Threats and Vulnerabilities to Port Security

Instructions The topic for your research paper can be anything pertaining to port security. Choose your own academically rigorous port security focused research question and hypothesis (CO-1, CO-2, CO-3, CO-4, CO-5).    Here is the specific format:   ·        Title Page (APA format) ·        Abstract (150-250 words, no quotes or paraphrases. This is your “elevator speech” of the research) ·        Introduction (Research Question and Hypothesis) ·        Literature Review (Note this is not an annotated bibliography but a Literature Review) ·        Methodology – don’t simply state qualitative methodology. ·        Analysis & Findings ·        Conclusion and Recommendations ·        Reference list Technical Requirements   ·        Your paper must be at a minimum of 10-12 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit). ·        Scholarly and credible references should be used. A good rule of thumb is at least 2 scholarly sources per page of content. ·        Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space. ·        Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.  ·        Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc. ·        All submissions will be graded using the assignment rubric.