ASSESSMENT 1: REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

Due: Sunday of week 3, 6, 11, 11.59pm AEST/AEDT
Length: 300 words each (+/- 10%)
Weight: 20% (collectively)
Feedback: Feedback will be provided within 10 business days of the due date.

INTRODUCTION

For this assessment, you will submit entries from your reflective journal. There is significant evidence that reflective activities like this one will help you to better perform new skills, including cognitive skills. Furthermore, skills in reflection are beneficial in the workplace for continual improvement and incident analysis.

By completing this assessment, you will develop and demonstrate your ability to:

1. Describe and critically analyse the role of cyber threat actors in the contemporary context of organisations and society
2. Describe and critically analyse each phase of the cyber-attack lifecycle
3. Describe and critically reflect on the role and diverse perspectives related to cyber strategy and resilience in the context of contemporary organisations
4. Critically analyse organisational response to cyber-attack from the integrated perspective of people, process and technology
5. Define agility in incident response and identify key people, process and technology barriers to achieving agility in organisations
6. Design a strategic plan to develop cyber resilience and response agility for organisations

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Each week, participate in the pre-lecture discussion, the lecture, and the tutorial discussion.
2. Following each week's activities, reflect on how your thinking has progressed using your reflective journal. Each entry should be around 200–300 words.
3. Select your 3–5 best entries, noting the word limit above. Use the rubric below to judge your best entries. (Note that the rubric focuses on the quality of your reflection rather than whether your initial thinking was 'correct'.)
4. Collate your best entries into a single Word or PDF file and submit them via the LMS.

RUBRIC

Criterion

No pass (0–49%)

Pass (50–59%)

Credit (60–69%)

Distinction (70–79%)

HD (80–100%)

Reporting and responding (35%)
Description of your first thoughts about the case, which may require a brief description of the case.

This reflection does not provide a description of the student's initial thoughts or reactions about the case.

Minimal or superficial description of thoughts and reactions. May miss components of case.

Describes thoughts and reactions. Misses small components of case.

Describes thoughts and reactions.

Describes thoughts and reactions. This reflection also shows an understanding of complexity, for example, by noting thoughts that may conflict with each other, raise questions, or show unconscious bias.

Relating and reasoning (35%)
Connecting theory to experience

This reflection does not provide connection to theory.

Minimal or superficial list of theory that relates to the experience. May miss relevant theory.

Connects relevant theory to experience. Misses small components of relevant theory.

Connects relevant theory to experience.

Connects relevant theory to experience. Additionally, this reflection shows an understanding of complexity, for example, by merging insights from different perspectives.

Reconstructing (30%)
Conclusions and changes to practice

This reflection does not provide conclusions or changes to practice.

Lists conclusions and planned practice changes, but they are minimal or superficial. The connection between the practice changes and the experience /theory is not clear.

Draws conclusions based on the experience and relevant theory, and describes one or more relevant practice changes. Misses small components of the case or theory.

Draws conclusions based on the experience and relevant theory, and describes one or more relevant practice changes.

Draws conclusions based on the experience and relevant theory, and describes one or more relevant practice changes. This reflection also shows an understanding of nuance or limitations, for example, by noting unanswered questions for future study, or planning differing practice changes for differing situations.