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Week 4 Written Assignment

This week’s journal articles focus on transformational leadership and knowledge and knowledge sharing within an organization, please review these concepts and answer the following questions:

1. How do trustworthy and ethical leaders enhance knowledge sharing in organizations?  How does this impact the rate of information technology implementations?  How does this impact data management within organizations? 
2. How does servant leadership assist with transferring knowledge in an organization?
3. When thinking about data analytics, how does transformational leadership assist with building good data structures?

Be sure to use the UC Library for scholarly research. Google Scholar is also a great source for research.  Please be sure that journal articles are peer-reviewed and are published within the last five years.

The paper should meet the following requirements:

• 4 pages in length (not including title page or references)
• APA guidelines must be followed.  The paper must include a cover page, an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• A minimum of five peer-reviewed journal articles.

The writing should be clear and concise.  Headings should be used to transition thoughts.  Don’t forget that the grade also includes the quality of writing.

 Share your thoughts and opinions on predictive versus adaptive SDLC in this week’s discussion.

• Flesh out your thoughts and interact with your classmates. Post  your initial response by the middle of each week and then return on a  couple of other days to see what’s going on with the discussions. The  more you interact, the more you learn from your peers, and the more you  share with them about what you know. You will also be showing your  instructor what you have picked up.
• 5 pages

Securing IoT Devices: What are the Challenges?

Security practitioners suggest that key IoT security steps include:

1) Make people aware that there is a threat to security;

2) Design a technical solution to reduce security vulnerabilities;

3) Align the legal and regulatory frameworks; and

4) Develop a workforce with the skills to handle IoT security.

Final Assignment – Project Plan (Deliverables):

Address each of the FOUR IoT security steps listed above in terms of IoT devices.

Explain in detail, in a step-by-step guide, how to make people more aware of the problems associated with the use of IoT devices.

Discussion 5.1

What are decision trees used for in a business setting? Why are they popular? Provide examples.

Case Study 5.1

• Read the Case Study:  Case 6.2 West Houser Paper Company (page # 289) from text book
• Write a summary analysis and determine if they used the correct tools to conduct the analysis. 

Writing Requirements

• 3–4 pages in length  (excluding cover page, abstract, and reference list)
• Provide reference list and citations.
• APA format, Use the APA template located in the Student Resource Center to complete the assignment..

Lab 4

Complete the following in Chapter 6

Problems: #31 , #34  from textbook (Page #282, #283). Excel data has been attached below.

Work on the problems and clearly explain answering the questions in word document.

Provide the worked on excel files

The assignment must be an APA formatted paper with embedded excel files

Investigate whether or not an employee at a local hospital has been accessing patient records and setting information to online pharmacies. It is your first day of the investigation. Put together a list of data sources that must be examined during the investigation.

 Discussion Topic: Define auditing in regards to auditing cloud services and what internal controls would you implement (provide an example of each control). 

Paper Topic: 

Write a paper on governing the cloud. The following are the items to discuss in the paper:

• Define corporate governance.
• Discuss the events that led up to the need for increased corporate governance.
• Define business strategy. List five possible business strategies.
• Discuss the purpose of the Capability Maturity Model.

 Paper requirements:

• Minimum 1200 words (excluding title page, table of contents, abstract, and references pages)
• Minimum of four (4) references
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
• When submitting the assignment, please ensure you are submitting as an attached MS Word document.

 Briefly respond to all the following questions. Make sure to explain and backup your responses with facts and examples. This assignment should be in APA format double space and have to include at least two references and 400 words. 

• When should the architect begin the analysis?
• What are the activities the architect must execute?
• What is the set of knowledge domains applied to the analysis?
• What are the tips and tricks that make security architecture risk assessment easier?

Assignment Content

1. Phoenix Fine Electronics would like you to brief them on your system recommendation.

   Create a chart in a Microsoft® program comparing how enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and business intelligence/decision support systems (BI/DSS) can help the business. Cite at least two sources within your chart. Compare the following information:

   • Elements of the system
   • How the system would support management
   • How the system would create a successful partnership between the business and IT
   • Write an executive summary of your recommendation for PFE’s C-level management. As a general guideline, executive summaries are typically 1 to 2 pages in length, at the 12-point font, and single-spaced. 

     Include the following in your summary:

   • An overview of the business needs and desired outcomes
   • The system comparison chart (from above)
   • Your system recommendation
   • The scope of the project
   • References

Preamble

In August of 1997, a Swiss couple, John 52 years old and Buntham 26 years old Graben Stetter, were arrested at the Hilton in Buffalo, New York, and accused of smuggling thousands of computerized pictures of children having sex into the United States. The couple were alleged by authorities to have sold wholesale amounts of child pornography through the internet and carried with them thousands of electronic files of child pornography to the United States from their Swiss home.

Allegations

1. The couple were unproven to have agreed over the internet to sell child pornography to the United States (US) Customs agents posing as local US porn shop owners.
2. The couple were suspected to have agreed to sell 250 CD-ROMs to US investigators for $10,000. According to reports, one CD-ROM had over 7,000 images.
3. The couple were further alleged to have their 2-year-old daughter, traveling with them at the time of the arrest, who is also a victim.
4. Authorities professed that photographs of the 2-year old daughter are on the CD-ROMs the parent were distributing.

Mitigation

Criminal’s MO is a learned behavior that continue to grow, develop, and advance tirelessly as the perpetrators turn out to be more experienced, sophisticated, and confident in the operation. Digital imaging technology and the internet allegedly help to unearth Swiss couple; John and Bentham’s prevailing MO, with intent of producing, marketing, and distributing child pornography materials to counterparts, and vulnerable innocent citizens of the world community.

          Underground communications, seizure of 250 CD-ROMs and arrest of the Swiss couple was made possible by efficient use of computer and internet technologies. The couple were targeting international buying communities, secured agreement to sell and distribute illicit materials. Furthermore, the illicit items were alleged to have been digitized for transport, ease of storage, and ease of duplication as soon as the couple arrive in the United States. Emergence of computer and internet technologies helped digital forensic investigation in process.

Questions

1. The Swiss couple attempted to underestimate the United States custom agents and digital forensic investigator. Provide all-inclusive description on the importance of computer and the internet technologies.
2. The couple were suspected to have agreed to sell 250 CD-ROMs to US investigators for $10,000. Provide comprehensive narrative on how to approach the Swiss couple with only allegation; yet, not officially charged.