assignment 10/24

 

Review the video below and write a two page review plus cover page and reference page.  The first page of your paper should be a summary of the video.  The second page is an opinion page covering how your company does or should use these best practices.

Disaster Recovery Best Practices (Youtube.com)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4ae8cqtZHc

Infotech in a global economy

Do you feel that countries and companies need explicit strategies for technology development, given the tremendous amount of largely spontaneous creativity that occurs today, often in areas where new technologies are not expected to exert a great influence.  Why or why not?

discussion online

 The readings this week expand on investigation and of digital forensic analysis and investigations. Organizations, especially those in the public, health and educational areas are bound by legal and statutory requirements to protect data and private information, therefore digital forensics analysis will be very beneficial when security breaches do occur. Using this weeks readings and your own research, discuss digital forensics and how it could be used in a risk management program. 

Operations security

 

The primary goal of operational security is to protect & secure the operations of an enterprise, while securing the technologies needed to maintain network and resource availability.  Your residency project will include research & analysis on the below: 

Write a five – seven (5 – 7) page paper in which you:

  1. Compare & Contrast access control in relations to risk, threat and vulnerability.
  2. Research and discuss how different auditing and monitoring techniques are used to identify & protect the system against network attacks. 
  3. Explain the relationship between access control and its impact on CIA (maintaining network confidentiality, integrity and availability).
  4. Describe access control and its level of importance within operations security.
  5. Argue the need for organizations to implement access controls in relations to maintaining confidentiality, integrity and availability (e.g., Is it a risky practice to store customer information for repeat visits?)
  6. Describe the necessary components within an organization’s access control metric.

 Use at least eight – ten (8 – 10 ) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

Data Analytics

Question 1 

This week you learned about the four types of Data Analytics

  • Descriptive – answers the question “what happened?”
  • Diagnostic – answers the question “why did this happen?”
  • Predictive – answers the question “what might happen?”
  • Prescriptive – answers the question “what is the best that could happen?”

Research any area that interests you and identify real examples for TWO of the four data analytics in practice. 

Each example must reflect an actual use of the analytic in practice, and should answer the question associated to the analytic type (e.g. your “Descriptive” example should answer the question “what happened?”)

Please include the following for full credit:

  • A detailed description of each analytic example in your own words.
  • Analyze each example. Identify the important data elements that are used in the analytic(s). If available, call out how the data was analyzed to gain the insight. 
  • Write min. one page for each analytical type you choose (total 2 pages, single spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt)
    • Citation information, i.e. where did you find this example. Use The American Psychological Association Citation Format. 
    • You may consult any source, e.g. current news, research papers, press releases, etc.

Question 3 

You learned why analytics and insights are useful for a business. You also learned about the four types of analytics that a business can apply to the data of a problem. Use this knowledge to answer the below analytical prompt. Make sure you have read module material (The Four Types of Analytics) before completing this question.

Case

Congratulations! You were just hired at Sephora to analyze sales data. Just in time for Valentine’s Day! You have access to what products were purchased, when they were purchased, and who purchased them. Your first task is to look over the data from the last four months (November – February). As you look through the data, you notice a giant increase in sales and then a giant drop in sales within those months. Your boss wants you to identify patterns and trends to figure out what happened.

After you read the case study above, describe and elaborate on how Sephora could use either descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, or prescriptive analytics to understand the increase and decrease in sales over the four-month period.

Research Assignment

Research Assignment

Throughout the course, you will be studying a variety of technology topics that are relevant in enterprise settings. Some of you are students exclusively while others of you work in corporate America. Regardless of your situation, the advances of modern technologies are disrupting the way people work, live, and learn. The goal of this research assignment is to conduct a deep dive analysis on one of the following topic areas. When conducting your research, you need to identify how digital transformation in business is a disruptor to the specific topic area selected. Topic areas to consider include:

  • Cloud Computing
  • Mobile Computing
  • Internet of Things
  • Wearable Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Systems/Machine Learning
  • Security & Privacy
  • Social / Collaborative Platforms
  • 3-D Printing
  • Online Learning & Andragogy

The final paper includes an exhaustive research study using the outline below to substantially support your findings. Using the following paper structure format:

  • You are to write a 10-12 page page research paper.
  • The paper should be, double-spaced following APA format using a Times New Roman 12-point font.
  • Page counts do NOT include cover pages, references, or abstract.

Treat this as if you had an opportunity to publish in a peer-reviewed business or technology journal. 

The paper structure should be as follows:

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Problem Statement
  • Research Analysis
  • General Findings
  • Strength Identification relative to disruption
  • Weakness Identification relative to disruption
  • Why is this an opportunity?
  • Why is it a threat?
  • How does this disruption solve problem X?
  • Further areas of research to consider
  • Conclusion
  • References

The grading rubric evaluates the content based on five areas:

  • Content, Technical Depth, Business Analysis, Grammar/Spelling, and Citations.

    PLease Note: Cloud computing can be easy to explore. strict check on plagiarism

paper work (Business Intellegence)

W2: Paper  Graded Assignment:  Knowledge and Skills Paper  Paper Section 1: Reflection and Literature Review  Using Microsoft Word and Professional APA format, prepare a professional written paper supported with three sources of research that details what you have learned from chapters 3 and 4.  This section of the paper should be a minimum of two pages.   Paper Section 2:  Applied Learning Exercises  In this section of the professional paper, apply what you have learned from chapters 3 and 4 to descriptively address and answer the problems below.  Important Note:  Dot not type the actual written problems within the paper itself.  Research some data warehouse vendors and obtain information about their products. Give special attention to vendors that provide tools for multiple purposes, such as Cognos, Software A&G, SAS Institute, and Oracle. Free online demos are available from some of these vendors. Download a demo or two and try them and describe your learning experience and review of this products. Download an information visualization tool, such as Tableau, QlikView, or Spotfire. If your school does not have an educational agreement with these companies, then a trial version would be sufficient for this exercise. Use your own data (if you have any) or use one of the data sets that comes with the tool (they usually have one or more data sets for demonstration purposes). Study the data, come up with a couple of business problems, and use data and visualization to analyze, visualize, and potentially solve those problems. Important Note:  With limited time for a college class, perfection is not expected but effort to be exposed to various tools with attempts to learn about them is critical when considering a career in information technology associated disciplines. Important Note:  There is no specific page requirement for this section of the paper but make sure any content provided fully addresses each problem.  Paper Section 3:  Conclusions  After addressing the problems, conclude your paper with details on how