Project 2: Cloud Vendor Presentation

In this project, you will develop a detailed comparative analysis of cloud vendors and their services. A comparative analysis provides an item-by-item comparison of two or more alternatives, processes, products, or systems. In this case, you will compare the pros/cons of the cloud service providers in terms of security, ease of use, service models, services/tools they provide, pricing, technical support, cloud service providers’ infrastructure, and architecture model.

You will present your findings to the owner of the company in a narrated PowerPoint presentation with 10 to 20 slides. Use the Cloud Presentation Template.

This resource can help you prepare and record your presentation: Presentation Resources.

Presentation Guidelines

Your presentation should be comprised of the following:

  • One to two slides on the company profile.
  • One to two slides on what the company is struggling with.
  • One to two slides on current infrastructure.
  • Three to six slides on the top three cloud services providers. Include their service models (i.e., SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), services/tools/solutions (i.e., compute, storage, database, developer tools, analytics tools, networking and content delivery, customer engagement), pricing, accessibility, technical support for companies, global infrastructure.
  • One to two slides on a recommended cloud service provider based on the comparative analysis and the cloud vendor’s abilities to meet the service needs of the company.
  • One slide on the conclusion.
  • All slides must be narrated by you, the student.

How Will My Work Be Evaluated?

As a professional, you will likely make presentations to customers, client audiences, and management. By summarizing your results and recommendations in an effective presentation, you are demonstrating how you use your technical knowledge to convey your ideas to others in a professional setting. Your ability to express recommendations to decision makers with the right mix of technical detail in an accepted format is an important workplace and career skill.

The following evaluation criteria aligned to the competencies will be used to grade your assignment:

  • 1.1.1: Articulate the main idea and purpose of a communication.
  • 1.1.2: Support the main idea and purpose of a communication.
  • 2.1.1: Identify the issue or problem under consideration.
  • 2.2.2: Evaluate sources of information on a topic for relevance and credibility.
  • 2.3.1: State conclusions or solutions clearly and precisely.
  • 10.1.1: Identify the problem to be solved.
  • 10.1.2: Gather project requirements to meet stakeholder needs.
  • 10.1.3: Define the specifications of required technologies.
  • 13.1.1: Create documentation appropriate to the stakeholder.
  • 13.2.1: Evaluate vendor recommendations in the context of organization requirements.

Data Mining Assignment

Provide a real world example of a probability distribution based on your readings for the week. Consider the data instances that is different from uniform (i.e., equal probability).

Instructions for participation: You must post an INITIAL POST and then respond to at least ONE POST. In both postings, you MUST provide citable academic literature to defend your use case. Please do not use the same source over again, especially when most times there is absolutely no applicability from one post to the next. 

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Unit 5 Graded Exercise: Review

 

Instructions

Unit 5 Graded Exercise 1 Downloadable InstructionsPreview the document

In this lab you will be creating a network using three routers, three  switches, one server and three PCs.  You will configure routing using  the RIP protocol.  You will set up DHCP on your server to allow the PCs  to pull dynamic addresses through the network.  Finally, you will  connect to a corporate server through the multiuser link.

Download the graded exercise instructions. Type your class number:  10.___.0.0/16 in all of the underline ___ indicators, answer the  questions as you go through the steps and add the screenshots where  indicated in the instructions document.

vulnerable dependencies by using two different SCA tools “Snyk” and “Dependency-Check

 My task for this assignment is to use two different SCA tools “Snyk” and “Dependency-Check” to find vulnerable dependencies in open-source projects. Each tool requires a different setup method that can be found in the online documentation of the tool. You are required to follow the instructions in the online documentation to set up the environment, perform a scan, and prepare reports in a useful format. The ability to use online documentation is part of this assessment.

Required Tools

  • Ubuntu Linux VM
  • Snyk
  • Dependency-Check

Part 1

For Part 1 of this assignment, you will be using Snyk to scan a customized ”Gemfile.lock” file (also attached below) that contains a list of modules used by an open-source Ruby application and identify vulnerable dependencies. Snyk is a security tool that enables you to find and fix known vulnerabilities in open-source software. Watch this video to learn more about Snyk:

  • Create a free account with Snyk
  • Setup Snyk CLI on your Linux VM. For instructions, check the “CLI – Installation” page. 
  • Create a directory called “CYB505-Snyk” and copy ”Gemfile.lock” there.
  • Change to the newly created directory and run a test using Snyk CLI (refer to installation documentation for more details).
  • Login back to Snyk portal and observe the results. A new project should have been created by executing the test from the CLI. It will show you a summary of the findings. Clicking on the project name takes you to the finding details.
  • Summarize the findings in the format of a report. See the “Deliverables” section below.

 Part 2

For Part 2, you will be using Dependency-Check, which is an open-source SCA tool from OWASP.  You are required to install this tool on your Linux VM and run a test on another open-source tool from OWASP, Juice Shop.

To complete Part 2 of the assignment, follow the instructions:

  • Create a folder on your Linux VM called “CYB505-DC”.
  • Download OWASP Juice Shop (if you have not already done so for Discussion 7.1). Unzip and copy it to the newly created folder.
  • Download OWASP Dependency Check binaries zip file from the following link: https://bintray.com/jeremy-long/owasp/dependency-check under downloads.
  • Extract the zip file and look for the executable script called “dependency-check.sh” in the bin folder.
  • Run the scan and output the results into an HTML file. Use the command help option(“.dependency-check -h”) for guidance. Hints: Check out -f and -o arguments and ensure that your command line is in the directory with the .sh file.
  • Summarize the findings in the report format. See the “Deliverables” section below.

Deliverables

Submit a zip file that contains the following three files:

  1. A single assessment report PDF file that contains findings from both scans. The report should include:
  • An executive summary that summarizes the findings for the upper-management audience using limited technical knowledge.
  • Findings
    • Vulnerability overview
    • Detailed dependencies paths
    • Risk rating
    • Remediation recommendations
    • Your analysis of the proposed remediation method, ONLY for “High” rated findings. I.e., if it is possible to do, what are the challenges, etc.
  • You are free to choose the report format and headings, but points are allocated for a professional-looking, industry-standard level report. The report should be readable and eye-catching, yet accurate and informative for the technical audience.
  • PDF export of the Snyk report
  • PDF export of the Dependency-Check HTML report.

Analyzing and Visualizing Data

 

  • Outline for Assignment 1
    • Refer to the Documenting Research Guide for assistance in organizing your research and developing your outline.
    • You can find this guide in the Useful Information folder, as well.

 

Using the Documenting Research Guide and the assignment 1 instructions, develop your outline. Submit the outline in an MS Word document file type. Utilize the standards in APA 7 for all citations or references in the outline. Ensure that the document includes your name. Do not include your student identification number. You may use the cover page from the student paper template. The assignment 1 instructions are at the bottom of this content folder.

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 Documenting research: Results, Impact of the Results: • Ensure that assertions and assessments in the results and discussion sections are derived from the analysis in R. • Do not speculate. Use evidence. When documenting the results, consider the generalizability.