Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester		T2 2018
Unit Code		BN203
Unit Title		Network Security 1
Assessment Type		Individual Assessment
Assessment Title		Identify emerging threats and mitigation strategies in Information Systems
Purpose  of	the	The purpose of the assignment is to identify the emerging threats and
assessment	(with	mitigation strategies in Information Systems . Students will be able to complete
ULO Mapping)		the following ULOs:
				b.  Identify  common  emerging  threats,  attacks,  mitigation  and
				countermeasures in networked information systems
Weight		15%
Total Marks		50
Word limit		1000 – 1500
Due Date		30st August, 2018 (23:55)
Submission			All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a
Guidelines			completed Assignment Cover Page.
				The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri
				(Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate
				section headings.
			Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed
			appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension		If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration
				Application must be submitted directly to the School’s Administration
				Officer, in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit
				this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment.
				Further information is available at:
				http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-
				procedures-and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment
Academic		Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of
Misconduct				the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to
				exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make
				themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at:
				http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-
				procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-Policy-
				Procedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity
				Section in your Unit Description.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

 

 

assessment (with ULO Mapping)

 

 

to demonstrate their achievements in them:

 

Demonstrate project leadership skills; identify and assess risk in designing and executing major projects;

 

Reflect on current project management ethics, research, theory and practice;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guidelines			All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed
			Assignment Cover Page.
			The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font
			and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.
			Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately
			at the end in a reference list using APA referencing style.
			If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration
			Application must be submitted directly to the School’s Administration Officer, in
			Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7.  You must submit this application
			three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is
			available at:
			http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-
			guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment
Misconduct			Academic Misconduct is a serious offence.	Depending on the seriousness of the
			case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from
			the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar
			with the full policy and procedure available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-
			mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism –
			Academic-Misconduct-Policy-Procedure. For further information, please		refer to
			the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepared by: Samira Baho      Moderated by: Dr Karthik Nagarajan                 July, 2018

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Purpose of the assessment:

 

As a project manager, your career will be driven by decisions, often dozens or more per day. Some decisions are small and barely noticed while others are more prominent and could have serious ramifications on yourself, your organisation and your stakeholders. Decisions like this will most likely require deep thought as they involve people, resources and the environment. Sometimes these factors are in conflict, creating a dilemma and significant riskswhere your awareness of Ethical issues in a professional setting will be vital.

To guide ethical behaviour and help with tough decisions, the Project Management Institute (PMI) has developed a Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and an Ethical Decision-Making Framework. This assessment will require you to use your knowledge of the PMI code and framework and apply it in a real life case study.

 

Occidental Engineering Case Study

 

 

 

Michael McFarland, S.J.

 

Wayne Davidson is a software engineer in the aerospace division of Occidental Engineering, a large engineering firm. For the past two years he has been working as a test engineer for Operation Safe Skies, a project to build a prototype of the next generation air traffic control system. This project, which is funded by a contract from the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), is a very important one for Occidental. With all the cutbacks in defence spending, the aerospace division has been losing business. The Safe Skies project has provided much needed business, and could lead to a much larger contract if successful. Mindful of its strategic importance, the company had bid very aggressively for the original contract. In fact they had “low-balled” it, bidding less than it would take to do the work properly. They felt that was the only way they could beat out their competitors, who were just as hungry for the work. Because of their somewhat shaky financial position, the company was not willing to take a loss on the project, so the project has been underfunded and understaffed. Nevertheless those working on the project have made a heroic effort, working eighteen hour days seven days a week to meet the deadline, because they know how much it means to the company, not to mention their own jobs. They are now very close to success.

 

A version of the prototype has been completed and turned over to Wayne for testing. He has run extensive simulations on it and found that it works as it should except for one little problem. When there are too many aircraft in the system, it will sometimes lose track of one or more of them. The “forgotten” aircraft will simply disappear from the screen, there will be no trace of it anywhere, and it will be ignored by all of the collision avoidance and other safety tests. Wayne has been working with the software designers to identify the cause of the problem, and they have traced it to a subtle error in memory allocation and reuse. They are confident that they can fix it, but it will take a month or more to do the redesign, coding and testing.

