Background: This assignment is designed to allow you to
explore a contemporary
Area of Information Warfare that interests you. It should
enable you to come to grips with at least one of the issues in depth, and
thereby help you to understand the others as they are inter-related. It will
also introduce you to the skills required to produce a short academic paper in
the specified format.
Task for this assignment:
It is required that you produce a paper of between 1800 and
2300 words (including the abstract, but excluding the reference list). You will
be expected to have researched this topic and have a number of references to
show that you have explored the literature. A paper that is just a list of
unsubstantiated opinions will not be accepted – this is a research and writing
task. Examples of the format of the paper can be found in the unit materials.
You should pick one title for your paper from the following
list:
1. “Cyberattack can cause physical damage”. Discuss this
statement with specific focus on Australian critical infrastructure.
2. How useful are open sources of information to modern
information warfare?
3. What is Cyberwarfare, and what is the relationship of
cyberwarfare to information warfare?
Remember that this is a paper about information warfare, NOT
information security. Whilst some aspects of information security may be
present, it is not the main topic.
Format of the assignment
It should be written as an academic paper not a business
report and must include the following:
1. A separate title page containing the unit name, student
name, student number, semester and year
and the title of the paper;
2. An abstract outlining the topic chosen, plus a summary of
your research.
This must not exceed 300 words;
3. The main text of your paper. This should be 1500 to 2000
words long; and
4. References used in your text. (An academic paper does not
have a Bibliography as only references
that are cited in the text are listed at the end.)
5. Format: The paper must be in the format outlined in the
accompanying document on the Blackboard
Assessments section of this unit called “CSI2104 Academic Paper Format
Guidelines”.
Please note:
• Your assignment must be in one MSWord doc, docx or rtf
file.
• Do not submit zip files.
• Do not submit an electronic ECU cover sheet.
Referencing: Your referencing should be consistent. If you
are unsure about this, the use the APA 6 method of citing sources within
your report.
See
http://www.ecu.edu.au/learning-and-development/assets/files/downloads/refguide.pdf
and
http://www.apastyle.org/apa-style-help.aspx for information on how to format a academic
paper, and formatting citations and your Reference list.
• Lecture slides are not suitable references.
• [The references that you cite should have academic
credibility, ie. not Wikipedia or similar.]
Marks will be deducted where correct referencing is not
used.
CSI2104 Introduction to Information Warfare page 2
Marking Scheme (out of a possible 100%)
The marks will be allocated as follows:
1. Originality of material (30% of total)
2. Clarity of presentation of concepts (20% of total)
3. Depth of content (30% of total)
4. Significance and number of references (20% of total)
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic
misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students
who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is
not limited to:
• Plagiarism;
• Unauthorised collaboration;
• Cheating in examinations;
• Theft of other students’ work.
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes
must be work that has not been submitted
previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or
elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic
activities, including misconduct, can be
accessed through the ECU website.
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