Identity and Access Management Threats Report for Senior

Instructions

For this lesson's assignment, you will prepare a report in a Microsoft Word document to provide to Senior Leadership at CS Enterprises with additional insights into specific threats. As part of this report, you will perform a literature review of a minimum of five internal and five external threats to identity and access management. Your task will be to research the specific threats and describe what these threats are and how they may impact the organization's move to the cloud. You are expected to use sources from the Course Resources for this lesson and cite a minimum of two sources within the past two years not listed in this lesson's Course Resources. Please ensure you include the following in your submission.

1. Background about the threat.
2. Why is it important?
3. What is the risk of the threat to the organization?
4. Emphasize which threats are most likely to impact the organization and defend your reasoning. 
5. What would you recommend the organization do to reduce the risk of these vulnerabilities?

Length: 9-pages, not including title page and references.

References: Include a minimum of ten scholarly resources presented in the Course Resources. Identify two additional quality scholarly resources that were not introduced in your required readings yet will enhance understanding when addressing organizational challenges. Your additional resources should be credible and relevant to addressing identified organizational challenges. Be sure to synthesize your resources and use APA standards.

Points: 10 Points

Learning Outcomes and Course Concepts

• CLO 2: Review current identity exploits for internal and external identity and access management from all adversaries.
• ILO 6: Research skills
• PLO 4: Assess internal and external threats and vulnerabilities to reduce organizational cyber risk.
• Course Concept: Identity and access management (IAM) threats, compliance, and vulnerabilities related to cloud and remote computing.

 CriteriaExceeds ExpectationsMeets ExpectationsNeeds ImprovementDeficientNot EvidentCriterion ScoreStudent provides recommendations and demonstrates a clear understanding of 5 internal and 5 external threats to identity and access management? (30%)3 points

Student provided a thorough review of 5 internal and 5 external threats and demonstrated an exceptional understanding of the risk they represent to the organization and prioritized the threats most likely to impact the organization and defended their priority.

Provided strong support for recommendations.

2.6 points

Student provided a mostly thorough  review of 5 internal and 5 external threats and demonstrated  a good understanding of the risk they represent to the organization and prioritized the threats most likely to impact the organization and defended their priority.

Provided good support for recommendations but some improvements are needed to strengthen the case.

2.3 points

Student provided an adequate review of 5 internal and 5 external threats and demonstrated average understanding of the risk they represent to the organization but did not prioritize the threats most likely to impact the organization or defended their priority.

Provided some support for recommendations. Many improvements are needed to strengthen the case.

1.2 points

Student provided an adequate review of 5 internal and 5 external threats and demonstrated average understanding of the risk they represent to the organization but did not prioritize the threats most likely to impact the organization or defended their priority.

Provided some support for recommendations. Many improvements are needed to strengthen the case.

0 points

Not attempted or needs major improvement overall.

/ 3Assignment Instructions (20%)2 points

Correctly completed all the assignment instructions.

1.7 points

Correctly completed most of the assignment instructions.

1.5 points

Incorrectly completed some parts of the assignment.

0.8 points

Incorrectly completed most parts of the assignment.

0 points

Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.

/ 2Content and Critical Thinking (20%)2 points

Strong evidence of content knowledge.
Responses were thoughtful, thorough, and well-reasoned.

1.7 points

Good evidence of content knowledge.
In general, improvement in responses to demonstrate critical thinking is needed.

1.5 points

Some evidence of content knowledge.
Some improvement is needed to show adequate understanding of content and the use of critical thinking.

0.8 points

Little evidence of content knowledge.
Significant improvement is needed to show adequate understanding of content and the use of critical thinking.

0 points

Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.

/ 2Cohesion & Organization (20%)2 points

Effectively communicates a central idea or point that is present throughout the entirety of the assignment, in a coherent and logical manner. Overall writing is easy to understand.

1.7 points

Communicates a central idea or point that is present through most of the assignment in a coherent manner. Overall writing, for the most part, is easy to understand.

1.5 points

Communicates a central idea or point in the assignment, but may incorporate other unrelated topics. Coherence and organization are somewhat evident.

0.8 points

Communicates several unconnected ideas or points, with no apparent pattern or coherence.

0 points

Does not display a sense of organization or coherence. Non-existent, or lacks clear expression of relevant ideas or points.

/ 2Grammar, Mechanics, Formatting, APA, Integration of Resources (10%)1 point

No misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. All resources are scholarly and appropriate for the assignment.

0.9 points

Some misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. Most resources are scholarly and appropriate for the assignment.

0.8 points

Many misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. Some resources are not scholarly or appropriate for the assignment.

0.4 points

Significant number of misspelled words, grammatical errors, formatting issues, or APA style errors. Most resources are not scholarly or appropriate for the assignment.

0 points

Not attempted or needs major substantial improvement overall.

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Total/ 10

Overall Score

Exceeds Expectations

9 points minimum

Meets Expectations

8 points minimum

Needs Improvement

7.3 points minimum

Deficient

4 points minimum

Not Evident

0 points minimum 

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