Short
Assignment: Future Forecast
The goal of this assignment is to think creatively about the future
of a topic related to information security. Choose a technology,
product, service, legislative area, social phenemonon or other
topic.
Specific requirements for this assignment are:
- Introduce the topic and its importance. 5 points.
- Provide the background on the topic, including citation to relevant
literature as appropriate. 5 points.
- Evaluate the current state of the topic. E.g., what are the most
important challenges, uses and unknowns? 5 points.
- Provide a future forecast for the topic. What do you think will
happen, when, and with what level of confidence do you make this
prediction? 5 points.
- The outcome of your work should be a Web page (linked to the
Projects page for the class) with your written report on the
above.
Effective presentation, communication and use of language
are criteria for all 4 requirements.
- Your forecast should be about 500-1500 words.
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