...CSEC610 Individual Assignment The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy: Implications on Corporate Security Abstract: The paper discusses: 1) potential vulnerabilities in the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy when adopted by a company; 2) threats to a network from untrusted and unmanaged devices; and 3) best practices for implementing the BYOD policy in a workplace. The paper also proposes one of many solutions that can be implemented to make the policy robust. Bring Your Own Device or BYOD is the policy, whereby employees are allowed to utilize their own personal computing devices to access corporate resources to perform their day-to-day job duties. These devices can include laptops, smart phones, and tablets and the corporate resources include sensitive, private and privileged information. When not implemented correctly, the BYOD policy is a vulnerability for businesses and enterprises, since sensitive data is accessed through unmanaged and potentially compromised devices. This accessed data has the potential to end up in the wrong hands in an ever-increasing number of ways. This puts pressure on IT managers to manage and secure these devices and protect proprietary company data. BYOD offers potential cost-saving measures, since it allows employees to bring their personal computing devices to the workplace, thereby eliminating the need for businesses to provide them with these devices. When individuals can work from and use a device...
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...Layered Security in Plant Control Environments Ken Miller Senior Consultant Ensuren Corporation KEYWORDS Plant Controls, Layered Security, Access Control, Computing Environment, Examination, Detection, Prevention, Encryption, Compartmentalization ABSTRACT Process control vendors are migrating their plant control technologies to more open network and operating environments such as Unix, Linux, Windows, Ethernet, and the Internet Protocol. Migrating plant controls to open network and operating environments exposes all layers of the computing environment to unauthorized access. Layered security can be used to enhance the level of security for any computing environment. Layered security incorporates multiple security technologies in each computing layer to provide resistance to unauthorized intrusion, while reducing the risk of failure from a single technology. Layered security requires acceptance of a model, development of an access control plan, compartmentalization of the network, and implementation of core security products that address examination, detection, prevention, and encryption. Layered security is considered a “best practice” in any computing environment, and should be widely used in critical control environments. INTRODUCTION Plant control environments have traditionally been built on proprietary technology. This proprietary technology provided a reasonable level of security from unauthorized access due to its “closed” nature, and lack of connection...
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...Cloud computing A collection of working papers Thomas B Winans John Seely Brown Cloud Computing frequently is taken to be a term that simply renames common technologies and techniques that we have come to know in IT. It may be interpreted to mean data center hosting and then subsequently dismissed without catching the improvements to hosting called utility computing that permit near realtime, policy-based control of computing resources. Or it may be interpreted to mean only data center hosting rather than understood to be the significant shift in Internet application architecture that it is. Perhaps it is the name. Certainly it is more nebulous than mnemonic, if you’ll pardon the poor pun. We happen to think so too. We’d rather use the term service grid, frankly, but that name also has its problems. The fact is that cloud and service grid computing are paradigmatically different from their common interpretations, and their use can shed light on how internet architectures are constructed and managed. Cloud computing represents a different way to architect and remotely manage computing resources. One has only to establish an account with Microsoft or Amazon or Google to begin building and deploying application systems into a cloud. These systems can be, but certainly are not restricted to being, simplistic. They can be web applications that require only http services. They might require a relational database. They might require web service infrastructure and message queues...
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...Business Computing Business Computing Survey of IS Theory Name: Muhammad Rashid Student Number: S0222212 Tutor: Ron Perkins Due Date: 16th May 2013 Central Queensland University (Sydney Campus) Survey of IS Theory Name: Muhammad Rashid Student Number: S0222212 Tutor: Ron Perkins Due Date: 16th May 2013 Central Queensland University (Sydney Campus) Table of Contents 1.0 Technical, Business and System Competencies 1 1.1 Technical Competency 1 1.2 Business Competency 2 1.3 System Competency 2 2.0 Four Major Information Systems 3 2.1 Management Information System 3 2.2 Knowledge Management System 4 2.3 Customer Relationship Management 4 2.4 Supply Chain Management System 5 3.0 Cloud Computing 5 3.1 Characteristics of Cloud Computing 6 3.1.1 Elasticity & Scalability 6 3.1.2 Provisioning 6 3.1.3 Standardisation 6 3.1.4 Billing and Service Usage 7 3.2 Issues with Cloud Computing before Implementation 7 4.0 Technology Review 7 5.0 Operating Systems in Personal Computers 8 5.1 Features of Microsoft Windows 8 9 6.0 Enterprise Systems 10 6.1 Benefits of implementing Enterprise Systems 10 6.2 Challenges caused by implementing Enterprise Systems 11 7.0 Intelligent Systems 11 7.1 Types of Intelligent Systems 12 7.1.1 Expert Systems 12 7.1.2 Artificial Neural Networks 12 7.1.3 Motion Controls 13 7.1.4 Genetic Algorithms 13 8.0 Web Services 13 9.0 Educational Institutions...
