Competency

Assess the development of societal standards in relation to social media and how this can alter social norms in everyday life.

Instructions

The prevalence of social media has had a huge impact on society in the area of how we tend to relate to each other and on what is considered to be normal in general. Taking a look at the ways in which social media changes attitudes and “norms” makes for an interesting study, and one that is applicable to understanding how society is slowly changing over time.

For this assignment, you will first conduct your own research on the effects of social media on societal norms (Part 1), then you will examine what has been found through previous research conducted by others (Part 2). 

Part 1:

Compare and contrast the attitudes of two cohorts of people; one that consists of five people that rarely use social media and one cohort of five people that uses social media 2 or more hours a day.

Create a list of five people that you know that use social media at least 2 or more hours per day. This group of people will make up your first cohort. Then create a list of five people that you know that either do not use social media or use it very rarely. Take into account age when creating the cohorts, and try to keep the ages as similar as possible between the cohorts. Keeping a certain level of consistency in the two cohorts will help to negate the potential effects of generational differences. Provide a brief description of each of the ten people you are going to interview divided into their respective cohorts.

In other words, list the five people in the social media at least 2 or more hours a day, and provide a brief description of each along with why you chose them. Then provide a list of the five people that rarely or never use social media, and provide a brief description of each along with why you chose them.

Interview the participants to learn the similarities and differences between the two cohorts as it relates to attitudes, lifestyles, and relationships. Write a two-page paper comparing and contrasting what you learned about the two cohorts. Be sure to relate your findings to cultivation theory and socialization theory in the paper.

Part 2:

Now you will compare your research with research findings through previous research conducted by others. Look up at least 3 articles in the Rasmussen Library that relate to the topic of social media and its impact on society. You are not limited to articles that are strictly written on the specific topic of social media and norms. Articles that are covering social media and society are available from a wide number of angles. After studying these articles, write a two-page paper on what you learned on the topic of social media and its potential impact on societal attitudes, customs, and norms.

Cybersecurity Planning and Management

Creating Company E-mail/WIFI/Internet Use Policies

You have just been hired as the Security Manager of a medium-sized Financial Services company employing 250 people in New Hampshire, and have been asked to write two new security policies for this company. The first one is an e-mail policy for employees concentrating on personal use of company resources. The second policy is that of WIFI and Internet use within the company.

There are many resources available on the web so researching these topics and policies should be easy. The most difficult part of this exercise will be determining how strict or how lenient you want to make these policies for this particular company.

Project Plan

You are asked to create two separate policies on use of EMAIL and a WIFI/INTERNET USE within the company.

Be specific in your terms and conditions of use. Consider these items to be included in your policies (as applicable).

1. Overview 

2. Purpose 

3. Scope

4. Policy 

5. Policy Compliance

6. Related Standards, Policies and Processes

7. Definitions and Terms

Some useful links and resources for your research:

Corporate email usage policy template

https://www.sans.org/security-resources/policies/general/pdf/email-policy

https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/acceptable-use-policy-template-public-wifi-networks/#gref

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/download-our-wirele

• Cross-Site Scripting attack
• XSS worm and self-propagation
• Session cookies
• HTTP GET and POST requests
• JavaScript and Ajax

Note: Since May 5 2019, the Firefox Add-on “HTTP Header Live” has been disabled by Firefox. Mozilla verifies and signs add-ons that follow a set of security guidelines. The version of HTTP Header Live (v 0.6 – Last Updated April 9, 2018) installed on the VM does not comply with this security guideline, so it was automatically disabled. The issue can be easily resolved by installing the latest version of HTTP Header Live.

Video to help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFSq6dsDGzA&feature=youtu.be

Project Part 2: Access Controls Procedure Guide

Scenario

Changing access controls can have some undesirable effects. Therefore, it is important to carefully consider changes before making them and provide mechanisms to reverse changes if they have unexpected consequences.

Always Fresh management has asked you to develop procedures for changing any access controls. The purpose of these procedures is to ensure that staff:

§ Understand and document the purpose of each access control change request

§ Know what access controls were in place before any changes

§ Get an approval of change by management

§ Understand the scope of the change, both with respect to users, computers, and objects

§ Have evaluated the expected impact of the change

§ Know how to evaluate whether the change meets the goals

§ Understand how to undo any change if necessary

Tasks

Create a guide that security personnel will use that includes procedures for implementing an access control change.

The procedure guide must contain the steps Always Fresh security personnel should take to evaluate and implement an access control change. You can assume any change requests you receive are approved.

