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Grading Rubrics for Project Component Assignments

ITS 4910

Schematics

Rating

Excellent

Good

Acceptable

Less than acceptable

Unacceptable

Points

25 - 22

21 - 20

19 - 17

16 - 0

Score

Content

  • Includes highly accurate and detailed depictions of each data center

  • Includes accurate and highly detailed depiction of connectivity between data centers

  • Schematics are well organized and clearly presented

  • Includes accurate depictions of each data center

  • Accurately depicts connectivity between data centers

  • Schematics are easily read and understood

  • Depictions of each data center are included

  • Connectivity between each data center is shown

  • Depictions of data centers are incomplete or highly inaccurate

  • Depiction of connectivity between data centers is incomplete or highly inaccurate

  • One or more schematic of data centers or connectivity is missing

Narrative

Rating

Excellent

Good

Acceptable

Less than acceptable

Unacceptable

Points

25 - 22

21 - 20

19 - 17

16 - 0

Score

Content

Narrative includes:

  • Thorough and highly detailed description of how IT infrastructure was designed within and between data centers

  • Thorough and cogent rationale for all design decisions

  • Comprehensive explanation of IT equipment, tools, and software used, and security controls required at each level of infrastructure.

  • Comprehensive list of venders, clearly depicted and explained; rationale given for all vendor choices

Narrative includes:

  • Description of how IT infrastructure was designed within and between data centers

  • Rationale for all design decisions

  • Explanation of IT equipment, tools, and software used, and security controls required at each level of infrastructure.

  • Choice of vendors clearly depicted and explained

Narrative includes all of the following, but with one to two items lacking in detail or containing minor inaccuracies:

  • Description of how IT infrastructure was designed within and between data centers

  • Rationale for all design decisions

  • Explanation of IT equipment, tools, and software used, and security controls required at each level of infrastructure.

  • Choice of vendors clearly depicted and explained

Narrative includes all of the following, but with three or more items lacking in detail or containing minor inaccuracies:

  • Description of how IT infrastructure was designed within and between data centers

  • Rationale for all design decisions

  • Explanation of IT equipment, tools, and software used, and security controls required at each level of infrastructure

  • Choice of vendors clearly depicted and explained

One or more of the following is missing or mostly inaccurate:

  • Description of how IT infrastructure was designed within and between data centers

  • Rationale for all design decisions

  • Explanation of IT equipment, tools, and software used, and security controls required at each level of infrastructure.

  • Choice of vendors clearly depicted and explained


Security Policy Statement

Rating

Excellent

Good

Acceptable

Less than acceptable

Unacceptable

Points

25 - 22

21 - 20

19 – 17

16 - 0

Score

Content

Contains a clear explanation of purpose and scope of the policy and specific objectives of the policy, including information beyond what is found in the template.

Contains a clear explanation of purpose and scope of the policy and specific objectives of the policy.

Consists of completed template with required items included.

One to two required items not included.

Three or more required items not included.

Security Education and Training Plan

Rating

Excellent

Good

Acceptable

Less than acceptable

Unacceptable

Points

25 - 22

21 - 20

19 – 17

16 - 0

Score

Content

Plan includes clear and highly detailed descriptions of the following:

  • Overall program

  • Choice of methods for delivery of training and materials, as well as explanation of rationale for that choice

  • Audience, along with discussion of implications for training delivery

  • Timeframes

Plan includes clear and highly detailed descriptions of the following:

  • Overall program

  • Audience

  • Methods for delivery of training and materials

  • timeframes

Plan includes the minimum of description for the following:

  • Overall program

  • Audience

  • Methods for delivery of training and materials

  • timeframes

One or two of the following are missing or incomplete:

  • Overall program

  • Audience

  • Methods for delivery of training and materials

  • timeframes

Three or more of the following are missing or incomplete:

  • Overall program

  • Audience

  • Methods for delivery of training and materials

  • timeframes


Security Procedures for Equipment and Tools

Rating

Excellent

Good

Acceptable

Less than acceptable

Unacceptable

Points

25 - 22

21 - 20

19 – 17

16 - 0

Score

Content

  • All relevant equipment and tools are addressed

  • Statements of purpose, scope, procedures, enforcement, and revision history for each tool and piece of equipment are comprehensive and include information beyond that suggested by the template

  • Necessary equipment and tools are addressed

  • For each tool and piece of equipment addressed, statements of purpose, scope, procedures, enforcement, and revision history are included

  • Most necessary equipment and tools are addressed, with one to two missing or not completely addressed

  • For each tool and piece of equipment addressed, all but one to two items in the template are completed correctly

  • Three or more necessary tools or equipment are not addressed

  • Three or more items missing from template.

