Portfolio

Portfolio
Scenario
NB: This is a hypothetical scenario that combines ‘real world’ factors – it is not based on an actual scenario, some of the details in this scenario are fictional.

You work in the Business Security and Development branch of EnergyAustralia. It is October 2018 and news about ongoing Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor activity attempting to infiltrate the networks of global managed service providers (MSPs) has become public and resulted in international alerts. Your manager (who does not have an IT background) knows that EnergyAustralia uses Cisco equipment but is having difficulties understanding the US-CERT alert that he has been given in relation to potential attacks.
She asks you to provide a brief about the situation and its likely impact for the company. She has also asked you to email an overview of the situation to your IT colleagues throughout the organisation so they are aware of what is occurring and any impact this alert may have on their roles. The Corporate Communication team has also asked that you draft some web content to post for relevant users who may be concerned about the security of the network’s systems and their assets. This material (the brief, the email, and the web content) is required as soon as possible, so you turn to the official announcement from US-CERT and use Alert TA18-106A as your only source for information.
Source material
US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (2018) Alert (TA18-276B) Advanced Persistent Threat Activity Exploiting Managed Service Providers, dated October 3, 2018 accessed 19 February 2019
See: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA18-276B
Task
Translate the source material into three different texts for specified readhership/audience.
You are NOT critiquing the source document, providing opinion about its content or adding further information from research.
Your aim is to keep the integrity of the original document, using what is relevant from it in the three different texts and keeping its message intact, but with a focus on the needs

Your aim is to keep the integrity of the original document, using what is relevant from it in the three different texts and keeping its message intact, but with a focus on the needs of the reader.
1. A brief for your business manager (not an IT specialist) (approx. 500 words)
2. An email for your IT colleagues (approx. 200 words)
3. Web content for users (approx. 300 words)
AND the fourth component of this assignment
4. You must also reflect on the considerations and challenges that you faced in completing this task (HINT: refer to the learning material for ideas ) (approx. 300 words)
Marking criteria
Students will be assessed on the following:
the reader-centredness of each text
the useability and persuasiveness of each text as appropriate
structure, grammar, spelling and punctuation
quality and depth of the reflection task.