 

Wayne meets with his boss, Deborah Shepherd, the project manager, to discuss the implications. She tells him that what he is asking for is impossible. The contract requires that the company deliver a fully certified, working version of the software in three days for system integration and test. The government has developed a new, get-tough policy on missed deadlines and cost overruns, and Occidental is afraid that if they miss this deadline, the government will make an example of them. They would be subject to fines and the loss of the remainder of the prototype contract; and they might not be allowed to bid on the contract for the full system. This would have a devastating effect on the aerospace division, resulting in thousands of lost jobs.

 

They consider whether they can do a quick patch to the software before turning it over, but Wayne adamantly refuses to release any code that has not been tested thoroughly. There is always a chance that the patch would interact with some other part of the program to create a new bug.

 

Prepared by: Samira Baho                             Moderated by:                                                 Dr Karthik Nagarajan      July, 2018

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“Then we’ll have to deliver the software as is,” Deborah says. “I can’t jeopardize this project or the jobs of my people by missing that deadline.”

 

“We can’t do that!” exclaims Wayne. “That’s like delivering a car with defective brakes.”

 

“Don’t worry,” Deborah reassures him. “We have contacts in the FAA, so we know their testing plans. They will do a lot of simulations to make sure the software works with the hardware and has all the functionality in the specs. Then they will do live tests, but only at a small airport, with a backup system active at all times. There is no way they will overload the system in any of this. After that they will have some change requests. Even if they don’t, we can give them an updated version of the program. We can slip the bug fix in there. They will never see the problem. Even if they do, we can claim it was a random occurrence that would not necessarily show up in our tests. The important thing is no one is in any danger.”

 

“Maybe they won’t find the bug, but I know it’s there. I would be lying if I said the system passed all the necessary tests. I can’t do that. Anyway, it would be illegal and unprofessional.”

 

“You can certify that it is safe, because it is, the way they are going to use it.”

 

And so he does. In the end Wayne signs off on the software. It is delivered to the FAA and makes it through all the preliminary tests, including live tests at a small airport in the Midwest. As a result of these tests, the FAA requests some changes in the user interface, and when Occidental delivers the new software it includes a robust solution to the problem of the disappearing aircraft. No one outside of Deborah’s group ever learns of the problem. In fact Occidental’s success with the prototype leads to major contracts for air traffic control software, giving much-needed business to the aerospace division. This saves hundreds of jobs, and allows the company to add hundreds more.

 

Wayne Davidson, however, takes early retirement once the prototype project is finished, in order to write a book on software testing. He feels that the book should have a chapter on ethics, but he can never bring himself to write it.

 

What do you think about Wayne’s decision? Was it ethical?

 

 

References:

 

 

Michael McFarland, S.J., a computer scientist, is the former president of College of the Holy Cross and was a visiting scholar at the Markkula Ethics Center. June 2012

Available at: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/OccidentalEng.aspx [Accessed 07 November, 2017]

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Task

Prepare a report of about 1000 words that gives an ethical analysis of the issues raised in the case study. Your report should at least include the following:

Executive Summary

You should provide a brief summary of your main findings and research so that the reader can know its main purpose.

Introduction

o In this section you should (briefly) state the case study being analysed. You should also discuss the purpose and scope of the report and the sources of the information that you have used. That is, you should provide an overview of what you intend to write about in your report, so that the reader can anticipate how you are going to present the material and what it will consist of.

Analysis of the case study

o  Identify the ethical issues that arise in this case study.

o Identify the potential consequences to the stakeholders of accepting this aggressive bid and risks involved in this project.

o Identify the potentialbreaches of the Project Management Institute (PMI) ethical standards by the Project team. Examine the PMI code and identify requirements that are relevant to this case study.

o Deborah and Wayne are attempting to resolve the ethical dilemma that they have. Having completed your ethical analysis recommendations as to how they should proceed.

Conclusion

o Provide short concluding comments that remind the reader the main purpose of the assessment, how you went about addressing the ethical issues of the case study, what references you used and what the main findings were.

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Submission guidelines:

The report should have a consistent, professional, and well-organized appearance. Create the report (Minimum 1000 Words).

1. Your report should include the following:

The cover page must identify students’ (name and number), teaching staff, and assignment.

The report must include executive summary, table of contents, introduction, discussions (with heading/sub-headings to address the requirements listed above), conclusion and references.

Reference sources (APA style) must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list.

