...CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITY FACING IT MANAGERS TODAY INTRODUCTION Vulnerabilities in the recent cyber world varies from organization to another, depending particularly on the operations and what is on the ground. These varies from the web server weaknesses which allows hackers to take over the web server to very classy side network activities that use things like data or packet timing to gather confidential data from computers/networks. Vulnerabilities are liable and experience in the computers with which members of staff use to run their daily job requirements. The aim of this work is unveil these weaknesses facing Information System managers in recent time. Because the modern organization is clearly and predominantly associated with the use of information and information systems, this work does not focus particularly on any industry. 1|Page CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITY FACING IT MANAGERS TODAY VULNERABILITY/ WEAKNESS COMPARE TO THREAT In cyber world, vulnerability is defined as the weakness a computer hardware or its software system that can be exploited. This is completely way different when we talk about cyber threats. A threat is simply the ways or means with which these vulnerabilities are being taken advantage of or exploited. A simple example of these threats is clearly seen in the case of a Malware/Spyware in a computer/network. This, depending on the target operation, exploits any available vulnerable aspect of the information system. These vulnerabilities when present...
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...SE571 Course Project: Security Assessment and Recommendations Overview This course does involve a lot of technical information and theory but, what really matters is how this knowledge can be used to identify and remediate real-world security issues. What you learn in this course should be directly applicable to your work environment. The course project that you will complete is designed to further this goal. In the first part of the project you will choose an organization from one of two given scenarios (below), identify potential security weaknesses, and in the second part of the project, you will recommend solutions. The first part of the project is due in week 3, and the second part of the project, along with the first part (presumably revised based on instructor feedback) is due in week 7. This project constitutes a significant portion of your overall grade. This is an individual assignment and may not be completed in teams. ------------------------------------------------- Phase I In this phase you will choose either Aircraft Solutions or Quality Web Design as the company you will work with. You will then identify potential security weaknesses. Security weaknesses – You must choose two from the following three areas: * hardware * software * policy (excluding password policies) and identify an item that requires improved security. To clarify: you must identify ...
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...Proposal Guidelines Using the Writing Activity on page 538 of The Business Writer as a guide, write a proposal. Your proposal must have a specific, identifiable, and namable audience who can (at least in theory) act on your ideas. Your proposal should be at least 2000 words long (approximately 6-8 pages in memo format). Your proposal should include the following: Topic Your subject stated in a few concise sentences indicating exactly what your report will cover and the angle that you are taking. (This section does not need a heading, although it will serve as an introduction and will frontload an overview of the entire report.) This section should include background/context: the need to be met, problem to be solved, benefits to be gained. Problem Statement or Needs Analysis A problem statement or needs analysis tells: • What the problem is / What is needed • When and where the problem takes place / When and where it is needed • Why the problem happens / Why it is needed • Who is affected by the problem / Who needs it • Why the problem is significant—for example, the short-term and long-term costs or ramifications of not solving it or the benefits of pursuing a solution. Solution or Recommendation • List criteria a solution. What should a solution accomplish? • Compare and contrast alternative solutions (if appropriate). • Promote the best solution—your essential proposal—by stressing how it best meets the needs or solves the problem. Refer to the solution...
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...the eldest and Jacob. Jacob has to leave home to hide from his brother Esau because Jacob tricked their father into giving him the blessing that was intended for the eldest. Jacob ran to Haran to stay with relative, Laban, to avoid the anger of Esau. While there he falls in love with Rachel, Laban’s youngest daughter and asks for her hand in marriage. Laban agrees that if Jacob will agree to stay and work for seven years he may have Rachel’s hand. Laban does not keep his promise he replaces Rachel with Leah, the eldest daughter, and tricks Jacob into sleeping with her instead. When Jacob discovers what has happened he demands to be given Rachel as promised and so ends up with Rachel as a second wife. Jacob never really shows affection for Leah and makes it known that Rachel is the favored wife. Leah provides Jacob with a firstborn and numerous other sons, but it is late in life when Rachel conceives Joseph, who is the eleventh born son, and then Benjamin. Benjamin’s birth takes Rachel’s life and therefore is the last of her children. Joseph Jacob makes it clear to everyone that Joseph is the favored son (Blank, 1998). Jacob may consider Joseph to be his real firstborn son since Rachel was the chosen wife. Jealousy builds over the years at the obvious favoritism bestowed on Joseph by Jacob in Jacob’s other children. Although the actual firstborn son Rueben loses favor because he sleeps with one of Jacob’s wives the others feel Joseph is taking the leader place ahead...
