CS5071NP Professional and Ethical Issues Individual Coursework 1 Question - 2025

CS5071NP Individual Coursework — 2024 (Weighting 100% of the module)

Write a minimum 3000 words report, in your own words, on the following case scenario. You can exceed up to 3500 but not more than that.

CS5071NP Scenario

A significant data breach at Capital One, a well-known financial services provider, in 2019 affected more than 100 million US consumers and 6 million Canadian customers. Due to a misconfigured web application firewall in Capital One’s cloud architecture, confidential client data was accessed without authorization by Paige Thompson, a former software engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Social Security numbers, bank account information, and other personal data were among the compromised data. The breach was not detected for several months after it happened, until July 2019. After the event, Capital One was hit with harsh legal repercussions, which included paying a $190 million settlement to compensate impacted customers and a $80 million fine.

The use of cloud technology, while offering scalability and efficiency, also introduced new vulnerabilities that were exploited in this breach. This incident raises critical questions about the role of technology in data security and the responsibilities of those who manage it.

CS5071NP Questions: Include in your report:

• Introduction and background of the scandal, include citations in the text (10%)
• Social issues, include citations in the text (15%)
• Ethical issues, include citations in the text (15%)
• Legal issues, include citations in the text (10%)
• Professional issues, include citations in the text (15%)
• Conclusion and Personal Reflection on what could be your choice or your perspective as per Professional Ethics guidelines? Explain according to the methodology of taking an ethical decision. (10%)
• Citations and Referencing (As per Harvard Referencing guidelines), NOTE: Must be from different valid sources as per the academic research guidelines. (10%)
• The other 5% of the marks will be awarded for: essay structure; grammar and punctuations; proper header and footer; correct spelling; (5%)
• The final 10% of the marks will be awarded for a final presentation and viva session that will be conducted after the coursework submission (10%)

Include following paragraphs while writing the report

• Paragraph[s] on Introduction
• Paragraph[s] on Background of the scandal
• Paragraph[s] on Social issues
• Paragraph[s] on Ethical issues
• Paragraph[s] on Legal issues
• Paragraph[s] on Professional issues
• Paragraph[s] on Conclusion and Personal Reflection
• Reference[s] following the Harvard Referencing Format Guidelines.

Note: The total word count (3000 words) should include all the paragraphs listed above; excluding the referencing section.

CS5071NP Criteria:

• Documentation and Formatting
• Introduction and Background
• Social Issue
• Ethical Issue
• Legal Issue
• Professional Issue
• Personal reflection
• Referencing
• Presentation and Viva

Include following formatting guidelines while writing the report

• Appropriate cover page provided in MST Classroom
• Table of content with correct page numbering
• Table of figures if any
• Header: Subject name and subject code
• Footer: Student ID and page number
• Font: Times New Roman
• Font Color: Black (Automatic) RGB(0,0,0)
• Font Size for heading: 14 Bold
• Font Size for paragraph: 12
• Font Size for Figure naming: 11 Italic
• Line Spacing: 1.5

CS5071NP MILESTONE BREAKDOWN:

Milestone 1 (Week 7):

• Introduction and background of the scandal, include citations in the text (10%) ● Social issues, include citations in the text (15%)
• Ethical issues, include citations in the text (15%)

Milestone 2 (Week 10)

• Legal issues, include citations in the text (10%)
• Professional issues, include citations in the text (15%)
• Conclusion and Personal Reflection on what could be your choice or your perspective as per Professional Ethics guidelines? Explain according to the methodology of taking an ethical decision. (10%)
• Citations and Referencing (As per Harvard Referencing guidelines), NOTE: Must be from different valid sources as per the academic research guidelines. (10%)