...group project, you will now document the work of the project scope in a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). From your examination of the course material, compose a paper that is no less than 4 pages and no more than 6 pages in length (not including title page and references page). An Abstract is not required for this paper. Refer to the grading criteria to ensure you have included all of the elements in your paper. You must complete and submit your paper no later than 11:59 p.m. on Friday, October 28, 2011. Submit your completed paper using the course e-mail address provided (MGT4501.E1@eCmail.Amberton.edu). [pic] Project Work Breakdown Structure 1. Introduction to the project 2. Discussion of the process “Create WBS” and what method your project management team used to create the WBS for this project 3. Summary statement of the work (see scope statement) 4. Graphical illustration of the WBS or text outline method (must be at least 3 levels – see PMBOK page 119 for an example) [pic] Grading Criteria |Criteria |Points |Points Achieved | | |Possible | | |Paper includes an introduction to the project selected for the group project |5 |5 | |Discusses the project’s statement...
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...SECURING CLOUD NETWORK NODES AGAINST DoS ATTACKS Turnitin Score 15% Boman K. Avong Health Informatics and Administration University of Maryland University College Author Note This research paper is prepared for ITEC 610 9043 taught by Dr. Richard Taylor of the University of Maryland University College Abstract Cloud computing is an emerging technological advancement and in recent times the technology has gained popularity because of its ability to increase system performance, efficient use of computer resources and also scalability. As with any internet technology, security is a big challenge for cloud computing services. Denial of Service (DoS) attacks targeted at cloud end node systems are possible because of how vulnerable these node systems are. The level of security at the node systems is not matched to that at the server level. Cloud node networks are the major entry points for DoS attacks and other malicious attacks in a cloud computing environment. This paper will discuss various DoS attacks and techniques and also discuss the role of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) on distributed computer networks. I will also discuss how DoS attacks are the major threats to cloud services, entry points of DoS which are cloud end nodes and recommend how these attacks can be mitigated. DoS attacks on the cloud node computers are the major security challenges cloud services face. I will also recommend techniques that can prevent DoS on cloud node networks. Introduction ...
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...Contents What is the purpose of the Global Names Zone in Windows Server 2008 DNS servers? Explain modifications necessary to DNS for accommodating Read Only Domain Controllers (RDOC). How is this different from the way DNS handles ordinary domain controllers? Explain background zone loading? How does background zone loading promote efficiency in name resolution? Explain how DNS has been modified to add support for IPv6. How can DNS distinguish between IPv4 and IPv6 host in determining which resource record to return? Bibliography Windows Server 2008 has deployed many new and updated items one in particular is its DNS systems. The purpose of this paper is to better understand these modifications. Along with a better understanding how it differentiates between IPv4 and the new up and coming IPv6. We will use many sources to confirm and relate the information as needed. Global Name Zones provide the user to have static records. It does not support dynamic updates (Petri 2009), and it was to aid the old WINS system that has been around since Windows NT. (Petri 2009) It is more commonly referred as the GNZ in the IT world of acronyms. If the records are not maintained by IT administrators it is not worth having them be GNZ’s. It helps you communicate with trusted people outside of your zone. (Ruest 2008) There is a modification that must be done in order to use Read Only Domain Controllers (RDOC). They hold a version of the DNS in remote offices for companies...
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...White Paper on Memory Usage 6/19/2008 Abstract: This paper was written to compare customer environments with regards to memory usage for the Interactive Application running on Metaframe servers in the Hosting environment. Data Information: A sample group of servers was chosen at random and the following information was obtained from these servers using two methods. Calculations were made from the both groupings of data, each section will show the calculation methods used. As a best practice on physical machines memory utilization should not exceed 90%. The remaining 10% of unused memory is to manage runaway processes, unexpected errors, less utilization of memory paging swap file, and memory available to avoid a system abort. 1. HP OpenView data collection occurred on 6/17/2008 a. Physical Memory as reported by HP OpenView b. Max Memory used at time of sample c. Memory (MB)Avail from Peak d. 90% of available memory for process use e. Total users at time of sample 2. Hyena System Reporting data collection occurred on 6/23/2008 a. System Processes and memory utilization for each b. Application process requirements for and c. Total memory used for system and application processes d. Total users at time of sample 3. Calculations a. Total memory available after 90% ruled applied b. Total memory available after 90% rule applied with system and application...
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...File System Comparison POS/421 Windows Server Networking January 30, 2012 Ali Shokraee File System Comparison This paper is going to compare the different file system structures used for the different version of Windows Operating Systems. This will go from the Disk Operating System (DOS) of the early years to the latest Windows Server 2008. The desktop OS and the servers OS will be compared and contrasted in this paper. Different Types of File Systems There were many different types of file systems that were used over the years that Microsoft was in business. This ranges from the DOS years to the most current version from Microsoft, Windows Server 2008. The following table (table 1) shows the different File Systems that Microsoft has used and the Operating System (OS) that uses that type of File System (NTFS.com, 2011). |File System Structure |Operating System | |FAT12 |All Versions of MS DOS | |FAT16 |All Versions of MS DOS | |FAT32 |DOS v7 and Higher, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 | | |Server, Windows Vista, Windows 7 | ...
