COM303 Week 4 Discussion 13

  

Choose one of the belief systems presented in the reading that you do not personally follow and consider their stance/belief about death. Which is most appealing to you? Which differs the most from your current belief system?  How does your current belief system ‘work with’ or ‘work against’ the belief system you choose to examine in this prompt? 

Executive Program Practical Connection Assignment – Information Governance (ITS-833-M23) – Full Term

Your team will conduct a literature review in Information Governance 

You can also conduct a literature review on information governance and how it is applied to an Information Technology organization. 

7-8 Pages of Content 

Literature Review needs to be written on the document which is attached below.

You are to review the literature on Information Governance planning and discuss problems and gaps that have been identified in the literature. You will expand on the issue and how researchers have attempted to examine that issue by collecting data – you are NOT collecting data, just reporting on how researchers did their collection. 

As you read the literature, it will become apparent that there are multiple issues, pick one issue that stands out in the literature & agree on that as a Team to address that. 

Cover: Include the names of those who participated in the project 

Table of contents: Use a Microsoft Enabled Table of Contents feature. 

Background: Describe the issue, discuss the problem, and elaborate on any previous attempts to examine that issue. 

Research Questions: In your identified problem area that you are discussing, what were the research questions that were asked? 

Methodology: What approach did the researcher use, qualitative, quantitative, survey, case study? Describe the population that was chosen. Data Analysis: What were some of the findings, for example, if there were any hypotheses asked, were they supported? 

Conclusions: What was the conclusion of any data collections, e.g., were research questions answered, were hypotheses supported? 

Discussion: 

Here you can expand on the research and what the big picture means, how do the results found in the literature review help organizations in the Information Technology strategy plannin£!. What do you see as long-term impacts and what further research could be done in the field? 

References: Include at least ten scholarly references in APA format. 

Bid Response Proposal Presentation

  

Bid Response Proposal

The objective is to present a Bid Response Proposal that provides a security solution for any business process of your choice. The financial business has 60 employees and is struggling with security issues both internal and external. Employees use laptops and have remote access to the office systems. Your Bid Response needs to be a turnkey solution that will provide a solution to but not limited to the following problems (so be creative):

1) Equipment is disappearing

2) No building or computer room security.

3) No policies (AUP)

4) No virus protection and experiencing viruses daily

5) No intrusion detection and experiencing intrusions daily 

6) Passwords compromised 

7) There is an Internet connection but no protection and content filtering

8) Sensitive information is being copied from systems

9) If a disaster should happen to the building there are no plans to recover

Minimum topics to be included in your Bid Response Proposal are the following:

  1. Deliver      a Bid Response Proposal to provide a business security solution to      prevent malicious or unauthorized use of digital assets
  2. Create      and implement effective policies to mitigate risks
  3. Deliver      a detailed list of security products and pricing
  4. Provide      safeguards for the information assets

Format:

Format for the project should be a 15 PowerPoint presentation with a budget sheet.

Critical Review

 

Find a peer reviewed article pertaining to blockchain and finance that is not one of the required readings for this course. Write a critical review of the article that is at least 3 pages long (content). Be sure to provide in-text citations when you paraphrase or directly quote from the article. Also include a reference page with an APA style citation of the article. Follow the writing requirements for this course when preparing the paper. Use the following format for the paper:

1.  Introduction, including the purpose of your paper and a preview of your paper. Be sure to also provide the article’s title and author(s)’ name(s) in the introduction of your paper.

2. Discuss the purpose and problem the article is addressing.

3. Elaborate on the content of the article.

4. Discuss the findings and conclusion(s) drawn by the article’s author.

5. Discuss the author’s point of view and assumptions. Indicate whether unsubstantiated assumptions were made and whether there is bias that exists in the article.