2. The assignment must be submitted in soft (electronic) copy on Moodle drop box. The pages of the assignment must be clear on each page

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Marking criteria:
Marks are allocated as follows:
Section to be included in the report			Description of the section	Marks
Executive summary			-A brief summary of your main findings and
			research so that the reader can know its	5
			main purpose.
			-In this section you should (briefly) state the
			case study being analysed. You should also
Introduction			discuss the purpose and scope of the report
			and the sources of the information that you	5
			have used. That is, you should provide an
			overview of what you intend to write about
			in  your  report,  so  that  the  reader  can
			anticipate how you are going to present the
			material and what it will consist of.
			– Identify the PM ethical issues in the case	8
			study.
			-Identify   the   potential   risks   to   the	8
Analysis of the case study			stakeholders  of  accepting  this  aggressive
			bid.
			–  Identify  the  potential  breaches  of  the
			Project Management Institute (PMI) ethical	10
			standards by the Project team. Examine the
			PMI code and identify requirements that
			are relevant to this case study.
			Deborah  and  Wayne  are  attempting  to
Recommendations			resolve the ethical dilemma that they have.	5
			Having  completed  your  ethical  analysis,
			provide  advice  as  to  how  they  should
			proceed.
			Provide  short  concluding  comments  that
Conclusion			remind the reader the main purpose of the	5
			assessment,   how   you   went   about
			addressing the ethical issues of the case
			study, what references you used and what
			the main findings were.
Reference and appendices			APA Style	2
Report logical structure, grammar and spelling				2
			Total Marks	50

 

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Marking Rubric for Assignment 1: Total Marks 50
Grade	HD	D	CR	P	< 50%
Mark	80  %	70%-69%	60%-69%	50%-59%
	+
Executive Summary	Complete in	Complete in most	Incomplet	Incomplete in	Incomplete in
/5	all respects;	respects; reflects	e in many	most respects;	all aspects;
	reflects all	most requirements	respects;	does not reflect	does not
	requirement		reflects	requirements	reflect
	s		few		requirements
			requirem
			ents
Introduction	Demonstrates a	Demonstr	Demonstrates an	Demonstrates	Does not
/5	sophisticated	ates an	acceptable	an inadequate	demonstrate
	understanding of	accomplis	understanding of	understanding	d
	the case study	hed	the topic(s) and	of the case	understandin
	and issues	understan	issues	study and	g to the
		ding of		issues	topics and
		the case			issues.
		study and
		issues
Case Study Analysis	Presents an	Presents a	Presents a	Presents an	Analysis not
/26	insightful and	thorough	superficial	incomplete	related to
	thorough analysis	analysis of	analysis of	analysis of the	the case
	of all issues	most issues	some of the	issues	study
	identified;	identified;	issues	identified	presented.
	includes all	includes most	identified;
	necessary	necessary	omits
	information	information	necessary
			information
	Makes	Makes appropriate	Makes	Makes little or	No
	appropriate	connections	appropriate but	no connection	connection
	and powerful	between the issues	somewhat vague	between the	between the
	connections	identified and the	connections	issues	issues
	between the	risk	between the	identified and	identified PM
	issues	management/code	issues and the risk	the risk	concepts
	identified and	of ethics concepts	management/cod	management/c	studied
	the risk	studied in PM.	e of ethics	ode of ethics
	management/c		concepts studied	concepts
	ode of ethics		in PM.	studied in PM.
	concepts
	studied in PM.
usion	Presents	Presents specific,	Presents	Presents realistic	No
	detailed,	realistic, and	realistic or	or appropriate	Recommendati
/10	realistic, and	appropriate	appropriate	recommendatio	ons presented
	appropriate	recommendations	recommendatio	ns with little, if
	recommendatio	supported by the	ns supported by	any, support
	ns clearly	information	the information	from the
	supported by	presented and	presented and	information
	the information	PM concepts	PM concepts	presented and
	presented and			PM concepts
	PM concepts
presentation	Writing	Writing is	Writing lacks	Writing is	Report
	demonstrates a	accomplished in	clarity or	unfocused,	unfocused,
/2	sophisticated	terms of clarity	conciseness	rambling, or	contains
	clarity,	and conciseness	and contains	contains	grammatical
	conciseness, and	and contains only	numerous	serious errors;	and spelling
	correctness;	a few errors;	errors; gives	lacks detail and	errors. Very
	includes	includes sufficient	insufficient	relevant data	hard to
	thorough details	details and	detail and	and	understand.
	and relevant	relevant data and	relevant data	information;
	data and	information; well-	and	poorly
	information;	organized	information;	organized
	extremely well-		lacks
	organized		organization

 

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/2	Uses APA	Uses APA	Reflect	Does not use APA	No Reference
	guidelines		s	guidelines
	accurately and	guidelines with	incomp
	consistently to	minor violations	lete
	cite sources	to cite sources	knowle
			dge of
			APA

Assignment Description

Objective of this assessment is to identify common emerging threats and attacks, and suggest appropriate mitigation and countermeasures strategies for networked information systems.

