SHARP Essay

Inform learners they will write a two-page (maximum) essay addressing actual SHARP issues from your environment – unit, organization, or Army – and making recommendations on how  leaders at the SGT level can implement potential solutions. The winner will be selected by the commandant and recognized with a certificate of achievement and coin during graduation.  

Your essay should address the question, “Why do cases of sexual harassment and sexual assault continue to take place in the Army, despite all the training and education that take place?

I. Introduction (1-2 paragraphs)

A. Opening statement

B. Background information

C. Purpose statement

II. Body (2-4 paragraphs)

A. (Point A) Why does sexual assault occur? Include supporting evidence.

B. (Point B) Does our current approach to training reduce (or not reduce) the risk of sexual assault and harassment? (Could be tied to point A)

C. (Point C) Supporting topic & evidence to support your thesis.

D. (Point D) How do we end sexual violence in the military?

III. Conclusion (1-2 paragraphs)

A. Summarize the main points.

B. Make a strong, memorable final statement.

NOTES:

• Essay must be 1-2 pages in length (title page does not count as a page).

• Essay is an individual activity (although peer editing is allowed).

• Essay must contain two references (ARs, personal interviews, peer review articles, etc.).

• Essay is due on Day 1 of the Assessment Phase (provide students with exact date and time).

• Commandant (or designated representative) will choose the best essay.

Final Project Paper

ISOL 536 – Security Architecture and Design

The purpose of this final assignment is for you to demonstrate your in-depth understanding of the security concepts covered thus far in this course. This assignment is a paper that both answers the listed questions and ties together concepts from different chapters. 

The final is a formal academic paper in APA style. Include headings and subheadings to make it easy to follow the sections of your paper. There is no required length for this final paper. However, each answer needs to thoroughly address each aspect listed in the question.

Summary of Part III: 

Chapters 12 and 13 explore some areas to help create and maintain a program for Architecture Risk Assessment (ARA) and threat modeling. Upper management needs to support the security standards. There are inevitable tradeoffs in business between rigorous security and delivering products to customers, so there needs to be a balance between the security standards and the time lag they can create on innovation and product delivery.

Content of Final Paper:

Respond to each question below. Remember to cover all aspects of the question.

Successful security architecture needs upper management to support for effective security standards and protocols. However, there are possible disadvantages to upper management involvement. List and describe the tradeoffs in business between rigorous security and delivering products to customers. Go beyond merely the automated solutions, or the technical checks that can be done without much human support.

Examine how capturing, standardizing, applying patterns, and standard solutions help to increase efficiency and maintain delivery teams’ velocity. Provide at least 3 real-world examples which describe and examine how they provide the velocity. Do not simply provide a list of things teams can do but for each idea, define the idea and explain its relevance. 

Schoenfield lists several components of a successful security architecture practice, such as broad support across the organization, recruitment and training of security architects with the right kind of aptitude and interest, effective security requirements that enhance but do not slow down the innovation process, and finally, indicators that the security architecture team is being well utilized and adding value to project development. Describe what each of these components are and explain how each is relevant to security development. Include detail and examples.