discussion 11/21

 

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 the information provided.

The Secret to Successful Crisis Management in the 21st Century – Melissa Agnes TEDx Talk

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

transformational leadership and knowledge and knowledge sharing within an organization

 

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:

  • 3-5 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.

Here are the links for the journals:

 

scenario 4

Due Week 4 and worth 100 points

Suppose you are a security director for a consulting firm that implements, secures, investigates, and supports point-of-sale (POS) for small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the retail industry.

Read the article titled, “If you shopped at these 16 stores in the last year, your data might have been stolen” located at https://www.businessinsider.com/data-breaches-2018-4 Choose 2 stores from the list and research the specific attack or breach.

Write a paper in which you:

  1. Summarize the attacks, providing details on the effects of the breach. 
  2. Identify the common purpose of attacks on point-of-sale (POS) systems. 
  3. Assess why and how these POS systems have become a prime target for hacking groups. 
  4. Examine the forensics challenges that exist for investigations on POS systems.
  5. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment other than the article linked above. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. 

Position Paper

 2. Introduction 

 a. Describe the ethical issue 

 b. Describe the 2 positions (ethical and unethical) 

 c. Describe why ethical and unethical positions exist. 

 d. Describe why the ethical issue is important. 

 3. Background on the ethical issue including: 

 a. Background on the ethical issue, the 2 positions, and the individuals who have the opposing positions. 

 a. Background on operations, i.e. accounting, financial reporting, as an electrical power supplier, information technology (IT), emissions testing, human resources, and any other operational area that is pertinent to each position. 

 b. Background on leaders, i.e. Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer, and any other leader who is pertinent to your position. 

 4. Operations: Ethical or Unethical Actions and Decisions 

 a. Describe at least 3 areas of operations from an ethical position (using the ethics theories). Present at least 3 arguments for each position you take, explain each argument, and support each argument with 3 research sources. 

 b. Describe counter arguments (or arguments in disagreement with your argument), support the counter arguments with research, explain why you disagree with the counter argument, support your disagreement with the counter argument with research.  

 c. Answer Question 1: Explain “what went wrong”? 

 5. Leadership: Ethical or Unethical Actions and Decisions 

 a. Describe at least 3 leaders from an ethical position (using the ethics theories). Present at least 3 arguments for each position you take, explain each argument, and support each argument with 3 research sources 

 b. Describe counter arguments (or arguments in disagreement with your argument), support the counter arguments with research, explain why you disagree with the counter argument, support your disagreement with the counter argument with research.  

 c. Answer Question 2: Is myopic (narrow minded) thinking responsible for the issue? 

 6. Lessons Learned 

 a. Answer Question 3: What lessons can one learn from this scandal with regard to ‘ethics and leadership’, and the role of government in corporate America?  

 7. Conclusion 

 a. Describe the positions of the members of the group and close the paper 

 8. References Page 

Concert Report 1!!!!!!

 Concert Report 1 should be a critique of the National Symphony Orchestra Concert on May 30, 2019. (The concert is not 2 hours and 4 minutes long.  

Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Francesco Piemontesi, piano

Program

Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances – Suite No. 2

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Casella: Symphony No. 2

Paper Details:

  1. Length of Papers: 2-4 pages only. 5 points will be deducted from the total score if the paper is less than two full pages or more than 4 full pages. A standard concert report should include separate paragraphs for the following: an introduction, a paragraph to describe each piece of music (or each movement in a piece of music performed), and a conclusion. Most reports will include a total of 5-10 complete paragraphs depending on the lengths of the paragraphs. 

Testing Project Proposal Paper on Reconnaissance Phase

Reconnaissance project need help to get done. Below is the project requirement. USA 

  • Prepare a business case justifying the need for a penetration test. Remember, the project manager is usually NOT excited about the test and is only doing it to check a box. Make sure they are aware of why it is necessary, and what benefits it brings them. In this business case, be sure to include why Penetration Testing is important from the business perspective, not just the security perspective.
  • Develop a project timeline. Use project management software such as Microsoft Project, Zoho Projects, Team Gantt, or any other similar piece of software to develop a Gantt Chart showing the timeline. This project is due to take 5 weeks (Weeks 2-6 of our course).
  • Define what deliverables the organization can expect from you. At what points in your timeline can they be expected (be sure to include these in your timeline above!), and what will they contain?
  • Discuss the difference between active and passive information gathering. What activities are conducted in each type of information gathering?
  • Discuss what OSINT is and what kinds of tasks it entails.

Paper Requirements:

  • Written Communication: Write in a professional manner using APA 6th Edition and formatting with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
  • Resources: Identify at least two scholarly resources (peer-reviewed. Scholarly journals, not news articles, Wikipedia, blog posts, etc…) and two industry resources (whitepapers, industry (e.g., Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, etc…) blog posts, Cybersecurity professionals (Troy Hunt, Bruce Schneier, etc…) blogs, etc…).
  • APA Formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA 6th Edition.
  • Length: 3-5 Pages (not including Title Page, References, and any Abstract/Executive Summary)
  • Font and font-size: Times New Roman 12pt, double spaced

 

Resources:

W9:D

  

This week we discuss each of the different roles that people play in the design, development, and use of information systems.  Please also explain the importance of where the information systems function is placed and the various types of users of information systems.

Write 3 different independent scenarios for the above topic. The main scenario needs to be 300-350 (from the text books provided) words and the other 2 for 200-250 words. This submission should be between 750 and 850 words (The word count does not include the title and reference page). Deductions will apply if the word count is not observed.