Case Study related to Hacking

  THIS  IS NOT A BUSY WORK ASSIGNMENT, it is a serious assignment meant to help  you prepare for the term paper in week 9.  A senior paper cannot be  well researched and written in a weekend.  I grade and provide feedback  at the senior level, and having a strong foundation which you then take  weeks to develop a solid research foundation and an outline leading to  strong conclusions and takeaway begins here.   So take some time, think  the proposal through, then present it.  It is not an essay, the proposal  does not need documentation, as it is your words explaining what you  are going to do, and why, and what you expect to learn and takeaway.  It  is not an history paper or background paper, but uses some background  to lay out the basics.   
   
Develop  a case study related to hacking. Have an original post of no less than  three to five paragraphs, and yes it can be more if you wish.  In  addition to your proposal, offer advice of a paragraph or two to at  least two other students.  This  is the proposal for your term paper due in week 9.  Papers should not  be written in a one week or weekend, but should take some time to  research, consider, and then draft.  Once drafted, ideally, one sleeps  on the paper, so one can proof and revise one last time before  submitting the final draft.  I expect a 400 level paper in week  9, so give some thought to your case study and provide me a short  synopsis of what you hope to look at, why, and what you hope to learn or  accomplish.  

Research  the web and find an appropriate incident related to either a successful  or failed penetration testing effort, or a successful or unsuccessful  hacking attempt against an organization, business or government  facility. For the discussion lay out the basic details of the case, why  you chose this case, and speculate on what specific lessons you  learned from the case, as well as possible recommendations for future  situations. This proposal should be no less than three or four  paragraphs.  (For those taking SEC420 concurrent with SEC435 this must  be a different case study.) 
I will repost the assignment nine requirements in the week five weekly update announcement.