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...“Fear of the unknown and mistrust can prompt resistance to change” Response: The thought-provoking statement provided for this discussion, “fear of the unknown and mistrust can prompt resistance to change,” is absolutely true. I have been in the U.S. Army for 13 years and have seen my fair share of changes and how an organization’s climate can influence the level of resistance to adjustments. Both fear of the unknown and mistrust are natural feelings that we all possess, but to what degree and why is it easier managed sometimes yet challenging at other times? An organization’s climate has much influence on how comfortable we are with changes being implemented. I can remember some years back, being part of a unit with an amazing leadership staff. Our commander at the time, insisted on training hard but kept us informed of every objective the training would meet if we gave it our all. In 2011, our brigade started to experience changes that stemmed from budget cuts taking place. This took a tremendous toll on how efficient and effective we were able to be as a unit yet, we overcame these obstacles having a high-level of morale. Although I wasn’t apart of the upper-management team that decided how we would adjust training operations with new constraints, as a squad leader it was important for me to keep my team focused on the training – calming the natural thoughts of uncertainty when changes occur. The existing climate made my task as a leader and the burden of uncertainty...
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...Case Study: Elektra Products, Inc. The Case: Problem: Once leading manufacturer/retailer of electrical products/supplies has declining market share, low employee morale, inter-departmental communication gaps (sales and manufacturing not talking), slow innovation (i.e. new products few and far between) One of the solutions: employee empowerment but with a buy-in problem from the department heads during the proposal by B. Russel. Important characters in the case: Barbara Russel (VP for manufacturing; team leader manufacturing team) – working on ideas to improve how retail stores got the merchandise they needed it by: * Manager follow a product from design through sales to customers * Allow salespeople to refund up to $500 worth of merchandise on the spot * Make information available to salespeople about future products * Swap Sales and manufacturing personnel for short periods for job awareness Martin Griffin (New CEO) – excused himself during presentation Department heads – had concerns with Russel’s proposal. Some Employees – not buying the idea Case Discussion 1. How might top management have done a better job changing Elektra Products into a new kind of organization? What might they do now to get the empowerment process back on track? The role of the top management in employee empowerment or in any change management is to exhibit commitment to the change, provide leadership which involves influencing employees to excellence, molding...
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...THERMOCHEMISTRY OF NaOH AND HCl LAB Overview Teacher’s Instruction: Find the Molar Heat of Reaction for the NaOH reaction. Then, predict and calculate the change in enthalpy (ΔE) and change in heat (ΔH) when 5.00g NaOH reacts completely with HCl. Reaction Equation: NaOH(s) + HCl(aq) -> NaCl(aq) + H2O(liq) Net Ionic Equation: Na(OH)(s) + H+(aq) -> H2O(liq) + Na+(aq) The Big Question: If we combine solid NaOH and aqueous HCl, how will the temperature change? What will the change be with, specifically, 5.00g of NaOH? Scientific Background and Principle: WELL, I’ll have you know that we got our hands on a fancy-schmancy Lab Quest 2 with a temperature probe. Now this device allows us to accurately record the temperature of a given entity over a period of time; as such, by having the Lab Quest record the temperature of the system, we were able to gather the total temperature change for the reaction. In theory, the temperature should increase by 53.10o Variables * Independent Variable: Amount of NaOH * We had a theoretical value for temperature that was dependent on the amount of NaOH used; as such, we set our amount at a certain point to achieve that temperature. * Dependent Variable: Heat of Reaction (Temperature) * We measured the temperature of the reaction throughout its duration, which would have varied in intensity and duration based on the amount of NaOH we used * Controlled Variables * Light-- by enclosing the reaction in darkness...
