Project. Skills, experience, and knowledge gained through the  completion of prerequisite courses will be used throughout each  deliverable. The project contents to be addressed are as follows:
Project Deliverable 5: Cybersecurity Policy Catalog
Due Week 8 and worth 100 points
Project Deliverable 5 is a two-part deliverable using MS Word and MS  Project, or their open source equivalents. This assignment focuses on  information as an asset and logical security techniques for a  hypothetical law firm. The goal of this deliverable is to secure an  information security policy, suggesting the fundamental guidelines  should an untoward event occur. It can be seen that information assets  security management can be reduced down to three (3) basic principles:  integrity, confidentiality, and availability. Structure a policy around  and within computers and associated equipment, as well as the people  using it. Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Submission Requirements

Infrastructure Document (MS Word)
Security Project Plan (MS Project)

Section 1
Write a three to five (3-4) page paper in which you:

Create a cyber-security policy describing the principle, the objective, and policy statement for the law firm’s company network.
Describe the roles and responsibilities by groups (e.g., position  director of network security, the network security manager, network  security engineers, IT area), defining roles and responsibilities.
Suggest the cyber-security policy statement, an explanation of the  policy statement, and the reasons why the policy statement may be  controversial.
Determine the security testing methodology you would use to facilitate the assessment of technical controls.

Section 2

Use Microsoft Project, or an open source alternative such as  OpenProj, to create a security project plan for the law firm. The  project plan should include:    

Tasks, subtasks, resources, and predecessors.
An outline of the planning, analysis, design, and implementation phases.
The use of cyber-security in the information systems development life cycle.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),  with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow  APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any  additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the  student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.  The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required  assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Determine the strategy for cybersecurity and public policy development in the U.S.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in information assurance.
Write clearly and concisely about information assurance topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Click here to view the grading rubric.