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...Jody Fedor IT2700: Systems Analysis & Design Assignment #1 – Chapter #1 Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design Personal Trainer, Inc. Business Profile Personal Trainer, Inc. is a successful, growing fitness center company that is about to expand with a possible new supercenter approach to fitness. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Personal Trainer is about to enter the International Market by expanding into Toronto, Canada. This entry will be their first implementation of the “SuperCenter” business model. This model will include features not currently found in their other fitness centers such as a health food store, a teen center, and special programs for various ages of child care, and computer café where members can have online access to customized training programs and progress reports. Included in the “SuperCenter” model will be the basic services offered at all centers like a large exercise area with state-of-the-art equipment, a swimming pool, snack bar, child care, and a sporting goods shop. Business Processes The finance side of the business utilizes account payable, receivable, and general ledger software by BumbleBee, a popular accounting package. A user productivity system for word processing and membership management is provided by the Microsoft Office productivity suite of Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook and Publisher. Business Processes: Accounts Payable: Pay for goods received from suppliers or...
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...When it comes to Microsoft and VMware solutions for virtual computing there is several factors that make both different and yet similar at the same time.; however, when it comes to corporate use a lot of the times cost effectiveness is what makes or breaks the decision making as to which virtual computing system to go with. Which in the case of Microsoft and VMware Microsoft is the way to go since VMware’s systems are composed of components that make up their cloud solution; which in order to have an effective system one would need more of the components which would come at as part of a higher tie license which means more expenses. Looking at both from a functional perspective Microsoft and VMware offer private and public virtualization, both offer combined server, storage, networking, applications and operating system support. Microsoft hypervisors claim that management is compatible with VMware however; only to a certain degree and not very effective. It is possible to mix both which would offer the best of both worlds as far as features the only downside would be having to train personnel in both systems to be able to manage both interfaces. Microsoft utilizes windows familiarity when it comes to their systems minimizing the learning curve for staff to be able to operate this interface. Microsoft also allows better management for both physical and virtual environments enhancing the performance and workload. VMware’s Pros include allowing users to obtain more power from...
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...campus. The discussion starts off with a background and purpose of the research project, and then it explains the research focus and gives a brief overview of the project‘s approach towards a literature research. History of Green computing In 1992, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched Energy Star, a voluntary labeling program which is designed to promote and recognize energy-efficiency in monitors, climate control equipment, and other technologies. This resulted in the widespread adoption of sleep mode among consumer electronics. The term "green computing" was probably coined shortly after the Energy Star program began; For a PC disposal, it is necessary to know everything there is to know in order to be involved in green computing. Basically, the whole green aspect came about quite a few years back when the news that the environment was not a renewable resource really hit home and people started realizing that they had to do their part to protect the environment. Basically, the efficient use of computers and computing is what green computing is all about. The triple bottom line is what is important when it comes to anything green and the same goes for green computing. This considers social...
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...element of a business is to make profit. To reach these goal customers has to be satisfied. Giving attention to the customer’s need and requirement has become the foremost important goal of 99% of the companies today. Customer Relationship Management, or CRM is a strategy highly required to enterprises in cost savings and increasing customer base by solidifying them. CRM allows bringing true data sources in to the organization giving a holistic view of customers in real time, which will help the enterprise to function according to their demands with high quality services; hence allowing the organization to make informed decisions at the right time. Through good customer care organization gain its reputation. The proposal is based on implementing a CRM system to a newly establishing organization in Maldives. The enterprise is to establish a fish processing company; mainly canning flavored fish. The CRM system for the business is the latest trends in 2014,including social media, cloud technology and mobile devices. Existing models and previous works in this field are discussed with recent trends. And the prototype CRM model for the business and how this prototype can be develop to the other areas of the business is presented. Leverage of this CRM model will lead to a successful business. SECTION II: PREVIOUS WORKS IN THE FIELD AND ITS ADVANTAGES OF THE APPROACH OVER EXISTING PROTOTYPES CRM...
