After reading chapter 3, analyze the history of Caesar Cypher and its impact on cryptography. You must use at least one scholarly resource.  Every discussion posting must be properly APA formatted. 

Please don’t copy someone works from Internet

You will review both quantitative and qualitative research.  The topic is up to you as long as you choose a peer-reviewed, academic research piece.  I suggest choosing a topic that is at least in the same family as your expected dissertation topic so that you can start viewing what is out there.  There are no hard word counts or page requirements as long as you cover the basic guidelines.  You must submit original work, however,  and a paper that returns as a large percentage of copy/paste to other sources will not be accepted.  (Safe Assign will be used to track/monitor your submission for plagiarism. Submissions with a Safe Assign match of more than 25% will not be accepted.) 

Please use APA formatting and include the following information:

• Introduction/Background:  Provide context for the research article.  What led the author(s) to write the piece? What key concepts were explored? Were there weaknesses in prior research that led the author to the current hypothesis or research question?
• Methodology:  Describe how the data was gathered and analyzed.  What research questions or hypotheses were the researcher trying to explore? What statistical analysis was used?
• Study Findings and Results:  What were the major findings from the study? Were there any limitations?
• Conclusions:  Evaluate the article in terms of significance, research methods, readability and the implications of the results.  Does the piece lead into further study? Are there different methods you would have chosen based on what you read? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the article in terms of statistical analysis and application? (This is where a large part of the rubric is covered.) 
• References   

Customer requests are:

Proposed Cloud Architecture (5 pages needed from step 1 to step 5)

Final Report Evaluating AWS and Azure Providers (5 pages (step1 to5) + 2 pages from step 6 to 7 = the final report would be 7 pages), also you will find the template for the final report is on the last pages

Below are the instructions 

Since you have become familiar with the foundations of cloud computing technologies, along with their risks and the legal and compliance issues, you will now explore cloud offerings of popular cloud providers and evaluate them to recommend one that would be the best fit for BallotOnline.

In this project, you will first learn about networking in the cloud and auxiliary cloud services provided by cloud vendors. Next, you will explore cloud computing trends, best practices, and issues involved in migrating IT deployments to the cloud, as well as typical architectures of cloud deployments. Then, you will apply your findings to propose a general architecture for BallotOnline’s cloud deployment to best address the company’s business requirements.

Once you have selected a deployment architecture, you will research two leading cloud vendors: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Exploring and comparing the tools available for application migration will enable you to recommend a vendor to the executives in your final report. The final deliverable is a written report to BallotOnline management, describing the results of your research and recommending the cloud deployment architecture and the vendor for its deployment, with justification.

Your final report should demonstrate that you understand the IT needs of the organization as you evaluate and select cloud providers. The report should include your insights on the appropriate direction to take to handle the company’s IT business needs. You will also be assessed on the ability to integrate relevant risk, policy, and compliance consideration into the recommendations, as well as the clarity of your writing and a demonstration of logical, step-by-step decision making to formulate and justify your ideas.

Check the Project 3 FAQ thread in the discussion area for any last-minute updates or clarifications about the project.

Step 1: Research Networking and Auxiliary Services in the Cloud

The executives at BallotOnline have been impressed with your research on cloud computing thus far. While there are a variety of cloud providers, BallotOnline is considering using Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, two of the top providers in the market. BallotOnline’s executives want you to help determine which would be the best provider for the organization.

You will start with learning about internet networking basics and cloud networking. You will also research many cloud services that cloud providers make available to their customers to help them take full advantage of cloud service and deployment models.

Step 2: Research Cloud Trends, Best Practices, and Migration Issues

The cloud computing revolution is redefining ways that companies of all sizes use information technology. The cloud landscape shifts rapidly, and current trends reflect this rapid pace of change. You likely got an idea about this in the last step when you conducted research on cloud architecture. Now, continue gathering information for your final report by assessing:

• issues outside the company, such as emerging issues in      the industry, regulatory changes, and general trends in cloud computing to gain an understanding of how these issues may      influence BallotOnline’s decisions;
• best practices for cloud implementation and assess whether BallotOnline can benefit from      these;
• cloud migration strategies for the application and data, since BallotOnline is      moving an existing web application to the cloud, making sure that the      application is configured properly for the system architecture of your      cloud deployment; and
• IT change management techniques      that could help BallotOnline make this transition.

In the Discussion: Cloud Trends and Migration Issues forum, post your findings and discuss them with your colleagues.

In the next step, you will propose an architecture to use for the company’s cloud deployment.

Step 3: Research Typical Architectures of Cloud Deployments

In the previous step, you considered best practices and trends in the cloud industry. Next, you will have to look at the kinds of architectures needed for cloud.