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...SQL Server 2012 Security Best Practices - Operational and Administrative Tasks SQL Server White Paper Author: Bob Beauchemin, SQLskills Technical Reviewers: Darmadi Komo, Jack Richins, Devendra Tiwari Published: January 2012 Applies to: SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014 Summary: Security is a crucial part of any mission-critical application. This paper describes best practices for setting up and maintaining security in SQL Server 2012. Copyright The information contained in this document represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information presented after the date of publication. This white paper is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual...
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...Assessment 3 Course Name | Managing Network Operating Systems | Credits | 15 | Code | NW701 | Level | 7 | Id | | Name | | Date | | Signature | | Aims: 1. To equip students with the skills necessary to enable them to manage network operating systems. Date | 6/08/2014 | Time | 9:30 | Learning Outcomes | 1, 2,3 | Assessment Weightings: | 100 Marks in total converted to 40% of final grade | Conditions: | In class individual test. Closed book. Practical task in laboratory conditions, and presentation | Time Allowed: | 1 Hours (practical not included) (plus 15-30 minutes practical time for each student) | Learning Outcomes Assessed: Learning outcomes assessed | Questions | Marks | Assessment Weighting % | 2 | Perform and evaluate tasks that will deploy and configure a network operating system | Task1 Task 2Task 3 | 30 2020 | 50% | 4 | Evaluate how a networking operating system uses the OSI model | Task 1 | 30 | 20% | 5 | Compare and contrast two network operating systems | Task 4 | 30 | 30% | Task Number | Marks allocated | Marks obtained | 1 | 30 | | 2 | 20 | | 3 | 20 | | 4 | 30 | | Total Marks | 100 | | Instructions: 1. You should attempt ALL the questions in this test. 2. Check all the tasks in the assessment 3. Task One is an individual project. 4. Task Two ,Three and Four are practical tasks 5. Read instructions carefully. 6. Write your full name and student...
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...installation of Active Directory on a Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 all FSMO roles will automatically be installed on the first server. But Best Practice dictates to move some of theese Flexible Single Master of Operation (FSMO) roles to seperate servers. If you only have one domain controller (not recommended), there is nothing to do since all roles must be on this server, but if you have multiple servers you should move some of theese roles on to more servers. It is also important to be aware of what servers are Global Catalog servers, especially if you have more than one domain and even if only one domain, they will be prefered by applications like Exchange server. It is recommended to place the forest roles on one Domain Controller (DC) and the domain roles on another server. If not all Domain Controllers are Global Catalog servers, it is also important to place the infrastructure master on a server that is NOT a Global Catalog server. Recommended Best Practice setup of FSMO roles. Domain Controller #1 Place the two forest roles on this server. * Schema Master * Domain Master Domain Controller #2 Place the domain roles on this server. * RID Master * Infrastructure Master * PDC Emulator If more domains exist in the forest, place the domain roles on a server in theese domains like Domain Controller #2 Global Catalog configuration. In Windows 2008 Active Directory all Domain Controllers are by default Global Catalog servers, personally...
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...means people are now much more interested in cell phone than before. Users always seek multi-dimensional use of their cell phones. The main purpose of this paper is to find out customer satisfaction through SMS Banking. Mobile phone operators provide various value added services (VAS) to their users including banking service and other utility services with the legal agreement with respective organizations. As mobile operators are trying heart and soul to retain existing customers and enhance new customers by adding VAS, hence a mobile banking solution called SMS Banking that allows people to bank with their mobile phones and its overview are presented in paper. Introduction There are various types of E-banking that are used in the field of IT and Banking. SMS Banking is one of them. SMS stands for ‘Short Message Service’. SMS Banking allows you to check account balance, transfer amount to other account, payment of utility bills like electricity bill, gas bill and water bill etc. Short Message Service is particularly adapted to 2G networks because they require low capabilities for data exchange (160 characters for 7 bit by message). For example, SMS make possible to answer quickly a customer request to consult the account balance. The sensitivity of this information requires that the bank lodges and manages its own SMS server since the telecom operators are not authorized to treat them. In the United Kingdom, First Direct attracted 138.000 subscribers with its "SMS alerts"...
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...Lyt2 Task 1 A1 & A2. Simple Gateways, Inc. has flourished the past several years expanding to twelve offices throughout the western United States. Expanding to 12 different sites now brings new challenges to the stakeholders (Management) like: • Having multiple versions of documents that have been passed between 12 sites of office staff now has made each office very inefficient in running their daily operations. When this business was small it had one central location that used one version of documents that made it easy for management to make the right decisions on a daily basis which in turn allowed the stakeholders to make plenty of money to expand into twelve locations. As the company expanded, each new site had its own version of documents they used on a daily basis but they were not the same as the other sites. When you have multiple documents they could contain outdated or incorrect data, which makes it extremely hard for the stakeholders to come to a solid conclusion costing the company thousands of dollars. If the company had a single version of documents they were using at all the sites they would eliminate the incorrect or outdated data on the documents. This would allow the stakeholders to make solid conclusions on a daily basis and prevent the company’s loss money. • Since Simple Gateways has twelve locations, most of the documents are saved onto servers at each location. Each site has given permissive rights to specific person or persons to access...