Scenario

You are the principal Security Architect for Mindvision Corporation, a firm with four regional offices and 50 employees located across Australia. The corporation has detected an ongoing cyber-attacks from last few days effecting their network and day-to-day operational services. Your role (based on the chosen topic below) is to liaise between business stakeholders and technologists. Translating potential emerging threats and attacks faced by Corporation and providing feasible countermeasures so corporation can take security decisions more effectively.

Your deliverable for this assessment is to write a report for any ONE of the following topics:

IP security

Secure remote access

Network devices security Cloud computing

Intrusion prevention system Firewall security

DDoS attack detection and prevention

The report must address the following criteria:

An Executive Summary at the beginning of the report which provides a clear statement of the emerging threats and attacks being assessed. Identify and explain emerging threats based on vulnerabilities and consequences derived from Networked Information Systems.

Discuss potential damages these threats and vulnerabilities could cause if exploited. What are the challenges and issues faced by corporation to control these threats?

Discuss the impact of financial difficulties and budget constraints while selecting security counter measures.

Provide detail mitigation and countermeasure strategies that will impact the networked information system.

Marking criteria:

Example of marking criteria is shown in following table. Marks are allocated as follows:

Section to be		Description of the section				Marks
included in the report
Executive Summary	Student should describe purpose of report and					5
	statement of threats and attacks being discussed in
	report.
Identification of	Student should identify and discuss in detail relevant					10
threats and attacks	security threats and attacks for the selected topic
Potential damages	Student  should list down  and  explain potential					10
	damages these threats could cause if exploited
Challenges/Issues	Student should identify and relate challenges/issues					10
	faced by corporation to control these threats such as
	financial difficulties and budget constraints.
Mitigation and	Student	should	discuss	mitigation	and	5
countermeasure	countermeasure  strategies  relevant  to  threats
strategies	identified in earlier part of this report
Summary/Conclusion	Student should conclude how these threats and					5
	mitigation  strategies  is  going  to  impact  the
	networked information systems
Reference style	Follow IEEE reference style					5
			Total			50

Marking Rubric:

Grade Mark

HD	DI	CR	P	Fail
40-50	35-39	30-34	25-29	<25
Excellent	Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory

Executive Summary/5

Identification of threats and attacks/10

Potential damages/10

Challenges /Issues /10

Mitigation and countermeasure strategies /5

Summary/Conclusion/5

Concise and	Summary is	Generally	Some
	relevant and	relevant	relevance and
specific to the
	soundly	and	briefly
topic
	analyzed.	analyzed.	presented.
Demonstrated	Demonstrated	Demonstrat	Demonstrate
		ed  ability	d  ability to
excellent ability	excellent
		to think	think critically
to think critically	ability to think
		critically	and did not
and sourced	critically but
		and sourced	source
reference	did not source
		reference	reference
material	reference
		material	material
appropriately for	material
		appropriate	appropriately
identification of	appropriately
		ly
threats
In depth use of a	Evidence of	Use of some	Limited
		relevant	evidence of
good range of	using relevant
		literature to	using relevant
relevant	literature to
		address the	literature to
literature to	address the
		points.	address the
address the	points.
			point
points.
Logic is clear and	Consistency	Mostly	Adequate
		consistent	cohesion and
easy to follow	logical and
		logical and	conviction
with strong	convincing
		convincing
arguments
Thorough and	Good	Enough	Limited
comprehensive	explanation of	explanation	explanation to
explanation of	the solutions	of the	the solution of
the solutions, to	to the problem	solution to	the problem
the problem	defined	the problem	defined.
defined.		defined
All elements are	Conclusive	Components	Most
present and very	present with	present and	components
well integrated.	good cohesive	mostly well	present but
		integrated	not well
			summarized

This is not relevant to the assignment topic.

Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately

No evidence and literature to address points as required.

Argument is confused and disjointed

No explanation for mitigation provided or discussed

Conclusion lacks relevance

Reference style	Clear styles with	Clear	Generally	Sometimes	Lacks consistency
/5
	excellent source	referencing	good	clear	with many errors
	of references.	style	referencing	referencing
			style	style

Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Unit Code	BN206
Unit Title	System Administration
Assessment Type	Individual Assignment
Assessment Title	Assignment-1: Server management systems and tools (T2-2018)
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)	This assignment is designed to assess students’ knowledge and skills related to the following learning outcomes:a)      Understand various server management systems b)      Manage emerging tools and techniques for system management
Weight	15%
Total Marks	40
Word limit	1000-1200 words
Due Date	Week 7, Thursday, by 11:55PM through Moodle (Melbourne and Sydney)
Submission Guidelines	·      All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a title Page.·      The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2.54 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings. ·      Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension	·      If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly through AMS.  You must submit this application three (3) working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is available at:http://www.mit.edu.au/about–mit/institute–publications/policies–procedures–and–guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment   Without a granted special consideration, late submissions will be subject to penalty as per the information on late penalty in the unit description.
Academic Misconduct	·      Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-Policy-Procedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.

Purpose of the Assessment:

This assignment has two parts: (i) command line tools and techniques for server management, and (ii) server management systems. The parts combined, the assignment provides students with opportunity to undertake work on the above topics and develop an understanding and professional skills required to manage and maintain network servers.

By doing this assignment, students will get an opportunity to enquire some of the server Operating System features, and basic tools used in LINUX servers. They will also get an idea of various tasks performed by the system administrators.  In addition to that, the overview of the modern day operating systems is also necessary to keep up with the current technological trend.

Task 1:  Server management with Linux commands (15 Marks)

Q1. Managing Linux servers requires skills in using command line tools. Consult various sources of information to gain an understanding of why Linux System Administrators must be proficient in using Linux command line tools as opposed to graphical user interface (GUI) based tools. Write down your understanding on this in your own words in one (1) paragraph. Your submission will be checked for originality using the Turnitin similarity checking software, and if it is detected that your paragraph has a high level of similarity with other sources, you will score zero marks for this answer. Remember to use at least two (2) citations and references (list at the end of the document along with your other references) in your paragraph.                                                                                                                  (6 Marks)

Q2. Use the following commands on a Linux machine running any flavour of Linux (e.g., Ubuntu, Kali), and document the following for each command:                              (3 Marks * 3=9 Marks)

Commands:

1. ifconfig
2. netstat
3. lsof

For each command, document the following:

1. What the command is used for
2. Syntax of the command
3. A valid screenshot with appropriate figure number and caption showing how you explored the command on your Linux system. Figure 1 shows an example of a valid screenshot where the user who used the command is clearly displayed. This is required for checking the originality of your work. Do the following before using any of the above commands to achieve this:
   • On the Linux terminal, use the following commands one after the other:

mkdir <your name>     (Replace <your name> with your own name!)

cd <your name>     (You are changing directory to the newly created directory)

Figure 1: Example of a valid screenshot showing the name of the user (User: Jahan)

Task 2:  Server management Systems   (25 Marks)

Every server operating system has its own server management features included. Select and research one (1) topic from the list below, and write a report containing the following sections. Your submission will be checked for originality using the Turnitin similarity checking software, and if it is detected that your report has high level of similarity with other sources, you may score zero marks for this part.

List of topics (choose 1):

• CentOS
• Windows nano server

• Red hat enterprise Linux

Report sections:

Investigate your chosen topic by reading articles and technical configuration from any source other than Wikipedia. These articles can be searched online or from a journal. Provide a Report to share your understanding (between 1000-1200 words limit), which should include the following sections:

• Introduction
• Background information/history of development
• Technical details and features
• Target platform
• Advantages and Disadvantages
• Conclusion
• References (minimum 5 references)

Submission Guidelines:

Submit one document containing all of your answers for both Task 1 and Task 2. Your submission should include the following:

• A cover page (topic name and assignment title), identifying student (name and ID), name of the lecturer and name of the tutor.
• The assignment must use 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and at least 1.5 cm line spacing with appropriate section headings.
• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE reference style.
• It should follow standard report f.