Because most elements of cloud deployments are implemented in a virtualized environment controlled by software, the degree of freedom in defining your deployment of cloud reference models is unprecedented. You can define the number of virtual servers required and the configuration, and even change them dynamically as needed. You can also define your virtual local area networks (LANs) and subnets, and place servers in them to implement network security requirements.

The basic cloud deployment components are cloud consumer, cloud provider, and cloud carrier, with cloud brokers and auditor as possible additions.

Typical cloud architectures of cloud deployments vary from single server (suitable for proof-of-concept engagements) and multiserver architectures with various servers carrying different software components and occupying different security zones, to geographically dispersed deployments to achieve high availability, resilience, and speed of delivery. There are several issues to consider when selecting a server architecture, including cost, scalability, performance, and use of management.

For this step, research the typical architectures of cloud deployments and begin to consider what might be a good fit for BallotOnline. Discuss your findings and thoughts with your colleagues in the Discussion: Cloud Architectures forum.

In the next step, you will continue research, this time on trends in cloud computing as well as issues that can arise during data migration. 

Step 4: Propose Cloud Architecture for BallotOnline Deployment

Now that you have looked into cloud architectures, in this step, you will propose the cloud deployment architecture for BallotOnline, applying the knowledge of typical architectural elements of cloud deployment from the project’s initial step. You will also consider trends and migration issues from a previous step. Your recommendation should consider the company’s business requirements.

Recall that the company has an existing web application that it wants to move to the cloud, and also that the company wants to expand its business to other parts of the world. In earlier projects, you learned about and analyzed the IT business requirements for BallotOnline. Among them were demands for application and data security, data encryption, and separation for deployments overseas. Also, the application should handle load peaks during election times in different regions.

Specific technical requirements state that BallotOnline is a web application, written using the popular open-source LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) software suite and the PHP application.

Step 5: Research AWS

You’ve described your proposed architecture and included a diagram to provide leadership a way to envision the system. Now, it’s time to look closely at the leading cloud providers to see if their services will fit BallotOnline’s needs.

Each cloud provider provides a unique profile of services, so it is good practice to compare cloud vendors and evaluate their reliability, performance, ease of use, cost, security and compliance measures. As more providers enter the marketplace, many will specialize on specific needs and use cases, making this evaluation even more critical.

In this step, you will explore AWS and assess the feasibility of this platform for deploying the architecture proposed in the previous step. You should also consider issues related to AWS Pricing.

Based on your research, determine to what degree AWS supports the elements of the BallotOnline business and technical requirements.

Share your thoughts with your colleagues in the Discussion: Amazon Web Services Feasibility forum. In the following step, you will do the same for Microsoft Azure.

Step 6: Research Microsoft Azure

Now that you have had a chance to research AWS, it’s time to explore Microsoft Azure, another cloud provider that could be used to deploy the proposed architecture. You should also consider issues related to Microsoft Azure pricing.

Based on your research, determine to what degree Microsoft Azure supports the elements of the BallotOnline business and technical requirements. Share your thoughts with your colleagues in the Discussion: Microsoft Azure Feasibility forum.

Now that you have completed research on the cloud providers, in the next steps you will work on proof of concepts for each provider.

Step 7: Generate AWS Proof of Concept (POC)

With your research complete, you will now deploy a simple one-page PHP application to the AWS cloud. It will allow you to explore deployment methods, ease of use, provisioning speed, etc., for the Amazon cloud.

Action Item

As you may have already discovered in your research on AWS, it makes a cloud migration tool called Elastic Beanstalk available for customers to migrate their existing applications into the AWS cloud. We will use this tool to deploy your AWS proof of concept (POC).Proof of Concept (POC)

Proof of concept (POC), also known as proof of principle, is a prototype or demonstration of a particular idea or method developed for the purpose of verifying that the idea or method is viable for real-world applications.

Follow the steps in the AWS lab instructions to complete your AWS POC.

In the dropbox below, upload the URL linking to your application running in the AWS portal.

Step 8: Generate Azure Proof of Concept (POC)

Now that your AWS POC is complete, you can proceed with a similar POC deployment for the Microsoft Azure cloud. 

Action Item

Follow the steps in the Azure lab instructions to complete your Azure POC.

In the dropbox below, upload the URL linking to your application running in the Azure portal.

You are ready for the last step: writing the final report with recommendations on the cloud providers for the BallotOnline executives.

Submission for Project 3: Azure Proof of Concept

Previous submissions: view

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Step 9: Write the Final Report Evaluating AWS and Azure Providers

Now that you have completed your research, shared your ideas with colleagues, and explored the two vendors, it is time to compile your findings and recommendations for the BallotOnline executives. You may find these considerations for cloud provider selection helpful in making your decisions.

