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Assessment Information/Brief 2021-22 To be used for all types of assessment and provided to students at the start of the module. Information provided should be compatible with the detail contained in the approved module specification although may contain more information for clarity. Module title

Professional Development and Practices

CRN

32744

Level

4

Assessment title

T1 Assignment

Weighting within module

This assessment is worth 40% of the overall module mark.

Submission deadline date and time

Friday 10th December 2021 For coursework assessments only: students with a Reasonable Adjustment Plan (RAP) should check their RAP to see if an extension to this submission date has been agreed.

Module Leader/Assessment set by How to submit

Professor Nigel Linge (email: [email protected]) and Ms Laura Milne (email: [email protected]) You should submit your assessment via the submission area indicated within the Professional Development and Practices Blackboard site. As the University will mark assessments anonymously where this is possible, please use your student roll number and not your name on your submission.

Assessment task details and instructions

Provide your answers to the following scenarios and case-study in the form of a written report organised with separate sections for each scenario and the case study. There is an indicative word count given for each section which is provided as a guide for the level of detail required in your answers. Please note that if you refer to external sources, then these must be referenced in accordance with the University’s referencing guidelines which can be found on the Library’s webpages. Also, when and where you refer to or discuss

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laws as part of your answers be specific about the title of the law that applies, what it covers, and how it relates to the scenario being considered. Scenario 1. Which characteristics do you feel best describe what being a professional means? Imagine that you have started your first computing/networking job after having graduated with your degree. Describe how you could use the BCS Code of Conduct to help you adopt the standards of behaviour your employer will expect from you and start to plan your onward continuing professional development. (Mark weighting = 20%, approx. 300 words total)

Scenario 2. Ethics is distinct from the law and embraces a set of moral principles that govern the behaviour of an individual, group, or organisation. James Moor developed this further in his 1985 paper titled, “What is Computer Ethics?” where he talked about the ethical problems associated with the invisibility of computer operations. Use Moor’s paper and the broader definition of ethics to consider the following three situations and for each describe what ethical issues and considerations might arise. 2.1

A company’s decision as to what advertising they are prepared to allow on their website.

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A company’s mobile app that, without explicitly telling the user, monitors the time a user spends using the app, what features they invoke and when they click a “speak to one of our customer representatives” button, automatically dials a premium rate number.

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A software engineer has written a program that accurately simulates the performance of a small-scale, office based, computer network. The company for who the software engineer works has now decided to sell this program to a customer who wants to use it to model the behaviour of their large, global, corporate network.

(Mark weighting = 20%, approx. 300 words total) Scenario 3. You have been employed by ‘Salford Stories’ bookshop to develop an online shop for them that will allow customers to browse books that are for sale, to create an account and to purchase books online Assessment Information/Brief

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which are then posted to them by courier. What essential features and functionality must you incorporate within the online store to ensure it is compliant with current Data Protection legislation? (Mark weighting = 30%, approx. 400 words total)

Case Study: British Airways - Dealing with the largest claim for a data breach in British legal history British Airways (BA) made headlines in September 2018 when it publicly announced that it had suffered from what it called a ‘malicious’ data breach. According to the then-CEO, Alex Cruz, hackers had carried out an attack on the BA booking website. During the attack, the hackers accessed personally identifying information, including names, email addresses, and credit card details. Cyber security experts have suggested that the breach may have resulted from a third-party supplier issue (such as the payment authorisation provider), which due to a snippet of malicious code, acted like a digital card skimmer. This would have meant that the attackers gather and copy data as it is entered, rather than by accessing an existing database. Alternatively, the attack may have resulted from a company insider who tampered with the code for malicious purposes. Once British Airways was aware of the data breach, it reported the breach to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) within 72 hours as is required, and alerted the customers affected. They were able to provide the ICO with specific details including who was affected, the types of data gathered, and the timeframe affected. The ICO has the ability to fine a company for breaking data protection laws based on their financial turnover; for BA, the ICO originally gave notice that they were intending to set the fine amount at £183 million. Ultimately, the fine was levied at £20 million, which was still a record-breaking fine, forty times larger than the next largest fine amount (£500,000 fine for Facebook following the Cambridge Analytica breach). Read the following articles to learn more about the data breach and the ICO’s response: 1. BBC: British Airways boss apologises for ‘malicious’ data breach - link 2. BBC: British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breach - link 3. ICO: ICO fines British Airways £20m for data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers - link Now that you have read the articles relating to the British Airways data breach, write a response in which you discuss the following: Assessment Information/Brief

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How serious do you consider this data breach? Why? Who discovered the data breach, and what does this tell you about the information security systems in place at BA? What security or other measures should BA put in place to avoid this kind of data breach in the future? Do you think that the ICO was fair to reduce the fine from the initial 183 million to 20 million?

