Research Assignment

Law enforcement professionals and investigators use digital forensic methods to solve crimes every day. Locate one current news article that explains how investigators may have used these techniques to solve a crime. Explain the crime that was solved and the methods used to determine how the crime was committed. Some examples of crimes solved may include locating missing children, finding criminals who have fled the scene of a crime, or unsolved crimes from the past that have been solved due to the use of new techniques (such as DNA testing).

Your written assignment should be 3-4 paragraphs in your own words, and should include a reference citation for your source of information.

Construction -4Assg

 

Chapter 5, Exercise #6  with Visual Logic.

The Jumpin’ Jive coffee shop charges $2.00 for a cup of coffee and offers the add-ins shown in Table 5-3.

Product                                              Price ($)

Whipped cream                                0.89

Cinnamon                                         0.25

Chocolate sauce                              0.59

Amaretto                                         1.50

Irish whiskey                                   1.75

Table 5-3

Add-in list for Jumpin’ Jive coffee shop Design the logic for an application that allows a user to enter ordered add-ins continuously until a sentinel value is entered. After each item, display its price or the message: “Sorry, we do not carry that as output” when an invalid item is entered. After all items have been entered, output the total price for the order. 

Lab exercise

   

Payroll Lab

You will be taking in a file (payroll.txt) which details a number of departments (at least 1) and in each department are a set of employees (each department will have at least 1 employee or it would not appear on the payroll sheet). Your job is to read the file in separate out each employee and calculate the total values (hours, salary, number of employees) for each department and in each category (F1, F2, F3, F4). In your final submission please include the .cpp file which should work for any kind of payroll file I supply (which will naturally match the format of the examples below). Be sure to indicate in your submission text if you have attempted any of the bonus points .

   

An example file:

The IT Department
Bill 8 7 8 9 7 F1
Bob 205103 0.08 F3
Betty 8 8 7 8 8 F2
Brandon 10 10 9 6 9 F2
Brad 9 8 10 9 9 4 1 F4

The Sales Department
Kyle 88840 0.105 F3
Tyler 105203 0.085 F3
Konner 8 6 7 6 9 F2
Sam 309011 0.045 F3
Kent 9 8 9 9 9 0 0 F4
EOF

An additional example file:

The Sales Department
Mike 5 6 1 3 5 F1
Mark 98103 0.115 F3
Jill 8 8 8 8 8 F2

Frank 106101 0.095 F3

Mark 76881 0.091 F3

Department of Records
Konner 8 6 7 6 9 F2
Tammy 7 3 7 2 8 F1

Anika 8 8 8 8 8 F2

Marta 1 0 0 5 2 F1
Kent 9 8 9 9 9 0 0 F4
EOF

   

Last in the row after the hours comes the pay grade (F1, F2, F3, F4). The number of hours recorded is based on the pay grade of the employee. F1 and F2s will have 5 numbers for their hours. F3s are commission based where a sales amount and a commission percentage is given. F3s are also assumed to work 30 hours if their commission is 10% or below and 40 hours if their commission is above 10%. F4s will have 7 numbers (as they are on-call during the weekend). Each of the pay grades will also have different pay calculations which are as follows:

F1 = The total number of hours * 11.25
F2 = (The total number of hours – 35) * 18.95 + 400
F3 = The total sales amount * the commission rate
F4 = The first 5 hourly totals * 22.55 + Any weekend hourly totals (the last 2) * 48.75

Your output to the screen should start with the department name, followed by the total pay for all of the employees, then the total number of hours, and the total number of employees. After that you should have a breakdown of each category of employee: F1 total pay and total hours, F2 total pay and total hours…

Each department will have at least 1 employee and each department will contain the word “Department.”

The IT Department
Total Salary: $##.##
Total Hours: ###
Total Number of Employees: ##
Roster: Bill, Bob, Betty, Brandon, Brad 

   

F1:
Total Salary: $##.##
Total Hours: ###
Total Number of Employees: ##

F2:
Total Salary: $##.##
Total Hours: ###
Total Number of Employees: ##

F3:
Total Salary: $##.##
Total Hours: ###
Total Number of Employees: ##

F4:
Total Salary: $##.##
Total Hours: ###
Total Number of Employees: ##

   

The Sales Department
Total Salary: $##.##
Total Hours: ###
Total Number of Employees: ##
Roster: Kyle, Tyler, Konner, Sam, Kent

   

F1:
Total Salary: $##.##
Total Hours: ###
Total Number of Employees: ##

F2:
Total Salary: $##.##
Total Hours: ###
Total Number of Employees: ##

F3:
Total Salary: $##.##
Total Hours: ###
Total Number of Employees: ##

F4:
Total Salary: $##.##
Total Hours: ###
Total Number of Employees: ##

   

Before coding your solution, take the time to design the program. What are the possible things that the file can have that you need to anticipate? What are the actions that you need to take (read the file, add up hours…)? Are those actions things that could be placed in separate functions? What about the function – can you guess some of the things that will happen? Such as, using substring to pull out part of a line in the file maybe using stoi to convert a string to an integer to add it to the total or creating variables to hold the employee type you find before passing it to another function. Finally, how are these functions called, what is the order and what information is passed to and from? 

