Distinguished - Comprehensively explains a minimum three methods that would allow for the security of ownership for the software developed, providing a thorough rationale for each method with detailed evidence from the sources.

Proficient - Effectively explains a minimum three methods that would allow for the security of ownership for the software developed, providing a rationale for each method with evidence from the sources. The explanation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Minimally explains a minimum three methods that would allow for the security of ownership for the software developed, providing a limited rationale for each method with some evidence from the sources. The explanation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain a minimum three methods that would allow for the security of ownership for the software developed, providing a rationale for each method; however, the explanation is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of a minimum of three methods that would allow for the security of ownership for the software developed, providing a rationale for each method supporting the statements with evidence from the sources is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Creates a new, comprehensive policy that includes and explains only those methods necessary to secure the software ownership for the company at this time.

Proficient - Creates a new policy that includes and explains only those methods necessary to secure the software ownership for the company at this time. The policy is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Creates a new, limited policy that includes and explains only those methods necessary to secure the software ownership for the company at this time. The policy is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to create a new policy that includes and explains only those methods necessary to secure the software ownership for the company at this time; however, the policy is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The new policy that includes and explains only those methods necessary to secure the software ownership for the company at this time is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively analyzes the ethical and legal implications of hiring external engineers to develop the app, and thoroughly explains any necessary steps that should be taken to address the potential problems associated with outside development.

Proficient - Effectively analyzes the ethical and legal implications of hiring external engineers to develop the app, and explains any necessary steps that should be taken to address the potential problems associated with outside development. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Minimally analyzes the ethical and legal implications of hiring external engineers to develop the app, and partially explains any necessary steps that should be taken to address the potential problems associated with outside development. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to analyze the ethical and legal implications of hiring external engineers to develop the app and explain any necessary steps that should be taken to address the potential problems associated with outside development; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The analysis of the ethical and legal implications of hiring external engineers to develop the app and explanation any necessary steps that should be taken to address the potential problems associated with outside development are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive rationale for each necessary step suggested to address the potential problems associated with outside development, fully supporting the statements with evidence from the resources.

Proficient - Provides a rationale for each necessary step suggested to address the potential problems associated with outside development, mostly supporting the statements with evidence from the resources. The rationale is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Provides a limited rationale for each necessary step suggested to address the potential problems associated with outside development. The rationale is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a rationale for each necessary step suggested to address the potential problems associated with outside development; however, the rationale is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The rationale for each necessary step suggested to address the potential problems associated with outside development is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively evaluates the plan for personal and financial customer data collection and storage.

Proficient - Effectively evaluates the plan for personal and financial customer data collection and storage. The evaluation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Briefly evaluates the plan for personal and financial customer data collection and storage. The evaluation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to evaluate the plan for personal and financial customer data collection and storage; however, the evaluation is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The evaluation of the plan for personal and financial customer data collection and storage is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively applies pertinent regulations, laws, and compliance guidelines regarding personal and financial customer data to the customer data collection and storage plan, and thoroughly explains any special considerations that would need to be implemented, fully supporting the statements with evidence from the resources.

Proficient - Effectively applies pertinent regulations, laws, and compliance guidelines regarding personal and financial customer data to the customer data collection and storage plan, and explains any special considerations that would need to be implemented, mostly supporting the statements with evidence from the resources. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Briefly applies pertinent regulations, laws, and compliance guidelines regarding personal and financial customer data to the customer data collection and storage plan, and partially explains any special considerations that would need to be implemented, somewhat supporting the statements with evidence from the resources. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to apply pertinent regulations, laws, and compliance guidelines regarding personal and financial customer data to the customer data collection and storage plan and explain any special considerations that would need to be implemented, supporting the statements with evidence from the resources; however, significant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to apply pertinent regulations, laws, and compliance guidelines regarding personal and financial customer data to the customer data collection and storage plan and explain any special considerations that would need to be implemented, supporting the statements with evidence from the resources; however, significant details are missing.