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...Movie review “The Great Dictator” “The Great Dictator” is a 1940 war comedy of when Hitler or (Adenoid Hynkel as played by Charles Chaplin) started World War 2 but with a funny,awkward,weird,and a dramatic twist. Which becomes very obvious right when the movie starts. The basic plot point to this movie would be Adenoid Hynkel Trying to build a new world all together while a hometown barber is trying to not be arrested by Hynkel’s militia. (who is also played by Charles Chaplin). This movie was not only acted in but written and directed by Charles Chaplin, but many more big faces in this movie like, Paulette Goddard who played a shy but very sweet women named Hannah, and Jack Oakie who played a bit of a bipolar character named Napaloni. The mechanics of this movie were surprisingly well for how old it is. Lets just say with the technology the director had he used the most out of it to make this movie “great”. The acting in this movie could have been A LOT better but you sort of have to give the actors some leeway because this movie is such a high paced movie, there are no breaks in any scene. The music in this film had to be phenomenal because Charles Chaplin was always a silent actor in all his films until this one.Now then, the editing that happened in this movie, to me was absolutely horrible, after almost every scene it would hop to a completely different scene across the world that made no sense to the plot and was just there for a cheap way to stick a joke in. Speeking...
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...Remark and Anna Maria Remark. His family never really stayed in one place, they moved at least 11 times. His original goal was to be a elementary teacher, and began his schooling at the University of Münster. He was drafted into the army in Germany at the age of 18 and was wounded multiple times. After returning from the war he became a race-car driver while working on his famous piece, All Quiet on the Western Front. His first real job he worked at was at a tire manufacturer. He was move to the 2nd company on Western Front on June 12, 1917. He then left Germany in the 1932, after he left the Nazis banned his books through all of Germany. After World War II he moved to Porto Ronco, Switzerland where he then married a famous actor Paulette Goddard. He then left Switzerland and arrived in the U.S. In 1939. Enrich later moved back to Switzerland in 1948, where he spent the rest of his life in peace for 22 years. Setting The time period of the book was during World War I from the 1914-1918. The scene of the book happens in the middle of the war. All the trees have been removed by the air raids and mortars leaving the trees standing blackened. Dead bodies lay everywhere along with the rats that devour them. Characters Paul Baumer- Paul is a very friendly person towards everyone except Himmeltoss. He cares for everyone, even to a recruit that is frighten so much that he huddles Paul. Paul whispers to the young recruit and comforts him during the bombardment. After the...
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...One of the many great classic movies of the 20th century and one of the earliest uses of (recorded) dramatic monologue, The Great Dictator. Although it’s old, the dramatic monologue is still one of the most used excerpt today as it delivers a strong anti-fascism and pro democracy point of view. The monologue used ranges of voice and language techniques such as repetition, metaphor as well as a combination of tone and projection to deliver the idea of equality and pro-democracy. In the Great Dictator, Charlie (the speaker) made use of repetition, using it several time across the excerpt combining it with inclusive language to emphasise the idea of equality and democracy. “Men who despise you, enslave you… tell you what to do, diet you, treat...
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...Reflective Analysis Caddy soon discovers that surviving in the African jungle is very similar to surviving the jungle that is her high school. On Caddy’s first day of school at a regular high school after being homeschooled her entire life she realizes how closely people’s behaviours resemble that of animals in the jungle. Many people can relate to the way she felt entering this new world as everyone has been in such a situation. Perhaps not to this extreme but I was once the new girl desperately trying to find my place in a new atmosphere. Caddy’s journey can also be related to recent recruits adapting to a new work environment, unknown to how things regularly go about. One of my jobs provided me with an outline of normal office habits; casual Fridays, on birthdays there are potlucks, the outline even provided me with some of the regular office language, short forms for certain documents, etc. This was a map to help me familiarize myself and integrate with greater ease. Unfortunately Caddy did not have this luxury, as many people don’t. She is forced to figure it out for herself. This hardship of adapting can easily lead us to not portraying our true selves to potentially avoid being shunned as an outsider. There are many stereotypes integrated into the movie. When Caddy is introduced as a new student from Africa the teacher welcomes an American black student instead of her. People easily believe her when she tells them that in Africa everyone can read Swedish, which portrays...