Scoring Breakdown

25% program compiles and runs
30% program reads in and calculates the figures for output
10% the program is appropriately commented
35% outputs the correct information in a clear format 

5% bonus to those who can output the F# responses in a columned output like that shown above.

5% order the employees in the roster according to their F status, F1’s first, then F2’s and so on.
5% bonus to those who do a chart comparing the data at the end to show the relation between the pay grades and the amount of salary spent in each (they style of chart is up to you and more points may be given for more difficult charts (like a line chart):

   

B Department
F1 – 00000000
F2 – 000000
F3 – 00000
F4 – 000000000000 

K Department
F1 – 0
F2 – 0000
F3 – 0000000000
F4 – 0000000 

  

Or event something like this instead:

0
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
F1 F2 F3 F4

Threat Modeling

Overview

To be able to defend a network from threats most effectively, you must first understand the threats you are protecting the system from and what it is you are trying to protect. In this assignment, you’ll be theorizing possible threats for different types of organizations.

Section 1.3.1 of the textbook describes threat agents. It also outlines the contents of a threat agent profile. There are 7 elements to a profile (see section 1.3.1 of the textbook).

Deliverable

Select two (2) different industries of your choice and provide the following information for each. Save your work in a .doc/docx word file that includes your name and submit the document using the link above.

Industry (Some examples: Retail, Hotel, Aerospace, Education, Manufacturing, etc.)

Assets – what do companies in your selected industry need to protect? Processes? Data? Be Specific.

Threat Actors – What actors may have an interest in that industry’s assets? Be as specific as possible. This will relate to the plausible goals of the specific actor.

Threat Agent Profile – Identify the threat agents profile (overview of the threat agent, goals of the threat agent, mode of operation, level of motivation, capabilities, and constraints). Include references.

Threat actor capabilities – How advanced are these threat actors? What kind of capabilities do they have? For example, can they conduct human intelligence operations? Do they have custom malware written for specific manufacturing systems?

Recommended Defenses – Using what you know so far, what defenses or precautions should the industry take in defense of the specific threat actor you have identified?

Provide any sources you used

assignment

 

The Discussion for This Week

Your assignment, a written draft of substantial paragraphs should be as you would have it for your family to use if you are unable to speak for yourself.

To help you get started: https://youtu.be/xy-JTh1Vo8o

Sample forms for Advance Directives and durable Powers of Attorney are obtained through local and state health departments to get you started:

Before you submit your response, be sure you have included answers to these five points:

  1. In your Advance Directive, you are to convey your wishes about prolonging life or not. Comment on your personal, conceptual, or moral perspective on this issue. State your decisions regarding DNR, life support, and tube feeding.
  2. Designate a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. Who would it be and why?
  3. What are your wishes about organ donation or donating your body for research?
  4. Identify any cultural perspective associated with your decisions.
  5. Do all of this seriously and, when finished, describe the thoughts and/or emotions that this assignment elicits in you. Also let us know if this was difficult for you to think about or if it felt comfortable to begin getting your affairs in order. You, of course, want to review your draft and finalize your wishes with and give copies to appropriate family members, medical doctors, and clergy or spiritual adviser.

An excellent response will be at least 1-2 pages in length, using complete sentences and concise language. Please review published peer-reviewed articles (from the Library website) (see syllabus for details) and include citations and references in all post responses.

Database – Discussions

Create a discussion thread (with your name) and answer the following question(s):

Discussion 2 (Chapter 24): What are the main characteristics of NOSQL systems in the area related to data models and query languages? OR What are the main characteristics of NOSQL systems in the area related to distributed systems and distributed databases?  Pick ONE questions to answer for your initial contribution. 

Instructions:  Your response to the initial question should be 250-300 words.  Next respond to two postings provided by your classmates. The first post should be made by Wednesday 11:59 p.m., EST. I am looking for active engagement in the discussion.  Please engage early and often. You are require to create your initial thread in order to view and respond to the threads posted by other students.  There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post as needed.  Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author’s words and continue to use in-text citations.