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...Cloud Computing | Henry Knipschild | IS-535: Managerial Applications of Information Technology: Professor Goyden | Hok1964@yahoo.com | Henry Knipschild | 1/15/2012 | ”As times continue to change it is evident that technological changes will become advanced.” | Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..............2 Proposal……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Milestone 1………………………………………………………………………………………...4 Background Cloud Computing……………………………………………………………………5 Approaches & Solutions………………………………………………………………..................6 Methodology....................................................................................................................................7 Options & Solutions………………………………………………………………………….........8 Milestone 2………………………………………………………………………………………..9 Cost Analysis...…………………………………………………………………………………..10 Types of Services……………………………………………………………………………….. 12 Infrastructures Changes………………………………………………………………………….12 Application……………………………………………………………………………………….13 Milestone 3.....................................................................................................................................15 Summary of Milestones.................................................................................................................16 Conclusions and Recommendations..............................................................................................18 References………………………………………………………………………………………..19 ...
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...services CHALLENGES • Keeping pace. Meet customers’ changing needs – for example, offering advice on managing trends for hotdesking, home and mobile working, and the integration of consumer computing devices into the corporate IT infrastructure • Credible advice. Computacenter needed to be able to understand virtualized desktop in depth and be able to speak credibly to customers about the latest hardware and software to support these environments SOLUTIONS • Compelling framework. Launched a dynamic client infrastructure (DCI) framework which offered customers a comprehensive consulting approach to an end-device virtualization infrastructure • Best practice. Computacenter now recommends to customers devices based on the 3rd generation Intel® Core™ vPro™ processors as one of the best hardware platforms to run their virtualized client infrastructure, with Ultrabooks™ the most versatile device IMPACT • Closer to customers. Computacenter can now have better conversations with customers and provide more comprehensive advice on virtualized desktop • Increased revenue. 80 percent of all customers looking for a client solution implement a complete DCI solution or at least parts of it Framing consultancy Computacenter is Europe’s leading provider of IT infrastructure services. It advises corporate and government organizations on their IT strategies, implements the most appropriate technology from a wide range of leading vendors and, if required, manages their technology infrastructures...
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...Cloud Security Planning Abstract Cloud systems as new online storage and computing systems provide great potentials to all businesses and organizations of creating new approach of storage and computing; cloud system guarantee that all your files and valuable data can be accessed and recovered from anywhere in the world, providing a new meaning of technology. Unfortunately and as to what happen with all emerging technologies there are new threats, risks, breaches, and problems arise with such technologies. They are considered challenges that vary from configuration problems to security breaches to harmful attacks; which may cost the company large losses and in some time financial disasters. In this case study we will try to identify the major threats that may affect the cloud security negatively which can be divided into three major categories: 1. Attackers and threats: where the attacks are no longer limited by breaching the data on someone’s personal computer. It became larger wider and involves more organized crimes. 2. Developed Structure technologies: the amount of data and information used today provides great challenges to system engineers and security designers to visualize and utilize their system to isolate and protect the data on them. 3. Regularity environment challenges: Most companies and IT departments are facing great challenges to meet the laws, legal requirements and consistency acquiescence especially with growth of demand on cloud systems. ...