  • Only one to two necessary tools or equipment are addressed

  • Template is not used, or only one to two template items completed


Security Procedure for Application Servers and General Access Control

Rating

Excellent

Good

Acceptable

Less than acceptable

Unacceptable

Points

25 - 22

21 - 20

19 – 17

16 - 0

Score

Content

  • Security procedures provided for all application servers include clear, specific, and detailed statements of purpose, scope, procedures, enforcement, and revision history

  • General access control procedure includes clear explanation of how they can be applied to any infrastructure support and/or administrative personnel (including end-users), and rationale for procedures

  • Security procedures provided for all application servers include clear statements of purpose, scope, procedures, enforcement, and revision history

  • General access control procedure includes clear and concise explanation of how they can be applied to any infrastructure support and/or administrative personnel (including end-users), and rationale for procedures

  • Most procedures addressed, with one to two missing or incomplete

  • General access control procedure can be applied to any infrastructure support and/or administrative personnel (including end-users)

  • Several procedures (three or four) missing or incomplete

  • General access control procedure incomplete or does not completely apply to any infrastructure support and/or administrative personnel (including end-users)

  • Most or all procedures (Five or more) missing or incomplete

  • General access control procedure missing or minimally addressed



Incident Response Plan

Rating

Excellent

Good

Acceptable

Less than acceptable

Unacceptable

Points

25 - 22

21 - 20

19 – 17

16 - 0

Score

Content

Plan includes the following for one data center and the global network:

  • Comprehensive list and explanation of potential incidents

  • Rating of incidents by risks as high, medium, or low, with rationale for all ratings

  • Mitigating controls to reduce the identified risks, with clear explanation and rational for each control

  • Identification of incident response team (contact list – names, titles, work and home contact information) with roles and responsibilities, and explanation of why those roles are responsibilities were assigned to each team member

  • Detailed and concise process to assess, describe, and document the damage with appropriate forms; explanation of rationale for each step in the process; forms clear and well laid-out

  • Detailed and concise incident reporting process and appropriate forms; explanation of rationale for each step in the process; forms clear and well laid-out

Plan includes the following required items for one data center and the global network:

  • Identification of potential incidents

  • Rating of incidents by risks as high, medium, or low

  • Mitigating controls to reduce the identified risks

  • Identification of incident response team (contact list – names, titles, work and home contact information) with roles and responsibilities

  • Process to assess, describe, and document the damage with appropriate forms

  • Incident reporting process and appropriate forms

All required items are included with one to two incomplete

One to two required items missing, three required items incomplete, or major portions of data center and global network not addressed


Plan does not address data center and/or global network

Half or more of required items missing or incomplete

Disaster Recovery Plan

Rating

Excellent

Good

Acceptable

Less than acceptable

Unacceptable

Points

25 - 22

21 - 20

19 – 17

16 - 0

Score

Content

Plan includes the following for one data center and the global network:

  • Clear, concise, and detailed recovery plan with specific recovery process objectives.

  • List of disaster recovery teams for each data center and the global network, with rationale for team assignments.

  • Contact list for each of the teams and backup team members with their names, job titles, work and home contact information, and their roles and responsibilities; rationale for assignment of each team member

  • Inventory list of hardware and software (with version numbers) for the IT infrastructure

  • Alternate recovery site location(s) with descriptions of what equipment and/or resources should be at the site and why

  • Escalation call tree of IT leaders based on the severity event levels with names, job titles, work and home contact information; detailed explanation of call tree

Plan includes the following required items for one data center and the global network:

  • Basic recovery plan detailing the recovery process objectives.

  • List of disaster recovery teams for each data center and the global network.

  • Contact list for each of the teams and backup team members with their names, job titles, work and home contact information, and their roles and responsibilities

  • Inventory list of hardware and software (with version numbers) for the IT infrastructure

  • Alternate recovery site location(s) with descriptions of what equipment and/or resources should be at the site

  • Escalation call tree of IT leaders based on the severity event levels with names, job titles, work and home contact information

All required items are included with one incomplete

One to two required items missing, two required items incomplete, or major portions of data center and global network not addressed


Plan does not address data center and/or global network

Half or more of required items missing or incomplete

Final Project Additional Components

Rating

Excellent

Good

Acceptable

Less than acceptable

Unacceptable

Points

50 - 43

42 - 39

38 – 33

32 - 0

Score

Content

Contains Risk Assessment, Business Impact Analysis, Table of Contents, Introduction, Appendix, and properly formatted references.

  • No spelling or grammar errors and paper flows smoothly.

Contains Risk Assessment, Business Impact Analysis, Table of Contents, Introduction, Appendix, and references with one or two minor formatting or spelling errors.

  • Paper flows smoothly.

Contains Risk Assessment, Business Impact Analysis, Table of Contents, Introduction, Appendix, and references.

  • However, there are many formatting or spelling errors.

  • Paper flows smoothly.

A required item not included or paper does not flow smoothly and has several format, spelling, or grammar errors.

Two or more required items not included.