Wk 1 – Apply: Positive Rights Table

 Table to use is attached.

Complete a 1- to 2-page table using the Positive Rights Table Template provided comparing your opinion of the rights listed below to a corresponding ethical theory:

  • The right to a higher education
  • The right to private phone conversations
  • The right to health care
  • The right of a presidential or government candidate to receive time on television

List 1 ethical challenge that could impact a U.S. company that wants to acquire a non-U.S.-based company.

Discussion and Assignment

 Discussion

 In no less than 250 words, explain what is meant by an IDS and an IPS.  How are they different?  How are they connected to a network?  List a few examples of IDS/IPS tools that are currently on the market.  

Week 11 Assignment

  • 11.1 List and briefly define three classes of intruders.
  • 11.2 What are two common techniques used to protect a password file?
  • 11.3 What are three benefits that can be provided by an intrusion detection system?
  • 11.4 What is the difference between statistical anomaly detection and rule-based intrusion detection?
  • 11.5 What metrics are useful for profile-based intrusion detection?
  • 11.6 What is the difference between rule-based anomaly detection and rule-based penetration identification?
  • 11.7 What is a honeypot?
  • 11.8 What is a salt in the context of UNIX password management?
  • 11.9 List and briefly define four techniques used to avoid guessable passwords.

Discussion

 Do you believe that all data should be encrypted? Many computing professionals think this is a good idea. But a small number of computing experts feel that no data should be encrypted—that all data and software should be openly available to anyone who wants it. Explain your answer (whether you believe all data should or should not be encrypted). 

 

Internet Research – Wk 11

In this module, you learned that random numbers (or, at least, pseudorandom numbers) are essential in cryptography, but it is extremely difficult even for powerful hardware and software to generate them. Go online and conduct research on random number generators. What are the different uses of these tools besides cryptography? How do they work? Explain your answer using your own words in 2-3 paragraphs 

Assignment and Discussion

 

Week 9 – Discussion

In a corporate, networked setting, should end users be allowed to install applications on their company workstations, whether the applications are on a DVD or downloaded from the Internet? Be sure to weigh security against usability. 

 

Internet Research – Wk 9

For this assignment, you are asked to locate any company privacy policy. Some of the more popular ones might include GOOGLE, APPLE, or MICROSOFT, but you may elect to review another agency. In 3- 4 paragraphs, explain what you find to be the most interesting information contained in that privacy policy. At the end of your report, please include a LINK to the policy you have reviewed. 

 

Week 9 Discussion – The Remote Worker

 In no less than 250 words, describe a solution to securely connect a remote worker from their home and connected to the Internet to their company network.  How does this solution work and what is needed on the company network and the remote worker’s network to accomplish your solution?  Respond to two other learners by the end of the week. 

   

Week 9 Assignment

  • 9.1 Give examples of applications of IPsec.
  • 9.2 What services are provided by IPsec?
  • 9.3 What parameters identify an SA and what parameters characterize the nature of a particular SA?
  • 9.4 What is the difference between transport mode and tunnel mode?
  • 9.5 What is a replay attack?
  • 9.6 Why does ESP include a padding field?
  • 9.7 What are the basic approaches to bundling SAs?
  • 9.8 What are the roles of the Oakley key determination protocol and ISAKMP in IPsec?