This assessment requires you to undertake preliminary research towards your report, on a cybercrime of your choice, on which you will gain feedback prior to the submission of assessment 2. Annotated bibliographies provide an alphabetical list of all your key references, set out in Harvard format, with each reference accompanied by short, evaluative overviews of each of those sources. Provide ten good quality sources, with each annotation (including the reference) averaging around 100 words.
- To mirror the role of an intelligence/security analyst tasked with evaluating a particular threat for a stakeholder.
- To identify a cybercrime threat that is of interest to you, and develop and show your information literacy by researching, assessing and evaluating that threat and the mitigation measures being employed to address it.
- To demonstrate a general understanding of key issues and concepts relating to the module topic, including socio-economic trends, cybercrime threats, security actors, and response strategies.
- 1000 words +/- 100%
- Will assess the research you carry out to support assignment 2 (assignment 2 should normally be on the same topic)
- The title is your selected topic, e.g. online firearms trafficking
- Prepare 10 annotations (select your best 10 sources). Have a look at this short article on the merits of different types of source and maintaining the right balance between them. Try to find at least one general textbook or textbook chapter that offers a complete overview of the topic area and helps you build a plan for the report.
- Use the full Harvard reference as the heading for each annotation (consult https://www.citethemrightonline.com/ to assist you with formatting your references)
- Present each annotation below the reference to which it relates
- Sort your annotations alphabetically from A to Z
- Each annotation should be 100 words (on average) and on this occasion it should include the Harvard reference.
- There is no need for an additional, separate references list.
- Have a look at the grading criteria for both the annotated bibliography and the report, supplied in the section above.