Ensure that your procedures include the following:

§ Status or setting prior to any change

§ Reason for the change

§ Change to implement

§ Scope of the change

§ Impact of the change

§ Status or setting after the change

§ Process to evaluate the change

Required Resources

§ Internet access

§ Course textbook

Submission Requirements

§ Format: Microsoft Word (or compatible)

§ Font: Times New Roman, size 12, double-space

§ Citation Style: APA

§ Length: 3 pages(Excluding References)

Self-Assessment Checklist

§ I created a procedure guide that provides clear instructions that anyone with a basic technical knowledge base can follow.

§ I created a well-developed and formatted procedure guide with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

§ I followed the submission guidelines.

Using the guidelines provided in this week’s chapter (and other resources as needed), create a step-by-step IT security policy for handling user accounts/rights for a student who is leaving prematurely (drops, is expelled, and so on).

You will need to consider specialized student scenarios, such as a student who works as an assistant to a faculty member or as a lab assistant in a computer lab and may have access to resources most students do not.

Write your answer using a WORD document. Do your own work. Submit here. Note your Safe Assign score. Score must be less than 25 for full credit.

Penetration testing is a simulated cyberattack against a computer or network that checks for exploitable vulnerabilities. Pen tests can involve attempting to breach application systems, APIs, servers, inputs, and code injection attacks to reveal vulnerabilities. In a well-written, highly-detailed research paper, discuss the following:

• What is penetration testing
• Testing Stages
• Testing Methods
• Testing, web applications and firewalls

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately four to six pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
• Follow APA7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook

Master Budget:

You have just been hired as a new management trainee by Earrings Unlimited, a distributor of earrings to various retail outlets located in shopping malls across the country. In the past, the company has done very little in the way of budgeting and at certain times of the year has experienced a shortage of cash. Since you are well trained in budgeting, you have decided to prepare a master budget for the upcoming second quarter. To this end, you have worked with accounting and other areas to gather the information assembled below. 

The company sells many styles of earrings, but all are sold for the same price—$13 per pair. Actual sales of earrings for the last three months and budgeted sales for the next six months follow (in pairs of earrings): 

January (actual)           20,600                                June (budget)                    50,600 

February (actual)         26,600                                July (budget)                      30,600 

March (actual)             40,600                                 August (budget)                 28,600 

April (budget)               65,600                                September (budget)           25,600 

May (budget)             100,600 

The concentration of sales before and during May is due to Mother’s Day. Sufficient inventory should be on hand at the end of each month to supply 40% of the earrings sold in the following month. 

Suppliers are paid $4.30 for a pair of earrings. One-half of a month’s purchases is paid for in the month of purchase; the other half is paid for in the following month. All sales are on credit. Only 20% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of sale. An additional 70% is collected in the following month, and the remaining 10% is collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts have been negligible.

Monthly operating expenses for the company are given below: 

Variable: 

Sales commissions            4% of sales 

Fixed: 

Advertising                         $ 230,000 

Rent                                   $   21,000 

Salaries                              $ 112,000 

Utilities                               $     8,500 

Insurance                           $     3,300 

Depreciation                       $   17,000 

Insurance is paid on an annual basis, in November of each year. 

The company plans to purchase $17,500 in new equipment during May and $43,000 in new equipment during June; both purchases will be for cash. The company declares dividends of $17,250 each quarter, payable in the first month of the following quarter. 

The company’s balance sheet as of March 31 is given below: 

Assets:

Cash                                                                                                                   $    77,000 

Accounts receivable ($34,580 February sales; $422,240 March sales)                 456,820 

Inventory                                                                                                                  112,832 

Prepaid insurance                                                                                                      22,500 

Property and equipment (net)                                                                                  980,000 

                                                                                                                           ————————

Total assets                                                                                                          $  1,649,152 

                                                                                                                           ————————-

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity 

Accounts payable                                                                                                    $ 103,000 

Dividends payable                                                                                                        17,250 

Common stock                                                                                                            860,000 

Retained earnings                                                                                                       668,902 

                                                                                                                               ———————-

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity                                                                   $ 1,649,152 

                                                                                                                              ————————

The company maintains a minimum cash balance of $53,000. All borrowing is done at the beginning of a month; any repayments are made at the end of a month. 

