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Instruction for the Course Project Assignment for the whole session is highlighted below in BOLD. Please read the instruction carefully.

The Course Project Assignment is an individual project draft proposal that students will develop incrementally to fully become the final paper at the end of the course. Students will add content every week when the Course Project Assignment for the week is due. 

As a security manager or administrator of a fictitious company, write a Security Plan Proposal as a project draft document with the formats in the bullet points below. Please note that the project document is incremental, starting with the first Course Project Assignment for this week (week two) and ends in week eight. The Course Project Assignments (CPA) are aligned with the corresponding  Chapters in your paper (as follows):

1. Week two CPA is your Chapter One of the paper
2. Week three CPA is your Chapter Two
3. Week four CPA is Chapter Three
4. Week five CPA is Chapter Four 
5. Week six CPA is Chapter Five
6. Week seven CPA is Chapter Six
7. Week eight is for collating and reviewing the paper for thoroughness

The paper format should include the following: 

• Running Head
• The first page will contain the title of the Plan Proposal, Name of the Student, Instructor’s Name, Course Name, and Date
• Add a Table of Contents to outline your Chapters
• Include in-text citations and references in APA format

Course Assignment for this week (Chapter one of your paper): 

Briefly provide an overview/description of your fictitious company.

Identify and discuss the importance of risk assessment to the organization’s security framework? Discuss the five layers of risk.

Explore the school library to identify some useful peer-reviewed, scholarly accepted articles for this assignment. Ensure your citations and references adhere to the school recommended APA format.

find 2-3 recent peer reviewed articles (within the past 3 years) that closely relate to Impact of Mobile Computing on Businesses. Your submission must include the following information in the following format:

ANALYSIS: Using 750-1200 words, write a brief analysis, in your own words of how the article relates to the selected chapters. An analysis is not rehashing what was already stated in the article, but the opportunity for you to add value by sharing your experiences, thoughts and opinions. This is the most important part of the assignment.

REFERENCES: All references must be listed at the bottom of the submission–in APA format. 

Be sure to use the headers in your submission to ensure that all aspects of the assignment are completed as required.

NO plagiarism

 You should be REPORTING EVIDENCE and EXAMPLES from what you read. 

Find, Read, and Share – THREE related sources of information

Report – Three things about the topic that you want to remember forever

1. Identify the topic for this week. The title of this discussion board thread lists topics as well as you should reflect on what was covered during class.
2. Find three high-quality sources of related information on the Internet. 
3. Read your chosen high-quality sources of related information.
4. state your three sources of information.
5. DESCRIBE each of the three sources of information within a few sentences providing EXAMPLES.
6. SUMMARIZE with three things about the topic that you want to remember forever.

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Managerial Challenge

US Airways (American Airlines) owns a piece of land near the Pittsburgh International Airport. The land originally cost US Airways $375,000. The airline is considering building a new training center on this land. US Airways determined that the proposal to build the new training center is acceptable if the original cost of the land is used in the analysis, but the proposal does not meet the airline’s project acceptance criteria if the land cost is above $850,000. Assume the labor and raw materials total $1,720,000. A developer recently offered US Airways $2.5 million for the land. What is the economic profit, opportunity cost, and should US Airways (American Airlines) build the training center at this location? (Chapter 8 Economic Cost)

Submission Details:

• Response should be no more than 250 words
• Include the appropriate calculation 
• Follow the APA style of writing with in-text citations and a reference list if necessary.

. Read Articles:

“U.S. Car Business in Major Shift”

U. S. Car Business Article.pdf

“Car Making in America”

Carmaking In America Article.pdf

 This is a required assignment worth 15 points (15-points/1000-points). Assignment must be submitted by the due date. No late assignments are allowed. Please discuss the following topics and provide substantive comments to at least two other posts. Select from the following list four (4) topics and discuss. Use only 50-words max per topic to discuss and present your answer.  The discussion questions this week are from Chapter 8   (Jamsa, 2013).Chapter 8 topics:

• Define and describe virtualization.
• Defend the following statement: Virtualization is not a new concept within computer science.
• Describe the various types of virtualization.
• List the pros and cons of virtualization.
• Discuss the attributes of applications that are not well suited for virtualization.
• List reasons why companies should virtualize.
• List the benefits of blade servers.
• Define and describe the hypervisor.
• Define and describe green computing.
• Describe the concept of the desktop on demand, and include the benefits of such a system.

