Discussion – 300 words

Find and view several online videos on recent cyberattacks (less than 2 years ago). Identify the URLs for 2 videos that you think do a particularly good job of illustrating (1) the worst case scenario and (2) the best case scenario when it comes to cybersecurity. Briefly describe each situation and what the worst case scenario could learn from the best case scenario? 

Research Essay

 Description 

Your final research essay will present a comparison of Sara Teasdale’s poem, “There Will Come Soft Rains” and Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Your will address one of the following questions: 

1) What is the role of humanity in each of the two texts? Expand by illustrating the relationship between nature and humanity as represented in the poem and between humanity and technology as represented in the short story. 

the link for the poem: https://poets.org/poem/there-will-come-soft-rains

the link for the short story: https://urcourses.uregina.ca/pluginfile.php/2300543/mod_resource/content/1/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf

you need to compare  both the poem and short story and write a research essay based on the question.

Memo: Team Building and Collaboration

International Gadgets is a company with offices throughout the United States and in Europe. There has been a history of miscommunication within office departments, between offices, and, most importantly, between the company and its wide customer base. You have been hired as a manager in the newly created communications department. The purpose of your position is to improve these problematic channels of communications. 

research paper

 

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. 

User Interface Design Document.

  

Assignment:

create a User Interface Design Document for this desktop part of the vehicle of interest application. 

The project background and requirements information are attached. Take the template User Interface Design Template and complete it for your design. 

You are to use Pencil GUI Designer for screen mockups.

This design must conform to good design standards.

Quality Management and control Project Draft and Final Project

  

Course Name: Quality Management and control

Project Topic:

https://www.manufacturingtomorrow.com/story/2020/06/faulty-takata-airbags-make-headlines-again/15476/ – Topic

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PROJECT REPORT

1. Abstract 

a. This section should:

i. Provide an overview of the project you are going to be working on.

b. It should include the following:

i. A brief summary of the project to be done.

ii. The purpose of the project or the problem being solved.

iii. General overview of how the problem was studied.

iv. The findings and conclusions.

Note: 

· The abstract should be between 150 and 250 words.

· The abstract should be a single paragraph double-spaced and should not be indented.

2. Introduction 

a. This section should contain:

i. Sufficient background information about the quality tools – Pareto or histogram and control charts – you are about to employ. Therefore, do some research on the quality tools you will be using for the project. Include some information about the project, for example, information about defects.

ii. The rationale for the project.

Note: 

· This section should be at least two to three pages.

  

3. Methods 

The method section should be written in narrative, paragraph format. It should describe the steps you intend or have taken in order to complete the project. 

a. This section should contain:

i. How you would sample and collect the data in your field and what each category of data would represent.

ii. A list of all the steps you intend to take to create the charts.

Note: 

· This section should be at least two to three pages.

4. Results

The results section should contain all the charts you have created. You should label the charts. A simple description of the charts should be made under each chart.

Note: 

· This section has no page limit.

· Include these Pareto charts or histogram and any of the control charts.

5. Discussion and Conclusions 

This section should discuss and conclude your results – discuss the charts, discuss any trend of the defects over the period such as five-day period chosen. It should also explain how the project turned out and whether or not there is room for improvement. 

Note: 

· This section should be at least one to two pages.

· Discuss significant/vital few versus trivial/useful many.

· If you have created a histogram, describe the distribution.

· Provide ideas for fixing the defects/problems permanently. 

· Include your recommendations.

6. Draft Report 

This section should contain your draft report. Draft means you think the paper is good to go; you think it is done. The paper is draft because it has not yet been accepted or published. It also only draft because you haven’t yet submitted it for final evaluation. Before you submit this draft, you should have already completed the project and double checked spelling, grammar, punctuation, and APA style. You are strongly encouraged to have had others read the report before submitting it to the instructor. Use the grammar checker in your Word processor set to the most stringent setting. This should be submitted to Turnitin.

Note: 

· The draft report should contain the following: abstract, introduction, method, results, and discussion and conclusion. Please make sure you have a title page, a table of contents, a list of figures, and a list of tables in the final submission and also put a reference section (Use a minimum of five references). The draft report should be in MS Word.

7. Final Report

This section should be your absolute final version of your project report. Please use APA style. This should be submitted to Turnitin. 

Note: 

· The final report should be an improvement over the draft report.

8. PowerPoint Presentation – PLEASE DON’T WORK ON THIS (8) PowerPoint Presentation.

This section should contain at least 12 slides on the important aspects of the project. This will be presented in class and submitted on Canvas.

9. Evaluation

You should evaluate your team members by the evaluation form on Canvas and send your evaluations to the instructor as a file upload through Canvas.

Note: 

· Only those who have worked in teams can evaluate each other.

· Use the evaluation forms under Project Module.

· Evaluation is confidential.

· Evaluation points (five points) are extra credit.

 Other Project Requirements

· Use APA style (sixth edition) for the report except when conflicting with the project requirements. If you don’t have APA manual, click https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

· Use a minimum of five references

· There should be a title page and a table of contents

Submission

· Submit draft report at Draft Report Submission under Project Module.

· Submit draft spreadsheet file at Spreadsheet File Submission under Project Module.

· Submit final report at Final Report Submission under Project Module. Many universities and associations believe that using more than 5-10% of other’s work in your document (even if quoted and cited correctly) is too much; that you haven’t done enough original work. PSU subscribes to Turnitin which checks how much of your work is original. This is not just used to check for plagiarism but also for originality. Turnitin will be used for the draft and final reports. Your Turnitin score should be no more than 10%.

· Submit final spreadsheet file at Spreadsheet File Submission under Project Module.

· The due date and time for the submission of spreadsheet file and Word file is posted on Canvas. For reports submitted after the due time a subtraction of 10% will be taken from the score and 5% shall be taken for each subsequent business day. It is the student’s prerogative to wait until the last minute to submit the report and gamble that he/she will be prevented from submitting the paper on time because of some unforeseen event.

Discussion 4

 How will smart contracts prevent “over-serving?” 

Minimum of 500 words. APA format.

Material:

 

Read:

Watch:

  • YouTube: What’s wrong with Adtech and how the Blockchain could fix it
  • YouTube: How is Blockchain going to improve the digital advertising and supply chain?
  • YouTube: What are Smart Contracts on the Blockchain – Part 1
  • YouTube: What are Smart Contracts Part 3: Blockchain Limitations and Adoption  

OPERATING SYSTEM -3

 

Describe a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and compare it with the command line interface (CLI).

Enter two CLI commands on your computer and take screenshots.

Take a screen shot that shows a GUI interface. Add the screen shots to your Word document.

web application security

Question 1.

Answer the following questions from Chapter 5 in the text with a paragraph that contains at least five sentences. Include the question and number your answers accordingly.

  a. With all the stories about millions and millions of bytes of personal data           having been exposed, why is their still any faith at all in the Internet?

  b. How has the term hacking changed meaning over the years?

  c. What is the most dangerous hacker tool?

  d. From the news: How were NSA’s hacker tools  compromised? 

  e. What was the vulnerability in the Target Breach?

  f. What do you think of hactivism?

  g. How did Stuxnet work? 

  h. What was the Arpanet?

  i. Deep brain stimulation is a treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Medical  devices such as these are now becoming accessible through the web. Consider the dangers (threat surface)?

  j. What is the Red Team?

Question 2. 

Write 500 words explaining that You are the web master of a college website. You share a server with other school departments such as accounting and HR.

Based on this chapter, create at least five security-related rules for staff members who are adding web pages being added to your site. Include a justification and explanation for each rule. Rules should relate to college, staff and student, and system information security.

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