Use the Final Report Evaluating AWS and Azure Providers Template to write your report and submit your work to the dropbox below.

Report Evaluating AWS and Azure Providers 

The report will be five to seven pages in length and should include source citations, as appropriate, in APA style. 

This report should include the following components:

● Title page

○ Include: for whom you are preparing the document, the title, the date prepared, and your name as the preparer of the document.

● Executive summary

○ Include: the purpose of the report and the intended audience.

○ Brief description of conducted research and POC deployments.

● Comparison of architecture deployment feasibility (from Steps 1 – 5)

○ Describe how the architecture proposed in Step 3 can be implemented in AWS and Azure environments, and compare ease of implementation.

○ Evaluate and compare efforts to implement BallotOnline business requirements.

○ Compare availability and ease of use for application scaling, geographical distribution, and network security measures.

○ Compare availability and ease of use of cloud services required by BallotOnline (database as a service, auditing, logging, application security, etc.).

○ Compare support for application migration and monitoring.

● Comparison of ease of deployment (from Steps 6 and 7)

○ Describe AWS and Azure capabilities for deploying web applications using the PHP language and MySQL database.

○ Compare ease of use of user interfaces, portals, and management consoles.

○ Compare POC environment deployment times.

● Comparison of costs

○ Discuss and compare pricing plans available, costs of servers, and services.

● Conclusions and recommendations

○ Present the final recommendation based on your research and POC deployment.

• Write a paper on HIPAA compliance law/policy and describe how to conduct IT auditing for compliance with it.
• Feel free to discuss suitable audit-framework
• The presentation should be 4 pages

1,000 words Essay for the movie Lions for Lambs?

Write a 6-8 page paper (deliverable length does not include the title and reference pages)

• What are the principles and limitations to an individual’s right to privacy?
• What are the trade offs between security and privacy?
• What is the issue of freedom of speech versus the protection of children online?

Due: Assignment is due on the day stated in  the Course Schedule

• Provide three articles to substantiate the above three questions.
• Use APA format to provide a citation for each of the articles you read.
• Suggestion: Use a search engine (Google) and keywords.

we are in the  revision stage. draft has revisions written at the top that need to be made. 

I am going to be implementing this through cloud since i have to demonstrate the project. for page 27, the network design through viso it will need to be fixed to reflect a cloud system. basically just simple user router, cloud diagram. 

do not worry about the yellow and green grammatical errors. i fixed most and will finish the rest. week 5 also needs to be added in paragraph form to the white paper. week 6 also needs to be added to progress log. 

Discuss the phrase “let the buyer beware” and its relationship to an ethical marketing perspective.( 350 words and in APA format)

b) 1 reply of 250 words 

The city council in the town of Durburn has decided to improve road sign placement, especially for the numerous dead ends that are currently unmarked in various parts of the city. They have given you a road map, and you must determine where to put up signs to mark all the dead ends. They want you to use as few signs as possible.

The road map is a collection of locations connected by two-way streets.

The following rule describes how to obtain a complete placement of dead-end signs:

Consider a street S connecting a location x with another location. The x-entrance of S gets a dead-end sign if, after entering S from x, it is not possible to come back to x without making a U-turn. A U-turn is a 180- degree turn immediately reversing the direction.

To save costs, you have decided that you won’t install redundant dead-end signs, as specified by the following rule:

Consider a street S with a dead-end sign at its x-entrance and another street T with a dead-end sign at its y-entrance. If, after entering S from x, it is possible to go to y and enter T without making a U-turn, the dead-end sign at the y-entrance of T is redundant. INPUT

The first line of input contains two integers n and m, where n (1 ≤ n ≤ 5*105) is the number of locations and m (0 ≤ m ≤5 * 105) is the number of streets. Each of the following m lines contains two integers v and w (1 ≤ v < w ≤ n) indicating that there is a two-way street connecting locations v and w. All location pairs in the input are distinct.

OUTPUT

On the first line, output k, the number of dead-end signs installed. On each of the next k lines, output two integers v and w marking that a dead-end sign should be installed at the v-entrance of a street connecting locations v and

w. The lines describing dead-end signs must be sorted in ascending order of v-locations, breaking ties in ascending order of w-locations

The vast majority of the population associates Blockchain with cryptocurrency Bitcoin; however, there are many other uses of blockchain; such as Litecoin, Ether, and other currencies.

question1) In this discussion, please describe at least two cryptocurrencies with applicable examples. Discuss some similarities and differences. 

question2) Lastly, discuss if you have any experience using any cryptocurrencies. 

Note: Minimum 250 words. Use atleast one google scholarly article. Intext citation should be added.