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https://www.wired.com/story/cambridge-analytica-facebook-privacy-awakening/

Read the article in above link,  discuss whether you think the premise of the  article is correct and that people are more aware of privacy concerns.   

Use at least three sources from https://libguides.nec.edu/az.php .   Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosing the copied words in quotation marks and cited in-line by reference to your reference list.  Example: “words you copied” (citation) These quotes should be one full sentence not altered or paraphrased. Cite your sources using APA format. Use the quotes in your paragraphs. Do Not Doublespace. 

• Type your responses to the essay questions directly in the attached exam and save the file as: CMST_301_Final Examination.docx.
  • Submit the completed document to the Final Exam assignment folder 

1. You must answer 4 of the 8 essay questions. Should you answer more than 4, only the first 4 will be graded. Each essay is worth 25 points for a total of 100 points for the exam. The exam is worth 20% of your final grade. Be sure you organize your response covering all the aspects of the questions.
2. Length Requirement: Each essay response is required to be at least 500 words in length. Essay responses that are shorter will receive deductions based on how many words under (the farther from the designated length, the higher the deduction). Between 400-499 words, you will lose 5 points, under 400 words, you will lose 10 points.  Direct quotes do not count toward the word total. Please keep direct quotes to a minimum. Your response should be at least 90% original thought.   Also, I am expecting to see analysis and the synthesis of ideas in your essays (not just a manipulation of direct quotes with your words spliced in between). 
3. Content Requirements: Content must be comprehensive, accurate, and persuasive. Your response should be at least 90% original thought.  Must use data from a minimum of two scholarly sources to support statements and draw a thorough and convincing conclusion from the data. 
4. Bibliographical Requirement: Please do not use unprofessional sources such as Wikipedia, About.com, Answers.com, Dictionary.com, How.com, or anything remotely similar.  Examples of scholarly sources include our course content (e.g. Read & Watch resources), textbooks, journal articles, trade magazines, and conference proceedings. UMUC has a top-notch, extensive online library. You can find many scholarly sources there. Note: “Personal communications (e.g. Twitter Posts, Blogs, and YouTube Videos)” are not considered professional or scholarly sources.  Include at least TWO in-essay citations in EACH essay and a reference list at the END of each essay.
5. Formatting Requirements
   • The paper must follow APA guidelines throughout.  See Course Content>Course Resources>Sample Paper to Show Appropriate Document Formatting.
   • Double-spaced (including the reference page) with the first line of each paragraph indented.
   • 1-inch Margins
   • 12 point professional font 
   • Begin each essay on a separate page
6. This exam is **not** a group project. Your answers should be yours alone.
7. Please spell-check your work.

Practical Connection Assignment – Written Assignment where students will reflect on course concepts and their practical connection to a working environment.

Course Name: Organization Leadership & Decision Making

Working Environment: Health Care Industry. 

Course Description

One of the most important skills a business leader needs to have concerning technology involves effective decision making and governance. This class will consist of a case study approach presenting different scenarios that require decisions to be made on technology issues that are relevant to today’s business environment. Students will develop the skills for understanding the components and elements of these technology decisions, and assess associated risks. This course will draw upon a cross section of technology, finance, security, project management, leadership, and other aspects of effective decision making.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course:

1. Develop IT strategy for business value,

2. – Explain the principles of business metrics and its application in the business setting,

3. – Explore and explain the principles of communications with business managers.

Learner Outcomes

Compare and contrast the difference between leadership and management in a digital world

Understand how innovation assists organizations with transformation principles and practices

Understand how organizational culture impacts productivity

Articulate what ethical leadership is and how it impacts culture

Evaluate leadership traits that are most influential and impactful in strategic business decisions.

Check the slides “OS Security II,” pg. 4-8. You are to implement a Dictionary Attack with and without Password Salt program in either C/C++ or Python.

If you are not familiar with measuring execution time in C++, see the following website:

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/measure-execution-time-function-cpp/

If you are not familiar with measuring execution time in Python, see the following website:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1557571/how-do-i-get-time-of-a-python-programs-execution

See the following steps.

1. Accept a user password of length N as keyboard input to your program. You can determine your own length N.

2. Compute the hash of the password from step 1.

Your hash function H() is simply the checksum. (See Assignment 2)

3. Now you become an attacker and try to find the password of length N.

Try every combination of length N password and for each combination, compute the hash and compare to the hash of the password from step 2.

Measure execution time.

4. Now let’s reinforce our password using the password salt. Accept an arbitrary non-negative integer number as keyboard input to your program.

5. Compute the hash of the concatenated password salt and password from step 4 and step 1. To compute the password salt portion of the checksum, you can treat the entire password salt as EITHER a single integer OR multiple one-byte integers.

6. Now you become an attacker and try to find the concatenated password salt and password.

Try every combination of an arbitrary non-negative integer number and length N password and for each combination, compute the hash and compare to the hash from step 5.

Measure execution time.

NOTE: your program should have separate functions for the checksum and the two dictionary attacks with and without the password salt by the attacker.

Please check the attached doc and answer to the questions in it.

Industry to focus: commercial banking industry ( NAICS code – 522110)

Note that this code is for the Commercial Banking Industry. Is this what you intended? There doesn’t appear to be an industry called the Finance Industry. So you may want to really get specific on the industry that you are going to focus upon.)

Note: in-text references and cite references are needed. 

maximum words 400

Assignment: 

Write a 3-4 page APA formatted paper comparing your organization’s disaster recovery and business continuity plans with the best practices outlined in your course text. Content should include, but not be limited to: selecting the DR. team, assessing risks and impacts, prioritizing systems and functions for recovery, data storage and recovery sites, developing plans and procedures, procedures for special circumstances, and testing the disaster recovery plan. Your paper should include an abstract and a conclusion and a reference page with 3-5 references:

Comments: 

· For help with APA formatting, see the information links on iLearn. They are located on the left sign of iLearn in Information tab. There is a sample paper as well as link to a site that has extensive APA documentation.

Please pay careful attention to the due dates and times for this assignment 

Read the ModMeters Case Study on pages 82-85 in the textbook. Answer the Discussion Question at the end of the Case Study. Your responses must be complete, detailed and in APA format. See the sample assignment for expected format and length. Case study paper must be completed in APA style format.  Attached document is the case study pages from 82-85  and also the preferred template for the assignment.

Risk Management Plan

My course is cloud computing and I work as a software engineer.

Write a brief reflection on this course and on how it will aid your professional career and development.

• How will this course impact your professional objectives?
• What were the major work-related lessons that you learned?
• How will this course prepare you for further studies related to your chosen professional career?

Describe Access Controls that you have utilized in your career or personal life.  APA formatting is expected for any references.  Initial posts due by Thursday end of day and two peer responses due by the end of the unit.