6. Discuss the significance of the article. Why it is important? On what do you base your assertions?

7. Conclude your paper. Summarize the important aspects of the review.

8. References

Your paper should include 8 centered and bolded headings that correspond to each of the required sections (Introduction, Article’s Purpose and Problem, Content, Article’s Findings and Conclusions, Point of View and Assumptions, Significance, Conclusion, References).

You will also prepare a presentation of this Critical Review during the residency. The presentation should last about 10 minutes and Power Point is required. The presentation rubric provided under the Content Tab in the Getting Started folder will be used to grade the presentation. Follow the same format as the paper for the presentation. Power point is required and the presentation should last 10 minutes. The presentation is worth 50 points and the paper is worth 100 points.

Writing Requirements for all Written Work:

  • References must be cited within your paper in APA format. Your reference page and in-text citations must match 100%. Papers without in-text citations will earn failing grades.
  • Always include a cover page and reference page with all submissions (even initial discussion posts)
  • Provide the exact web link on the reference page citations for all online sources – do not provide just the home page, but the exact link – I check all sources
  • No abbreviations, no contractions – write formally
  • Write in the third person formal voice (no first or second person pronouns)
  • Write more than the minimum requirement of the word count assigned
  • As always, the word count is only for the body of the paper – the cover page, reference page, and / or Appendix (if included) do not count towards the word count for the paper
  • Indent the first line of each new paragraph five spaces
  • Refer to the example APA paper in the getting started folder under the content tab if you need an example. Also, a Power Point is provided under the information tab that addresses APA format.
  • Use double-spacing / zero point line spacing, a running header, page numbers, and left justify the margins.

Cybersecurity Planning

A.)   FINAL WRITTEN PROJECT

Cybersecurity Planning and Management

Creating Company E-mail/WIFI/Internet Use Policies

You have just been hired as the Security Manager of a medium-sized Financial Services company employing 250 people in New Hampshire, and have been asked to write two new security policies for this company. The first one is an e-mail policy for employees concentrating on personal use of company resources. The second policy is that of WIFI and Internet use within the company.

There are many resources available on the web so researching these topics and policies should be easy. The most difficult part of this exercise will be determining how strict or how lenient you want to make these policies for this particular company.

Project Plan

You are asked to create two separate policies on use of EMAIL and a WIFI/INTERNET USE within the company.

Be specific in your terms and conditions of use. Consider these items to be included in your policies (as applicable).

1. Overview 

2. Purpose 

3. Scope

4. Policy 

5. Policy Compliance

6. Related Standards, Policies and Processes

7. Definitions and Terms

Some useful links and resources for your research:

https://resources.workable.com/email-usage-policy-template

https://www.sans.org/security-resources/policies/general/pdf/email-policy

https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/acceptable-use-policy-template-public-wifi-networks/#gref

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/download-our-wireless-policy-template/

B.) If you could, what would you do to help create a national “security culture,” in which everyone is more knowledgeable and proactive about threats to information security?

research on emerging technologies

Please write a research paper of 3000 – 3500 words on Describe and contrast the operational challenges faced by the following startups: (a) consumer Web services startup, (b) iPhone application company, and (c) electronic device company.provide at least five appropriate, properly cited sources. project (paper) must be formatted according to APA guidelines as a Word document, double spaced, Times New Roman, 12-font, with one inch margins. do not do plagiarism. this is a research paper for the course emerging technologies.

Linux Implementation Proposal: Client Response Memo

 

Faster Computing was impressed with your presentation. The company is  interested in moving forward with the project, but the senior  management team has responded to the presentation with the following  questions and concerns:

  • How will security be implemented in the Linux systems—both workstations and servers?
     
  • End users have expressed some concern about completing their  day-to-day tasks on Linux. How would activities such as web browsing  work? How would they work with their previous Microsoft Office files?
     
  • The current Windows administrators are unsure about administering  Linux systems. How are common tasks, such as process monitoring and  management, handled in Linux? How does logging work? Do we have event  logs like we do in Windows?
     
