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Reflection On Professional Practice

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Professional Practice Reflection
I set out to complete a performance episode that would improve the security position of my organisation and would show proactive behaviour to regulators. The first independent phase involved implementing a security protocol DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance) for different departments and third parties. Whereas the second phase involved implementing DMARC aggregate reporting that provides further security against malware for customers. Phase two involved setting up an official ‘project’ which required approval from finance, design assurance and a change committee.
I used S. Dweck’s ‘growth mindset’ idea to improve my negotiation and presenting skills (figure 8). Simultaneously, I worked on enhancing my skills in information systems and IT project management from the apprenticeship standard.
Figure 1 shows a report showing the success of phase one in increasing the amount of potentially malicious emails blocked pretending to be from our organisation. Unfortunately, I did not achieve my target for phase two due to a sudden change in vendors who did not support the new functionality I was attempting to implement (figure 2). However, without the opportunity to analyse my reaction under the stress of an unpredictable situation I would not have re-negotiated the project scope and ran a proof of concept that still provided business value.
Other important events included learning the importance of a risk register

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