NOTE: You are required to use at least two-peer reviewed sources (besides your textbook) to answer the above questions. 

1. It must be written in APA style, without grammar and spelling errors. You can find the APA citation samples and references in the teacher’s web site by clicking Comps Guide button. You are welcome to use the Microsoft Word APA style tool to insert APA style citations/References by clicking on References — Insert Citation — Add New Source, then fill out the APA form in Word according to the source provided.
2. Your writing must address the question to the point, and demonstrate a clear understanding of the question. The answer that roams away from the topic/question is not acceptable.
3. The paper needs to be four pages long for comps and six pages long for term paper, double space, in Times New Roman font type, and font size 12. You need to cite at least four academic publication reference citations.
4. The writer needs to be able to go into an in-depth understanding of the issues you are discussing, and describe knowledgeably, experientially, theoretically, scholastically, analytically and critically. The superficial or shallow answer is not appropriate. The answer with a bunch of facts that lacks theory-based critical analysis is not appropriate, either.
5. The writer needs to present evidence(s) to support his/her argument(s). It needs to develop logically, clearly and coherently with clarity.
6. It needs a starting (introductory) paragraph and an ending (conclusion) paragraph.
7. It needs correct in-text citation and at least four references at the end of the paper (The reference page does not count for the paper length).
8. The paper could get higher grade points that is written wisely, critically, reflectively, creatively and imaginatively. It should be related to the personal experiences or the current school practice in accordance with the academic knowledge and theories.

What are baseline security requirements that should be applied to the design and implementation of applications, databases, systems, network infrastructure, and information processing when considering cloud computing within an enterprise risk management framework?

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. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

Discussion

Consider your company or one that you know well and evaluate the words of their mission and vision statements. You must include the company’s mission and vision statements in your initial post.

Using the information in Table 2.1 from our text, critique the adequacy and merits of the words of their vision statement identifying effective elements and shortcomings. Using the below criteria, evaluate the adequacy and merits of the words of their mission statement. 

Mission Statement Criteria:

1. Identifies the company’s products and/or services.
2. Specifics the buyer needs that the company seeks to satisfy and the customer groups or markets that it serves, and
3. Gives the company its own identity.
4. What recommended changes (identify at least one change for each statement) would you make for each statement and why? 

Please note that you are not evaluating what you know of can find out about the company, but simply the words they use for their vision and mission statements.

NOTE: Make sure you choose a company that is unique.

Your initial response to the discussion question should be 550 words. You must have at least one course (our text) and one non-course scholarly/peer reviewed source in your initial posting.  Sources require in-text citations and must be incorporated into the body of the post in addition to a full APA citation at the end of the post.

 Assignment

Refer to Assurance of Learning Exercise #1 (Apple) in Chapter One of your Thompson (2020) text. Read “Apple Inc: Exemplifying a Successful Strategy” in Illustration Capsule 1.1.

Incorporate our course (Thompson text) work for the week and dDevelop your analysis by responding to the following questions:

• Does Apple’s strategy seem to set it apart from rivals?
• Does the strategy seem to be keyed to a cost-based advantage, differentiating features, serving the unique needs of a niche, or some combination of these? Explain why?
• What is there about Apple’s strategy that can lead to sustainable competitive advantage?

Submission Details: 

• Your analysis should be 350 words.
• Incorporate a minimum of at least one course (Thompson 2020 Text) and one non-course scholarly/peer-reviewed sources in your paper to support your analysis.
• All written assignments must include a coverage page, introductory and concluding paragraphs, reference page, and proper in-text citations using APA guidelines.

in a future career you may have to present to senior leadership in a non-technical way to get the incident details across. This is an opportunity to investigate what is happening out there in the cybersecurity world.

Research any previous incident in the news and provide an explanation of what happened in PowerPoint (4 slides). Please provide a minimum of 3 references.