CYB 410 Project Two Guidelines and Rubric
Data Life Cycle Management
Overview
How does an organization determine the value of its data? The data life cycle covers all aspects of data within an organization from
creation to destruction. You have explored the data life cycle of Green Thumb Nursery in your milestones by developing a data
inventory, classifying the data, and customizing policies for the secure storage and destruction of data. For your project, you will
respond to new business developments from your customer and reflect on the value that creating a data life cycle has for any
organization.
The project incorporates two milestones, which will be submitted in Modules Three and Five. The project will be submitted in
Module Seven.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
● CYB-410-03: Develop a data life cycle plan for the protection of organizational data
Scenario
You have been consulting with Green Thumb to create their data life cycle plan and have created a first draft. After you created this
draft, Green Thumb has reached out with information that would affect the data life cycle plan.
The business owner explains that Green Thumb Nursery has not had vibrant plants for several months and has been trying a variety
of nutrients on existing plants, but the results are not up to Green Thumb standards. Green Thumb Nursery is looking to invest in
creating its own custom fertilizer, not only for its own nursery but also for marketing to customers. Green Thumb Nursery is hoping
to bring a competitive edge to the landscaping and nursery business and improve the quality of its existing plants and shrubs. The
long-term plan is to bring this to market in two years. As part of the strategic plan, you will need to amend the data life cycle plan
you have already started.
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Prompt
You must address the critical elements listed below. The codes shown in brackets indicate the competency to which each critical
element is aligned.
I. Green Thumb Nursery Data Life Cycle Plan Updates—Using the Project Two Milestone One template for the data life
cycle plan, add an additional Microsoft Windows Server 2016 with SQL 2016 to the System Resource/Component column
for the new research and development (R&D) work and complete the following:
A. Logically identify the data from the new resource in the Data Inventory column. [CYB-410-03]
B. Apply the appropriate classification to the new data you identified in the Data Classification column. [CYB-410-03]
C. Justify your rationale for applying the classification in the Data Classification Justification column. [CYB-410-03]
II. Data Life Cycle Management Debrief—Using your experience with Green Thumb, think about how you can apply what
you have learned more holistically and answer the following:
A. Explain the importance of a data life cycle plan for an organization. [CYB-410-03]
B. Explain the impact that not creating a data life cycle plan has on an organization. [CYB-410-03]
C. Justify the value of maintaining this plan. [CYB-410-03]
Project Two Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Submit the completed Project Two Milestone One template for the data life cycle plan and a 1–2 page
Word document.