...1950, President Truman approved the establishment of a continental test site recognizing the need for a secure, readily accessible, and less costly proving ground than the south pacific. The land was already owned by the federal government and was under military control. The test site possessed favorable conditions for year round testing and mountainous barriers that would prevent close observation. It also had large valleys and dry lake beds for constructing facilities and conducting tests. Truman authorized the use of 680 square miles of the Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range with the first test conducted on January 27, 1951. Since atom bombs were first detonated at the Nevada test site in 1951 the site has grown from 680 to 1375 square miles, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. Much of this growth resulted from the atomic Energy commissions program to develop nuclear propulsion for space vehicles. Smaller additions included annexing the camp Desert Rock area, where a small airport and the mercury base camp were located and Pahute Mesa for testing high yield nuclear devices deep underground. In view of the nature of its use and importance to the nation, the land was withdrawn from the public domain in perpetuity. The radiological hazards experienced in 1945 with the Trinity test at Alamogordo, New Mexico and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan strongly influenced the decision to test nuclear devices far from population centers in the middle of the south...
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...11 PLAN OBJECTIVES 11 PLAN ASSUMPTIONS 12 Definitions 12 PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT 13 Scope of Recovery 13 Environment Description 13 Essential Equipment 13 Disaster Recovery Scripts 15 RECOVERY PLAN ELEMENTS 17 1. Recovery Plan for Major Disasters 17 A. Detection and Reaction 17 B. Identifying the problem – Notifying the authorities 17 C. Establishing a Command Center 17 D. Reducing Exposure 17 2. Roles and Responsibilities 20 A. Management / Damage Assessment Team: Initial Response 21 B. Disaster Recovery Teams — Emergency Contact List 22 (AGENCY) FUNCTIONAL AREA MANAGERS 23 3. Recovery Plan for Major Disasters 24 A. Establishment of Full Recovery at Backup Site 24 B. Disaster Recovery Team Checklists 24 C. Restoration of Facilities and Operations at the Original and/or Alternate Site 24 4. DISASTER RECOVERY TEAMS 24 A. Emergency Contact List in Section 2-B & Activity Checklists Provided in Section 3-B 24 B. Description and Responsibilities 24 C. On-going Functional Responsibilities 29 5. Providers 30 A. New and Used Hardware Providers 31 B. Software Providers 31 C. Communications Providers 31 D. Special Equipment...
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...Objective APPLICATIONS CITY CLERK HR FINANCE Millennium – Internal Payroll Processing 0 0 0 Access to External Ameripay Payroll Service 0 0 0 Collector’s Office System (Access) 1 Week 1 Week 1 Week Building Department System (Access) 1 Week 1 Week 1 Week Water Department System (Access) 1 Week 1 Week 1 Week PeopleSoft (HR System) N/A 0 N/A Because the applications within each of the departments itemized above have differing RTOs and RPOs, the Disaster Recovery Technology Strategy will be dictated by those applications requiring the lowest RPOs (zero (0)): Millennium-Internal Payroll Processing, Access to External Ameripay Payroll Service, and PeopleSoft (HR System). b. Disaster Recovery Technology Strategy: Option #1 – A Hot Site for Continuous Availability utilizing an internal strategy which...
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...loss of life, or loss of assets. Threats could include weather, fire or chemical, earth movement, structural failure, energy, biological, or human. Examples of internal risks that may affect business are unauthorized access by individuals who are employed by the company, and those who aren’t employed by the company but still have access to individual store’s computer systems, applications, or areas where the servers and backup media are located. Other external and environmental risks include fire, floods, power outages, hardware failure, software glitches and failure, storms, and other acts of nature. 2 Disaster Recovery Strategy Of the strategies of shared-site agreements, alternate sites, hot sites, cold sites, and warm sites, identify which of these recovery strategies is most appropriate for your selected scenario and why. Most...