  • Some folks in IT raised questions about the Linux flavor that was  recommended. They would like to see comparisons between your  recommendation and a couple of other popular options. What makes your  recommendation the best option?
     
  • How does software installation work on Linux? Can we use existing Windows software?
     
  • How can Linux work together with the systems that will continue to  run Windows? How will we share files between the different system types?
     

The deliverable for this phase of the project is a memo. There is no  minimum or maximum page requirement, but all of the questions must be  fully answered with sufficient detail. The recommended format is to  respond to the questions in a bulleted format. Provide sufficient detail  to fully address the questions. You must cite at least two quality  sources.

Template

  

Go2Linux, Inc.

 

Provide a brief summary of your recommendation

of a specific version of Linux. Explain how your choice meets the business need of Faster 

Computing, Inc.

The bold text questions below represent the specifics you need to focus on. For 

each question, refer to your Implementation Proposal (Assignment #1) for consistency. In this 

assignment you will provide technical details for Information Technology personnel.

Any example Linux commands should be properly displayed (e.g., in lower case) 

and any acronyms explained on first use (e.g., Secure Shell (SSH)).

·

How will you implement security in the Linux systems?

o

Start by outlining how you plan to migrate the existing Windows 

Servers to Linux. Ho

w will users authenticate? What technologies will be used? What 

kind of access controls will be used?

o

Will you recommend simple authentication mechanisms or employ 

multiple factors? For passwords, what policy(ies) will you recommend?

needed>

o

How will you handle data-at-rest and data-in-transit?

needed>

o

How will you enforce software installations and control which 

applications may run on the network?

·

End users have expressed some concern about completing their day-to-day tasks on 

Linux. How would activities such as email/web browsing work? How would they work 

with their previous Microsoft Office files?

o

There are several ways to address the use of existing applications. 

Conduct research to determine the available options.

o

For web browsing, you should provide at least 2 alternatives and 

consider the impact to initial configuration (bookmarks, extensions, plugins)

needed>

o

For Microsoft Office, provide a full discussion on how users will 

continue to open/edit/save office docs in the Linux environment. You should provide at 

least 2 alternatives.

·

The current Windows administrators are unsure about administering Linux systems. How

are common tasks, such as process monitoring and management, handled in Linux? 

How does logging work? Do we have event logs like we do in Windows?

o

Discuss your logging and monitoring approach in this section. You 

should include the location of specific Linux log files.

o

Discuss how admins can manage processes. It may be helpful to 

compare/contrast in familiar terms (e.g., the Windows Event Viewer). Discuss how to 

stop processes, including the corresponding commands.

·

Some folks in IT raised questions about the Linux flavor that was recommended. They 

would like to see comparisons between your recommendation and a couple of other 

popular options. What makes your recommendation the best option?

o

o

The key differentiator is …

·

How does software installation work on Linux? Can we use existing Windows software?

o

Discuss a Linux package management specific to your distro. How will

you automate updates?

o

Discuss how specific Windows applications can be installed and used,

if at all.

·

How can Linux work together with the systems that will continue to run Windows? How 

will we share files between the different system types?

o

Discuss how file and printer sharing will work. Will the users need to 

do anything “different”? What underlying technology will need to be implemented?

as needed>

Warm regards,

Go2Linux

Linux Deployment Manager

References

to be used. Ensure you utilize in-text citations in the body of your paper as appropriate.>

[1] Red Hat Enterprise, “Encryption,” Chapter 3, Section 3.1.3. Red Hat, Inc., 2019. [Online]. 

Available: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-s/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/htm

l/security_guide/chap-security_guide-encryption#sect-Security_GuideLUKS_Disk_ 

Encryption. [Accessed December 1, 2019]. 

[2] TestOut Labsim, “TestOut Linux Pro,” Chapter 15, Section 15.8.3. TestOut, 2019 [Online]. 

Available: https://cdn.testout.com/client-v5-1-10-568/startlabsim.html. [Accessed 

December 6, 2019].

… and so on …