Marking criteria

Marks are allocated as follows:

Section to be included in the report	Description of the section	Marks
Task-1 (15 Marks)
Q1	A paragraph of student’s own understanding on the topic, written using own words.	6
Q2	For each tool: purpose, syntax, original screenshot	3 marks * 3=9
Task 2 (25 Marks)
Introduction	Introduction to the Topic, and structure of the report	2
Background information/history of development	Details on background including the history of development	3
Technical details and features	Detail explanation of the topic with features of the topic	7
Target platform	Information and explanation on the computer platforms that are the targets for your chosen OS	3
Advantages and Disadvantages	Listings and discussions of advantages and disadvantages of your chosen OS	5
Conclusion	A conclusion to summarise the report findings	3
References	IEEE reference style, and relevant references onlyAt least seven (7) references	2
Total for assignment		40

Marking Rubric

GradeMark	HD32-40	DI28-31	CR24-27	P20-23	Fail<20
Excellent	Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory
Q1 /6	A paragraph of student’s own understanding on the topic, written using own words, with appropriate citation and references	Topics are relevant and soundly analysed.	Generally relevant but understanding reported is incomplete or partial.	Some relevance and briefly presented, citation ORreferences missing.	(This is not relevant to the assignment topic) or (no citations and references).
Q2/9	Excellent presentation of purpose, syntax, original screenshots for ALL commands	Very good presentation of purpose, syntax, original screenshots for ALL commands	Good presentation of purpose, syntax, original screenshots for ALL commands	Unclear presentation of purpose, syntax, with some original screenshots	Unclear presentation of purpose, syntax, with all non-original screenshots
Introduction /2	Excellent introduction of topic and clear structure of report provided	Very good introduction of topic and clear structure of report provided	Good introduction of topic and report structure provided to some extent	Somewhat relevant introduction, or no structure of report provided	Irrelevant introduction
Background information/history of development   /3	Excellent background information/history of development provided	Very good background information/history of development provided	Good background information/history of development provided	Somewhat relevant background information/history of development	Irrelevant background information/history of development
Technical details and features /7	Highly valid and appropriate	Valid and appropriate	Generally valid and appropriate	Somewhat valid	Not valid
Target Platform /3	Clear listing of and excellent information and explanation about the target computer platforms for the chosen OS	Clear listing of and good information and explanation about the target computer platforms for the chosen	Clear listing of and some information or explanation about the target computer platforms for the chosen	Good listing of target platform, lacks information and/or explanation.	Absent or wrong platforms listed.
Advantages/ Disadvantages   /5	Excellent list of advantages and disadvantages with clear explanations	Good list of advantages and disadvantages with clear explanation	List of advantages and disadvantages with some explanation	List of advantages and disadvantages with no explanation	Absent or irrelevant answer.
Conclusions/3	A very powerful conclusion	Very good conclusion	Good conclusion	Conclusion has some relevance	Irrelevant or no conclusion
References /2	Clear styles with excellent source of references. At least seven (7) references listed and used	Clear referencing style At least seven (7) references listed and used	Generally good referencing style Less than seven (7) references listed and used	Sometimes clear referencing style   Inadequate number of references	Lacks consistency with many errors And/or   No references (mark decided based on the above two criteria)

 

 

 

 

			Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester	T2 2018
Unit Code	BN208
Unit Title	Networked Application
Assessment Type	Individual written report and demonstration – Assignment 1
Assessment Title	Emerging trends in Network Technology and its Applications
Purpose of the	This assignment assesses the following Unit Learning Outcomes; students should
assessment (with	be able to demonstrate their achievements in following.
ULO Mapping)		b. Apply socio-technical contexts in modern network applications and
	management;
	c. Utilise common and emerging types of middleware to design and manage
	networked applications;
Weight	15% of the total assessments
Total Marks	50
Word limit	2000
Due Date	30/08/2018 Thursday, Week 7, demonstrate during laboratory class and submit report
	on Moodle
Submission	·  All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed
Guidelines		Assignment Cover Page.
		·  The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font
			and 2 cm margins on all four sides of the page with appropriate section headings.
	·  Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report and be listed
		appropriately at the end in IEEE referencing style.
Extension		If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application
		must be submitted directly on AMS at least three working days before the assessment
		due date. Further information is available at:
			http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-
			and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment
Academic		Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case,
Misconduct		penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course
		or cancellation of the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full
		policy and procedure available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-
		publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-
		Misconduct-Policy-Procedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic
		Integrity Section in the Unit Description.