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...Silent Spring Analysis Silent Spring is a book that makes just about everyone think, except for the major chemical companies that it was attacking. This is definitely one book that help shaped how we look at the environment today and also how we approach it. Rachel Carson aimed for a book that was going to open peoples eyes to what really was happening and who and what was doing it. She nailed this right on the head, while the book was very technical when it came to talking about the details of DDT, it was written at a level that everyone could understand and relate too. Easily this could be one of the most important books written in American history, where would we be without it and how would our future have turned out. While this book was aimed for the public to be able to understand, it also directly attacked the companies who were manufacturing the chemicals that people were using, especially DDT. If one were to try to explain how DDT worked at the chemistry level, most people would think your insane, but Carson is able to explain the devastating effects of this chemical in a way that everyone can understand. She does this by explaining the process chemically first, but then switches gears into how it is hitting people at home. This starts in the first chapter where she begins with “There once was a town…”. This is the beginning of the account that shaped Americans way of looking at the environment, especially when it came to using chemicals and other harmful substances...
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...to stop, he continues. He sexually abused her. She got back to the house of the party, picked up the phone and called 911. She didn’t say anything so the police tracked her call and went to the house. The party ended and everyone knew that the fault was hers but nobody tried to know why and she didn’t find the courage to tell. Her best friends stopped talking to her. One day she went to a game and when she saw that her ex-best friend Rachel and Andy were dating, she ran away. Melinda wanted to tell Rachel what happened in the summer but she thought she wouldn’t believe her or would hate her. A time later she went to the place where she was sexually abused and had, once again, flashbacks of that night. That was when she decided to tell Rachel the truth, so she went to school and found her in the library. After finding out that Rachel was going to prom with Andy, Melissa picked up Rachel’s pen and wrote ‘I was raped’ in Rachel’s notebook. They went outside and Rachel asked if it was someone from school and Melissa told the truth. At first, Rachel didn’t believe her and said she was only saying that because she was happy and popular and that Melissa needed mental help, but then she talked with Andy and realized that Melinda was telling the truth. Now everyone at school knew what happened and Andy went up...
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...the other students. One of the members Chanel started befriending me since we were sharing a class, and within no time I became a member of this group. For the first time I got a chance to attend parties something that I had always desired to do, every weekend there was always a party that I was invited to. I never missed a chance to attend the party even during the exam period and life was flawless for me. During class time Chanel and her friends would consolidate a meeting or a road trip where we would all go and have fun. It did not ever hit me that I was wasting too much time with this group of friends and my grades were dropping, I did not care whether I had completed my assignments either. I ensured that I had at least one friend Rachel in class who would offer me her work to copy once I was done partying with my other friends. I was...
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...Have you ever considered how many different types of chemicals are on the food you are eating for dinner? That is exactly what Rachel Carson writes about in her novel Silent Spring. Pesticides are all around us, they are in the air we breathe, the water we drink and the ground we walk on. Their effects on our bodies and the environment are unknown, but chances are that they are not going to be good. Rachel Carson dedicates an entire novel to try to prove her point of how horrible they are for the world. She argues constantly that we need to find an alternative before it is too late. Within her arguments, Carson uses several different methods and types of evidence while trying to convey her point. Throughout the entire novel, Carson is constantly putting down the use of pesticides. However, everything she says would be useless if she did not have evidence. She uses qualitative and quantitative data several times throughout the book. Her use of qualitative data begins with her first paragraph. She describes the beauty of nature and how much life is abundant in it. Then as her fictional story continues, she begins to start explaining how none of this would be with the continuous use of pesticides. Carson also goes into detail describing the disastrous effects that it could leave on the environment as a whole. Her realistic descriptions of the possible harms of the pesticides can really appeal to the reader. With the vivid descriptions that she has, the reader can imagine the world...
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