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...Question 1) (10.5/12) Cloud computing is where software and storage are provided by internet services and are accessed with a web browser. RDM would pay a fee to the supplier that would be far less expensive and time consuming then if they continue in their current situation. RDM remote access systems for consultants are unreliable, they has employed a local IT contractor to maintain its internal system which includes backup files on a weekly bases. The backup protocol is old and once per week is inefficient. IT is not RDM’s core business, they are a small firm management consulting firm and there is the matter of the cost for a new system that they may not be able to afford. Employing an experience and reputable company that offers Cloud computing should be an option that RDM explores. 1.5 /3 Yes, it is appropriate, since RDM’s client base spans across Canada and the United States. Reliable remote access from any location to systems is important. B) The method of Community Cloud computing is several businesses share resources or Private Cloud would be two of the choices that I would recommend. RDM has only 15 employees, costs are important in deciding on what deployment method to use. They have had a system that was not the most efficient for ten years and stayed faithful, now they are looking to upgrade which means the business may be looking to expand. A Community Cloud would cost less and may have more resources available to the group than a Private Cloud...
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...San Carlos – Technological Center Industrial Engineering Department IE524 Management Information Systems CASE 4 Agilent Technologies and Russ Berrie: The Business Challenges and Consequences of Failure in Implementing ERP Systems Submitted by: Apas, Cherry Ann Caisic, Shaira Carvajal, Jay-Ann Submitted to: Christine Omela V. Ocampo, IE February 2, 2016 A. Executive summary Agilent Technologies is an American public research, development and manufacturing company established in 1999. The company provides analytical instruments, software, services and consumables for the entire laboratory workflow. Agilent focuses its products and services on six markets: food, environmental and forensics, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, chemical and energy, and research. Meanwhile, Russ Berrie and Company is the company named after its own founder Russell Berrie which originated as a maker of stuffed animals, other toys and gifts. The company sells a wide variety of gift items, including stuffed animals, mugs, picture frames, figurines, and various home accessories through retailers located around the world. Both companies, Agilent Technology and Russ Berrie, experienced challenges and consequences of failure in implementing ERP systems. When implementing ERP systems, organizations encounter different kinds of challenges. A problematic ERP implementation in mid-August of 2002 costs Agilent Technologies Inc. $105 million in revenue and $70 million in profits. The major...
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...Cloud Computing Service for all most everything | Submitted To:Dr. Richard EganSubmitted By:Team 2 | Table of Contents Cloud computing 2 Introduction 2 Definition of Cloud Computing 3 Services Models of cloud computing 4 Software as a Service (SaaS): 4 Platform as a Service (PaaS): 5 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): 5 Deployment Model of cloud computing 5 Public Cloud: 5 Private Cloud: 6 Community Cloud: 6 Hybrid Cloud: 6 Challenges of cloud computing 7 Benefits 7 Implementation Plan 9 How Does Data Stay Safe in the Cloud? 9 Are your applications ready to run on cloud? 9 Will you able to receive customer support for the service? 10 Client considerations for Best Practices during Implementation and Deployment 10 Implementation Strategy 10 Cloud architecture: 10 Market Analysis 11 Important Questions to be address by management 11 Implementation Cycle 12 References (Author, Year) 14 Cloud computing Introduction Whenever technology changed or company move to new business plan, it costs them and many of these companies cannot afford in current economic environment. And most of the time all the investments are not useful at the same time. They wish to “pay for what they use” services and use their efforts and money in main business to add value to it. So these challenges and expectations cause the born of cloud computing.Cloud Computing provides a simple, economicaland efficient way to access servers, storage, databases and a broad set of application...
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...works with cloud computing. Is economics the way to go with cloud computing? What is the general understanding of economics when it comes to cloud computing? How will businesses benefit from cloud computing? Will cloud computing work within a budget of an organization? Businesses will economically grow and benefit with cloud computing. Cloud computing has significant implications for the way companies, businesses, and governments access and use information technology. It enables users to remotely access scalable, high-powered computing services via broadband networks from a range of devices, all on-demand. Cloud computing has the potential to provide users with increased computing capability, greater efficiency, and lower energy and infrastructure costs. According to Kevin Jackson of Forbes.com he describes cloud computing as a metrics. According to Kevin Jackson the four sets of cloud computing economics are the number of unique customer sets, customer set duty cycles, relative duty cycle displacement and customer set load. These metrics reduce resources and creates more resource demand. According to Mr. Jackson of Forbes.com this “properly balancing these factors across a well characterized user group can lead to approximately 30-percent savings in IT resources, and enables the near real-time modification of the underlying physical infrastructure required for the delivery of the desired “illusion of infinite resources” synonymous with a cloud computing user’s experience...
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