Policy Research Paper
Research and write a 5 page academic research paper on one of the following policyrelated topics. Your research paper should fully address your chosen topic and be suitable for use as a policy brief distributed to an executive audience whose members are meeting to discuss IT Governance issues and policy needs within their respective organizations.
Your paper must present a summary of your research, discuss the applicability to IT governance, present a discussion of five or more policy issues related to the topic, and provide compelling reasons as to why busy executives should become more informed about these issues.
Your summary for the paper must address the question: How can this information be used to improve policy implementation? The summary should include five or more recommendations which you developed from your research.
Preapproved Topics
• Assessment and Authorization Requirements for IT Systems
• Audit Requirements for Finance Systems (Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA Compliance)
• Change Management (Configuration Control) for information systems and infrastructures.
• Implementing the NIST Risk Management Framework
• Information Security Metrics and Measurements (Audits and/or Governance)
• Information Sharing for Threats, Warnings, and Indicators (legal ramifications)
• Mobile Application Security
• Product Liability for Cybersecurity Products and Services
Requirements:
1. Your paper must be based upon 5 or more authoritative sources obtained from peer reviewed journals, published dissertations and theses, reports from public policy research organizations (e.g. Brookings, CSIS, PEW, etc.) or published government documents (not including Web pages). These authoritative sources must have been published within the last ten years.
2. You must submit your paper to Turn It In for originality checking. You must ensure that you have properly paraphrased and cited information obtained from your authoritative sources. Do not construct your paper by gluing together quotations.
3. Your paper must meet the APA formatting requirements as shown in the sample papers provided in the LEO classroom.