Week 3 DQ

Q.  Today’s businesses rely heavily on data in decision making. Data is collected and stored in the different applications used such as a CRM, ERP, SCM, etc. Data can then be compiled and presented in a dashboard format to better visualize company performance. 

Research different data visualization systems such as Domo, Tableau, and Microsoft Power BI. Review how the systems draw data from business databases and how the data needs to be organized or structured in order for it to be used effectively. 

Note: 300 words with Data (charts) researched

Discussion

In order to have a successful IG program, one of the eight (8) Information Risk Planning and Management step is to develop metrics and measure results.   From your required readings, discuss the value that metrics brings to the organization, and identify critical measures of success that should be tracked.

Please make your initial post and two response posts substantive. A substantive post will do at least two of the following:

  • Ask an interesting, thoughtful question pertaining to the topic
  • Answer a question (in detail) posted by another student or the instructor
  • Provide extensive additional information on the topic
  • Explain, define, or analyze the topic in detail
  • Share an applicable personal experience
  • Provide an outside source (for example, an article from the UC Library) that applies to the topic, along with additional information about the topic or the source (please cite properly in APA)
  • Make an argument concerning the topic.

At least one scholarly source should be used in the initial discussion thread. Be sure to use information from your readings and other sources from the UC Library. Use proper citations and references in your post.

Week9Table.jpg

SECURITY ASSESSMENT & TESTING

BUSINESS CASE: The Blue Skies Airport management company purchased three more airports. New established Blue Skies Airport System consists of four airports in the USA. Each airport has its own data center.

LOCATIONS.

Airport 1: Washington DC                           Airport 2: Chicago, IL                       

Airport 3: Los Angeles, Ca                            Airport 4: Dallas, TX 

QUESTION 1:  What is SCADA Cybersecurity for Blue Skies Airport System?  Explain the differences between SCADA Cybersecurity vs. Traditional Security.

Resource:

https://www.citetech.com/learn/cybersecurity-for-scada-systems#:~:text=SCADA%20cybersecurity%20is%20the%20practice,natural%20gas%2C%20electricity%20and%20transportation.

https://www.energy.gov/ceser/downloads/21-steps-improve-cyber-security-scada-networks

QUESTION 2:   List the Pros and cons of the Black box, Grey box, and White box pen-testing for the data center at Airport 1 in Washington DC. And explain which one you would prefer for the given business case.

Resource: https://thecyphere.com/blog/types-penetration-testing/

QUESTION 3:   List the Pillars of Security of the Data Center of the Blue Skies Airport data center

QUESTION 4:   Complete the  Potential Threats table based on the given Blue Skies Airport case 

Week9Table.jpg

Potential Threats Table.docx Download Potential Threats Table.docx 

computer science

 Modify DepartmentSalesS project posted on Blackboard as “Observer Pattern Example – Chart Using Swing” Add an Observer to display monthly sales in a pie chart. You modify YDTChart.java so it will display a pie chart. Modify SupervisorView.java to add a PieChart observer and change Layout so it has three columns. Follow the link to see how to draw pie chart as multiple pies. http://cs111.wellesley.edu/~cs111/archive/cs111_fall06/public_html/labs/lab12/arc.html You may use a Color array like Color[] colors= {Color.blue,Color.yellow, Color.gray, Color.green, Color.cyan, Color.red,Color.magenta, Color.orange, Color.pink, Color.darkGray, Color.black, Color.lightGray}; Before you draw the pie piece for a month i, you set color like g.setColor(colors[i]); 2. Modify ChartS posted on Blackboard as “Observer Pattern Example – Chart Using Swing” Add a PieChart to display monthly sales You may follow the following website: http://tutorials.jenkov.com/javafx/piechart.html Create array of PieChart.Data using a loop. Add one a time to PieChart using a loop. To display the tip of %, you may follow the following website https://riptutorial.com/javafx/example/8733/pie-chart 

Discussion 3- Strategy applied in Project Mngt

Chapter. 5 Estimating Project Times and Costs

Chapter. 6 Developing a Project Plan

Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

  1. Why is it difficult to estimate mega project (i.e., costs and benefits (i.e. airports, stadiums, etc.) costs and benefits?
  2. Define what a “white elephant” is in project management? Provide a real life example.
  3. Why bother creating a WBS? Why not go straight to a project network and forget the WBS?

Text-

Title: Project Management: The Managerial Process 

ISBN: 9781260238860 

Authors: Clifford F. Gray, Erik W. Larson 

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education 

Publication Date: 2020-01-09

research and critical analysis

Answer the 6 questions who, when, where, why (all together in 1-2 sentences) then HOW and WHAT in 2-3 sentences EACH -we need detail), then write an objective summary using the sample in the resource manual as a template.

  • Objective 1: Identify the elements of a scholarly research article: who conducted it (plus credentials or affiliation), when and where it was conducted, why the research was undertaken, how it was conducted (methodology), and what was found (results).

NOTES TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR HW Complete this note sheet for research article before you start the objective summaryW(5)H(1):1. Who conducted the research?2. Why was the study completed (purpose / what researchers hoped to learn)?3. When was data collected (not the publication year)?4. Where was data collected (physical location)examples:in hospitals in NY State,in rural China,in 3 countries in Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Djibouti)?5. How was data collected (methodology)?6. What were the findings?

Intro to Networking: Assignment 2

Must be one full page. At least (2) APA reference. 100% original work. no plagiarism. Attached is the assignment instructions for better viewing.

  • Congratulations, you have been chosen to build out a network for a new facility for your company, ACME, Inc.
  • Office Schematic, (ATTACHED) each office is approximately a 10’x10′ space with 10′ ceilings. Building is roughly 125’x150′.
  • Each office should contain two network ports minimum, one for Voice and one for Data. Room B will serve as your network closet.
  • You will need to provide the following items in your submission:
    • Estimated Purchases list (some examples below)
      • Switches
      • Cable
      • Port plates
      • Punch Boards
      • UPS and Power
      • Etc.
    • A timeline of installation (*estimated)
    • Chosen Typology (*estimated)
    • Basic Network configuration (*estimated)
    • Remember to justify your choices
    • Your proposal should answer the questions above. If you have experience in networking, there are additional things you would “want”, but hold on those till later assignments, as the assignments build upon one another. *NOTE* This means you may reuse information from this assignment in future assignments as well, and I am granting you a waiver of not citing yourself in those assignments.
  • Assignment must be in a Word document. The numbers are going to be rough estimates, that is understood. Pricing for purchases and labor can be based off of pricing from online resources.
  • Required Format
  • A timeline of installation (*estimated) ANSWER
  • Chosen Typology (*estimated) ANSWER
  • Basic Network configuration (*estimated) ANSWER
  • Remember to justify your choices

Applied Business Project 2

Please follow the guidelines and grading rubric, and paste the work on the report template in formal English language. 

Company ticker: CSX

Company name: CSX Corporation 

Use yahoo to find the company financials

Yahoo: 

http://finance.yahoo.com/