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...operating system, and a small number of new updates to ensure that Windows XP customers have the latest updates for their system. Windows XP SP3 will not significantly change the Windows XP experience. This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3, and how to deploy the service pack. This white paper is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS DOCUMENT. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Microsoft, the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property. © 2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, Windows Vista, Windows Live, OneCare, MSDN, and the Windows logo and are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies...
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...Term Paper Data Warehousing and Data Mining Term Paper Data Warehousing and Data Mining A Data Warehouse Saves Time, Enhances Data Quality and Consistency, Provides Historical Intelligence, Generates a High return on investment. One of the benefits to using a data warehouse is that it conveys Business Intelligence By providing data from various sources. Management executives no longer need to make decisions based on finite data. Time is saved by allowing business users to get data quickly from one location so they can make quick knowledgeable decisions and will not waste time trying to get data from several places. Using a data warehouse implementation provides for better data quality and consistency by converting data from different sources into an individual common format. Since data from each department is standardized, each department will have results that are in alignment with the results of all other departments. Doing so assures the accuracy of data and that provides for better business decisions. Since a data warehouse holds large volumes of historical data, it can analyze trends over a time frame so that predictions can be made. This type of data usually cannot be kept or used to get reports in a transactional database. Finally the return on investment for companies instituting a data warehouse and a Business Intelligence system generate more money while also saving money. The purpose of data mining is to provide knowledge to give company an advantage...
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...Week 1 Assignment 1 Michael Conley ITT Technical Institute Abstract This paper will be identifying, analyzing, and explaining five likely threat/vulnerabilities for the scenario given. I will go into detail on what you should do to lower the risk or vulnerability. The last thing I will talk about in this paper is what you should do to try and make it better and more secure. There are definitely some potential risks and vulnerabilities with the given scenario. The first one to point out would be that they are using Windows Vista. Another issue is the VPN connection with the laptops. Issue number three would be the servers. The fourth problem I foresee is back up. The final problem I see in the network is with the ISP. This is not a very old and outdated OS, since Microsoft is still supporting it, but there are more vulnerabilities with using Vista as opposed to Windows 7. Windows 7 is also more versatile, it is able to be run on more than just desktops unlike Vista. Windows 7 is able to be used on laptops, desktops, and netbooks which Vista cannot be used on all of those. Windows 7 puts all of the security notifications and other system problems in one place unlike Vista where you have to search through the control panel to find things. Windows 7 you just go to the action center. The likelihood of there being a serious security issue with windows Vista is low for right now. Once...
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...this Research assignment part 1, I will be talking about 5 questions. The questions are “Why windows server 2008 comes in different versions? What is the significance of each version,” “What are the new features or enhancements made to windows server 2008? How is windows server 2008 different from windows server 2003,” “Why is 64-bit architecture an advantage?” “Explain the new features of windows server 2008, such as server core, virtualization, and power shell. What is the role of these features and how will they improve efficiency in administering windows?” and “What is a read only domain controller (RODC) and what are its advantages? What are the security and administrative issues addressed by a RODC? The reason why there are so many different versions is based on the demand of the company. It comes in different varieties to accommodate what the user needs for the business they are running. Big companies will go and pay the extra money for an operating system that will support many processors and hundreds or thousands of users. But for the small companies that does not have that extra money or do not need the extra feature for such small volumes they made a version just for them as well. By making different sets or versions they gain profits by both parties for what they need and do not need. The significance of each version has its features. For example Windows 2008 datacenter edition has a maximum number of cpu’s at 64 while version Windows 2008 enterprise edition has a maximum...
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...information technology consulting firm. As mentioned from the team skill set of strategic thinking/judgment, negotiator, problem solving, and time management make it easier for the team to tackle any issues of upgrading a department stores operating system, which will be the task that this organization will cover. The skills mentioned earlier will help the team stay successful and will help the consulting firm reach new clientele for the future. With our skill sets and mindset, we will be able to maintain a steady work flow and will complete jobs as they come. Analysis of Business Specialties This paper will define the consulting firm that was chosen by team D and address several issues or problems that the consulting firm may encounter. It will also give a description of the services that will be offered by Business Process Management consulting firm. Finally, the paper will explain why the consulting firm is well suited to the skills of the team members. Name and Description of Firm The team members agreed on the name Business Process Management. This particular name was chosen because it was inclusive of the team members and their skill sets as well as ideas. Most of the team members possess written and verbal communication skills as well as strong logical skills, good presentation skills, and strong social skills so it was suiting that we named it,...
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