Research Assignment: EMERGING THREATS & COUNTERMEASURES
Conduct a literature review in emerging threat and countermeasures in the U.S. critical infrastructure.
Conduct a literature review on emerging threats and challenges faced by the U.S. critical infrastructure and the application of countermeasures.
You will review the literature on emerging threats and countermeasures and discuss the identified problems and gaps in the literature. You will expand on the findings and discuss how researchers have attempted to examine the findings by collecting their data - you will NOT be collecting data, but rather report on how researchers did their collection
Cover:
Include the names of those who participated in the project
Table of contents:
Use a Microsoft Enabled Table of Contents feature.
Background:
Describe the issue, discuss the problem, and elaborate on any previous attempts to examine the research issue.
Research Questions:
In your identified problem area that you are discussing, what were the research questions that were asked?
Methodology:
What approach did the researcher use, qualitative, quantitative, survey, case study? Describe the population that was chosen.
Data Analysis:
What were some of the findings, for example, if there were any hypotheses asked, were they supported?
Conclusions:
What was the conclusion of any data collections, e.g., were research questions answered, were hypotheses supported?
Discussion:
Here you can expand on the research and what the big picture means; how do the results find in your literature review help organizations in the critical infrastructure areas? What do you see as long-term impacts and what further research could be done in the field?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.