The company has an agreement with a bank that allows the company to borrow in increments of $1,000 at the beginning of each month. The interest rate on these loans is 1% per month and for simplicity we will assume that interest is not compounded. At the end of the quarter, the company would pay the bank all of the accumulated interest on the loan and as much of the loan as possible (in increments of $1,000), while still retaining at least $53,000 in cash.

Required: 

Prepare a master budget for the three-month period ending June 30. Include the following detailed schedules: 

1. a. A sales budget, by month and in total. 

    b. A schedule of expected cash collections, by month and in total.  

    c. A merchandise purchases budget in units and in dollars. Show the budget by month and in total. 

    d. A schedule of expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases, by month and in total. 

2. A cash budget. Show the budget by month and in total. Determine any borrowing that would be needed to maintain the minimum cash balance of $53,000. 

3. A budgeted income statement for the three-month period ending June 30. Use the contribution        approach. 

4. A budgeted balance sheet as of June 30. 

Find and read excerpts/articles/blogs from the internet related to “best practices for coding (in R, Python or other programming languages)”. Provide a page essay on this with citations and references.

Putting It All Together

This assignment has 3 parts. Be sure to check off each one so you know that you accomplished it. You will be creating a personal résumé in Microsoft Word, and a PowerPoint presentation, and then zipping these files with your Excel spreadsheet that you created for the Week 4 Project into a compressed folder (a .zip file) to upload to the Week 5 Project submission area.

Create your résumé for when you are about to graduate from your program of Psychology. Don’t limit yourself to experiences and achievements you have today; you may add experiences and achievements you expect to have by the time you graduate. Later, you can keep adding skills and experiences to your résumé as you complete classes, gain more job experience, or change jobs.

Tip: You learned about tables in Week 2. Tables are great for creating résumés. Most of the time borders are turned off on the tables after the résumé is created although sometimes a top or bottom border is turned on to separate categories. However, the easiest way to create your résumé is to use a Word résumé template.

Click on the link below, Week 5 Project Tips, for some visual aids on how to tackle this week’s project.

Week 5 Project Tips

Part I: The Resume

Create your résumé based on the following criteria in Microsoft Word and save it as W5P_Resume_LastName.docx. Remember that the program will automatically add the extension of .docx.

1. Ensure that the résumé was logically laid out and easily understood
2. Create categories: create distinct separation and identification of important line-item job skills and experiences using bullets or numbers with appropriate application.
3. Have content separation: provide a distinguishing feature that separates one line or paragraph from the others.
4. Modify text: modify default typeface in one line or section and modify the default color or style of a line or section.
5. Modify text size: modify the default typeface size by changing the points in at least one line on the page
6. Create an overall professional look to your résumé.
7. Include a header with your name and include page numbers. In reality, you would only do this if your résumé was more than one page, but you are demonstrating your skills in this document.

Part II: The PowerPoint

Create a new PowerPoint presentation and save it with the file name of W5D_Presentation_LastName.pptx.

1. Choose a slide design that suits you. On your first slide, include a title of your choosing to introduce yourself. In the subheading, include the course number, your name, and the date.
2. Create five slides where you can share your hobbies, interesting times in your life, or just different things about you. You should not include any personal information such as your address, social security number, student ID, or anything sensitive that you would not share publicly. Make sure that whatever you share is classroom appropriate.
3. Create one slide that will be an “invitation” to your graduation party. Identify the who, what, when, where, and why of the party details. Include appropriate graphics and text formatting to make your invitation appealing.

All slides should be formatted creatively and appropriately.

Part III: The Zip Folder

Create a new folder called W5P_LastName. Put your résumé Word file, your PowerPoint file, and your Excel file from Week 4 Project into this folder and “zip” the folder following directions below to upload one file as your Week 5 Project submission. In the Comments box, briefly share your experiences with completing this project.

This is a handy way to treat multiple files. Once uploaded, be sure to download and unzip your folder to make sure that it contains exactly what you want in it. Sometimes in a rush, students upload empty folders and lose one-fourth of their grade for the class. Don’t let this mistake happen to you!

* To zip the folder on a PC:

• Right-click on the main folder (W5P_LastName).
• From the drop-down menu select Send To -> Compressed (zipped) Folder
• Attach the resulting ZIP file to your response in the classroom.

* To zip the folder on a MAC:

• Right-click on the main folder (W5P_LastName).
• From the drop-down menu select Compress.
• Attach the resulting ZIP file to your response in the classroom.

Explain the role of intuition in decision making.

APA format with 300 words and references less than 5 years old.