Project for IS3350

Project

Project: Document Retention Policy and Litigation Hold Notices

Purpose
The purpose of this project is to provide you with an opportunity to create a document retention policy. You will also learn how to serve a litigation hold notice for an educational institute. The following aspects of litigation and document retention are covered:
 Applicability of availability, integrity, and confidentiality (AIC) concepts
 Confidentiality of personal information and contracts
 Applicability of American Legal System in the litigation process involving corporate, public, and private institutions
 IP issues
 Risk analysis and incident response procedures
 Forensic examination

Required Source Information and Tools
The following tools and resources are needed to complete this project:
 Course textbook
 Internet access for research
 Project text sheet

Learning Objectives and Outcomes
You will gain an understanding of the aspects involved in the conception, enforcement, and implementation of security policies. You will also gain insight to risk analysis and will learn how to respond to any given situation that might arise from a violation of those security policies.

Project Logistics
The project is assigned in Unit 7 of the course and is due for submission in Unit 11.

Project Scenario:
You are the Chief Information Officer for Premier College. Recently, your college has received a notice from the Department of Education about an investigation of your college based on the state-specific testing and compliance procedures. The Department of Education has sent a Litigation Hold Notice wherein they have asked all college staff and administrators of the college to preserve all relevant documents, records, data, contracts (regardless of its location or medium), and correspondence notes.

To understand the litigation hold notice received from the Department of Education, refer to the document titled “Project: Litigation Hold Notice”