Reference no: EM132344757

Learning Outcomes:

1. Analyse key security requirements and trends in a networking for acquiring, converting, transmitting, storing, managing and analysing data, information and knowledge.

4. Demonstrate critical analysis skills for evaluating security protocols and mechanisms

Scenario:

This assignment needs to be completed as an individual, and will extend beyond just the writing of an assignment, to also undertaking peer marking to facilitate learning about multiple topics.

Topic - Blockchain is a radical technology

Once we have read the available topics, our next step is to login to the peer assessment tool which will be available at the start of week 2 and select the topic. There will be limited numbers in each topic to ensure a spread of topics across the class. But, once you have selected a topic, and have selected it on, it is time to get busy working on the assignment. It is vital to official select the topic before you write it.

This is a research assignment, and as such you are expected to read a range of content on your topic, and distil it down to your thoughts on the topic. This means putting content into your own words and citing where content has come from. A range of different sources are expected, including academic sources. Most academic sources will likely be peer-reviewed articles that have been published in Journals or Conferences, although other sources are permitted (such as books, and government / standards bodies documents). All source material must be cited and then be listed in a references section at the end of the assignment. Correctly citing and referencing the content you have used makes up a significant part of your final mark.

You are required to use the Harvard referencing style.

This assignment is to be 2000 words approximately in length, but not including the reference list. It may contain diagrams and figures.