BN208 Networked Application                                     Assignment 1                                                                      Page 2 of 4

Assignment 1 Specification

Description

Applications of all kinds are critical to the daily operations of enterprises all over the world. While hypervisor virtualization technology has become the standard for managing applications, software components, containers enable IT professionals to install, run, maintain, and upgrade applications and their surrounding environments quickly, consistently, and more efficiently than their hypervisor counterparts. This is making Containers a popular topic for many IT professionals, and is increasing traction in the enterprise.

Write a report addressing following question with the help of figures and example scenarios.

1. What is a Data Centre and discuss different operation performed in data centre, how data centres divided in Different tiers based on what criteria’s? Give example of few famous Australia based Data centres.
2. What is Hypervisor-Based Server Virtualization Technology, its use and explain at least two examples of it. Also, compare both examples based on their features and limitations.
3. What is container-based virtualization and why we need it? Discuss at least two examples of it and also, compare both examples based on their features and limitations.

Instructions: Students need to read three to four articles abouthypervisor virtualization technology, Data Centre and container-based virtualization applications to explore how these technologies work and their different features. Students can choose to research about any vendor application.

Demonstration: Students should prepare presentation slides and take screen shots of slide and paste at the end of assignment draft. The tutor will ask each student 2-3 questions from submitted work. The demonstration from each student should not be more than 8 minutes.

Task 1

Write a report covering and detailing above applications while emphasizing on the following aspects:

• Field and Purpose of the application
• Working model of the application
• Scalability issues
• Features and Weaknesses of the application
• Socio-Technical aspects

Task 2

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation discussing the main features of the given applications. The PowerPoint presentation should have at least 10 slides and students should present for 6-8 minutes during lab time in Week 8.

BN208 Networked Application Assignment 1

Further instructions:

• Do not use Wikipedia as neither source nor reference.
• Read articles from the books or the ones published in journals and conferences for each topic and then rewrite those using your own words.
• Use IEEE style referencing, and make sure to properly reference any diagrams/ graphics.

Submissions:

Students has to submit only one word document on Moodle which includes task 1 and task 2. At the end of task 1, copy the slides from task 2 and paste it into the same document then upload it on Moodle.

Marking criteria:

Section to be included in the	Description of the section	Marks
report
Introduction	Brief introduction about given technologies and	5
	outline of the complete report
Task 1	Discussion of the following aspects of given	20
	applications:
	Purpose
	Working
	Scalability
	Features and Weaknesses
	Socio-Technical aspects
Task 2	The PowerPoint presentation evaluation will be	15
	based on:
	– Quality of presentation (layout, structure,
	organisation etc.)
	– Quality of content and information
	– Presenters knowledge of the topic and ability to
	answer the questions
Conclusion	A complete summary of the report including all	5
	important findings
Reference style	IEEE reference style	5
	Total	50

BN208 Networked Application Assignment 1

Marking Rubric

Grades	Excellent	Very Good	Good	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory
Introduction	Concise and	Topics are	Generally	Some	Not relevant to the
	specific to the	relevant and	relevant and	relevance and	assignment topic.
	given	soundly	analysed.	briefly
	technologies.	analysed.		presented.
Analysis and	Demonstrates	Demonstrates	Demonstrates	Demonstrates	Does not
Understanding	excellent ability	ability to think	fair ability to	ability to think	demonstrate ability to
of	to think critically	critically and	think critically	critically but	think critically and
Technologies	and source	source	and source	does not	does not source
	reference	reference	reference	source	reference material
	material	material	material	reference	appropriately.
	appropriately.	appropriately.	appropriately.	material
				appropriately.
Demonstratio	Logic is clear and	Consistency,	Mostly	Adequate	Argument is confused
n	easy to follow	logical and	consistent	cohesion and	and disjointed.
	with strong	convincing.	logical and	conviction.
	arguments.		convincing
Conclusion	Concluded each	Discussed the	Concluded in	Some areas	Not relevant to given
	topic specifically	major areas of	general	were not	topics
	to the given	given topics		relevant
	technologies.
IEEE	Clear styles with	Clear	Generally	Sometimes	Lacks consistency
Reference	excellent source	referencing	good	clear	with many errors.
style	of references.	style.	referencing	referencing
			style.	style.

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