• Optional additional reading: • BBC: British Airways fined £20m over data breach - link • BBC: British Airways breach: How did hackers get in? - link • CyberClaire (blog post): British Airways’ Data Breach of 2018: A synopsis - link • RiskIQ (blog post): Inside the Magecart Breach of British Airways: How 22 lines of code claimed 380,000 victims - link (Mark weighting = 30%, approx. 500 words total)

Assessed intended learning outcomes On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to: Knowledge and Understanding

Practical, Professional or Subject Specific Skills

Module Aims

1. Define the characteristics of being an IT-related professional, taking into account the services and benefits of appropriate professional bodies. 2. Describe the legal, ethical, and social issues relevant to computer applications and information processing and discuss how they impact IT professionals.

Module Aims 1. You will appreciate what professionalism means for someone working within the computing industry. 2. You will gain an awareness of relevant legal, ethical and social issues that impact the computing industry. 3. You will be able to develop your project management experience by engaging in a group work task.

Your assessment should be submitted as a single document Word count/ duration (if comprising approximately 1,500 words. A suggested breakdown of applicable) this word count is given in the previous task details section. Assessment Information/Brief

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Feedback arrangements

You can expect to receive feedback by Friday 21st January 2022. This will take the form of annotated comments and a mark breakdown returned to you via Turnitin/Blackboard. During Trimester 1 students will have the opportunity to work collaboratively on key skills and practice assessments to get used to the types of writing and engagement required for the written assignment work.

Support arrangements

askUS

You can obtain support for this assessment from the module tutors who will be offering timetabled tutorial sessions and who are available within their published office hours. The University offers a range of support services for students through askUS.

Good Academic Conduct Students are expected to learn and demonstrate skills associated with good academic conduct (academic integrity). Good academic and Academic conduct includes the use of clear and correct referencing of source Misconduct materials. Here is a link to where you can find out more about the skills which students need https://www.salford.ac.uk/library/skills. Academic Misconduct is an action which may give you an unfair advantage in your academic work. This includes plagiarism, asking someone else to write your assessment for you or taking notes into an exam. The University takes all forms of academic misconduct seriously. You can find out how to avoid academic misconduct here.

Assessment Information Personal Mitigating Circumstances Personal Tutor/Student Progression Administrator

Assessment Criteria

If you have any questions about assessment rules, you can find further information in Blackboard in the Assessment Support area. If personal mitigating circumstances may have affected your ability to complete this assessment, you can find more information about personal mitigating circumstances procedure here. If you have any concerns about your studies, contact your Personal Tutor or your Student Progression Administrator.

Marking Scheme and Grade Descriptors This assignment will be marked out of 100% with each scenario and the case study being assessed in accordance with the following grid and the relative mark weightings.

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Mark range 90% 100%

Grade Descriptor Outstanding

80% 89%

Excellent

70% 79%

Very Good

60% 69%

Good

50% 59%

Fair

40% 49%

Adequate (PASS)

30% 39%

Unsatisfactory

20% 29%

Poor

Description The answer fully and clearly addresses all relevant points which demonstrates a thorough understanding of the subject, an attention to detail and a depth of analysis. The answer addresses all relevant points which demonstrates a thorough understanding of the subject but there was scope to provide a minor amount of additional detail. The answer addresses all relevant points which demonstrates an understanding of the subject and depth of analysis but there was scope to provide additional detail in a few of them. The answer shows a good understanding of the subject with most of the key points identified and discussed but there was scope to include a few more points and some additional detail. The answer demonstrates a reasonable understanding of the subject, but a more thorough analysis would have allowed additional points to be identified and considered. The answer demonstrates a basic understanding and appreciation of the subject but is superficial in terms of the detail provided and depth of analysis. The answer demonstrates a minimal level of understanding and analysis with most of the key points not considered or addressed. The answer demonstrates a poor understanding and lack of analysis resulting in only a very small number of relevant points having been identified which also lack detail.

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10% 19%

Very Poor

0% - 9%

Extremely Poor

The answer demonstrates a lack of understanding and analysis with virtually no relevant information provided. Essentially, no attempt has been made with none of the key points addressed.

Mark weightings summary. Section Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Case Study

Mark Weighting 20% 20% 30% 30%

Your final mark is calculated as: Mark = (S1 x 0.2) + (S2 x 0.2) + (S3 x 0.3) + (CS x 0.3) Where: S1 = % mark for scenario 1; S2 = % mark for scenario 2; S3 = % mark for scenario 3; and CS = % mark for the case study

In Year Retrieval Scheme

Your assessment is eligible for in year retrieval. If you are eligible for this scheme, you will be contacted shortly after the feedback deadline.

Reassessment

If you fail your assessment, and are eligible for reassessment, you will need to resubmit your work by a date to be notified. The reassessment comprises the same assignment specification, but reassessments grades are capped at 40%.

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