Distinguished - Creates a new, comprehensive general protocol related to the legal issues of the collection and storage of customer data that addresses relevant issues of an information system professional’s duty of care.

Proficient - Creates a new general protocol related to the legal issues of the collection and storage of customer data that addresses relevant issues of an information system professional’s duty of care. The new protocol is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Creates a new, limited general protocol related to the legal issues of the collection and storage of customer data that addresses relevant issues of an information system professional’s duty of care. The new protocol is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to create a new general protocol related to the legal issues of the collection and storage of customer data that addresses relevant issues of an information system professional’s duty of care; however, the new protocol is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The new general protocol related to the legal issues of the collection and storage of customer data that addresses relevant issues of an Information System Professional’s Duty of Care is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively explains how the company’s internal financial information must be structured in order to be compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act describing any potential implications associated with non-compliance with the Act. The explanation is fully supported with relevant examples and good scholarly sources.

Proficient - Effectively explains how the company’s internal financial information must be structured in order to be compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act describing any potential implications associated with non-compliance with the Act. The explanation is supported with examples and a few scholarly sources but slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Briefly explains how the company’s internal financial information must be structured in order to be compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act describing any potential implications associated with non-compliance with the Act. The explanation is partially supported by examples and scholarly sources and/or underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain how the company’s internal financial information must be structured in order to be compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act describing any potential implications associated with non-compliance with the Act; however, the explanation lacks the use of examples or scholarly sources and significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of how the company’s internal financial information must be structured in order to be compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act describing any potential implications associated with non-compliance with the Act is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Creates a comprehensive general protocol that will address any potential problems and keep the company in compliance.

Proficient - Creates a general protocol that will address any potential problems and keep the company in compliance. The new protocol is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Creates a limited general protocol that will address any potential problems and keep the company in compliance. The new protocol is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to create a general protocol that will address any potential problems and keep the company in compliance; however, the general protocol is is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The general protocol that will address any potential problems and keep the company in compliance is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively analyzes the stipulation in the organization’s EULA agreement regarding usage of customer data.

Proficient - Effectively analyzes the stipulation in the organization’s EULA agreement regarding usage of customer data. The analysis is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Minimally analyzes the stipulation in the organization’s EULA agreement regarding usage of customer data. The analysis is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to analyze the stipulation in the organization’s EULA agreement regarding usage of customer data; however, the analysis is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The analysis of the stipulation in the organization’s EULA agreement regarding usage of customer data is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively evaluates the ethical and legal issues pertaining to the proposal to sell customer data

Proficient - Effectively evaluates the ethical and legal issues pertaining to the proposal to sell customer data. The evaluation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Briefly evaluates the ethical and legal issues pertaining to the proposal to sell customer data. The evaluation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to evaluate the ethical and legal issues pertaining to the proposal to sell customer data; however, the evaluation s significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The evaluation of the ethical and legal issues pertaining to the proposal to sell customer data is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively explains whether or not the proposal to sell customer data is permissible from an ethical and legal standpoint, including a minimum of four legal and ethical issues related to the proposal in the scenario and fully supporting the statements with evidence from the resources.

Proficient - Effectively explains whether or not the proposal to sell customer data is permissible from an ethical and legal standpoint, including a minimum of four legal and ethical issues related to the proposal in the scenario and mostly supporting the statements with evidence from the resources. The explanation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Minimally explains whether or not the proposal to sell customer data is permissible from an ethical and legal standpoint including a minimum of four legal and ethical issues related to the proposal in the scenario and partially supporting the statements with evidence from the resources. The explanation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain whether or not the proposal to sell customer data is permissible from an ethical and legal standpoint including a minimum of four legal and ethical issues related to the proposal in the scenario; however, the explanation lacks the use of examples or scholarly sources and is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of whether or not the proposal to sell customer data is permissible from an ethical and legal standpoint including a minimum of four legal and ethical issues related to the proposal in the scenario and supporting the statements with evidence from the resources is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors. 

Basic - Exhibits limited knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements. 

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages.   

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.