Portfolio Assignment, which is a label that merely reflects that one of the overarching M.S. Information Systems Security degree program’s Learner Outcomes (a/k/a, “PLOs”; see syllabus and below) will be tested in your work. This is a relatively light research and writing project to be done in a group unless your Instructor advises you to conduct it individually. Although it is relatively light, for example as compared to a master’s thesis or a dissertation, it is an academic research paper that requires rigor, commitment, and care.