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...at the palm of their hands. The high usage of social media sites is creating a new medium for companies to communicate with consumers on a personal level they were not able to years ago. With the usage of smartphones sky rocketing consumers are now able give their “two cents” about products or services the second they experience them. This is an essential element for companies and consumers because social media allows them to view reactions about new products, whether they are negative or positive. Where would you like to eat tonight? Be daring and try the new bistro that just opened down the street or play it safe and go to Applebee’s? This could be one of the most daunting decisions someone may have to make throughout their day. When it comes to where one would like to spend their hard earned dollar on a meal 45% of consumers turn to leading social media sites like Yelp for recommendations (Pann). 57% of consumers rely on the reviews from these sites on restaurants to determine where they will dine that night (Pann). But how reliable are these reviews that consumers are putting such high importance when it comes to their dining experiences? When it comes to the reviews on websites such as Yelp, a recent study by Gartner a tech research company has determined by 2014 that 10% to 15% of reviews found on these sites are falsified (Pann). These falsified reviews are hurting the reputation of social media review sites because if consumers are not able to trust the information...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Disaster Recovery Plan Student Name: Dustin Weese University of Phoenix IT/244 Intro to IT Security Instructor’s Name: KEVIN SWINSON Date: 10/18/2015 Disaster Recovery Plan Due in Week Three: For your selected scenario, describe the key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan to be used in case of a disaster and the plan for testing the DRP. 1 Risk Assessment 1 Critical business processes List the mission-critical business systems and services that must be protected by the DRP. There are two things that need protected in your disaster recovery plan. The first one is being the computers. You have to find a way to get all computers up and running after a disaster. This will get your business functioning again. The second thing you have to do is meet your service level agreements. If you fail to do so, you are breaching the contract and can lead to all sorts of issues and possibly legal actions. 2 Internal, external, and environmental risks Briefly discuss the internal, external, and environmental risks, which might be likely to affect the business and result in loss of the facility, loss of life, or loss of assets. Threats could include weather, fire or chemical, earth movement, structural failure, energy, biological, or human. There are many risks that a business faces and can results in the loss of life, their facility...
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...Fundamentals of Information Systems and Security Chapter 4 Information Security and Business Drivers Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) A collection of the knowledge and best practices of the project management profession. Project Mangement Institute (PMI) A nonprofit international organization of project managers that promotes the field of project management. Risk Methodology A description of how you will manage overall risk. It includes the approach, required information, and techniques to address each risk. Risk Register A list of identified risks that results from the risk-identification process. Delphi method An information and opinon collection method that empoloys formal anonymous surveys in multiple rounds. Qualitative Risk Analysis A risk analysis method that uses mathematical formulas and numbers to assist in ranking risk severity. Risk Impact- High Very Likely to occur, Average Neither frequent nor rare, Low not very likely to occur, Critical- High Impact requires immediate response, Major- medium impact requires prioritized response, Minor- negligible impact requires an analysis to assess if a response is needed. Quantitative Risk Analysis uses mathematical formulas and numbers to rank risk severity. Exposure Factor (EF) The proportion of value of a particular asset is likely to be destroyed by a given risk, expressed as a percentage. Single loss expectancy (SLE) the loss for a single threat occurence. Annual Rate of occurance(ARO) The estimated...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Disaster Recovery Plan Student Name: Enter Your Name Here UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX IT/244 INTRO TO IT SECURITY Instructor’s Name: Enter Your Instructor's Name Here Date: Enter the date here 1. Disaster Recovery Plan Due in Week Three: For your selected scenario, describe the key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan to be used in case of a disaster and the plan for testing the DRP. 1.1. Risk Assessment 1.1.1. Critical business processes List the mission-critical business systems and services that must be protected by the DRP. No business wants to face the horror of a disaster, be it from mother nature, external threats, or other catastrophes, but will a well crafted disaster recovery plan, the firm may sustain minimal damage. In preparing for disaster, the planning committee should prepare risk analysis and should be analyzed to determine the potential consequence and impact of several disaster scenarios. The critical needs of each department within Sunica Music and Movies will include functional operations, key personnel, information, processing systems, service, documentation, vital records, and policies and procedures. Processing and operations should be analyzed to determine the maximum amount of time that the department and organization can operate without each critical system. 1.1.2. Internal, external, and environmental risks Briefly discuss the internal, external, and environmental risks, which might be likely to...
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...DRP versus BCP Disaster Recovery Plan The Disaster Recovery Plan or DRP is a test of a system back up procedures and practice. DRP is something that is rehearsed before a disaster happens in order to prepare for an event that might leave a company crippled or without a service. In the event something should happen to a company such as an internet connection going down, the crash of a server, or loss of power it is important to what to do in the event of an emergency. Loss of any one of these system could cause a company loss of revenue. DRP needed to be practiced, rehearsed many times periodically to assure that everyone involved knows what to do. Practice makes perfect, the more practice and rehearsal is done the easier and quicker it will be for someone to implement the steps needed to complete the recovery plan. It’s always best to practice these steps during non-peak hours. Typically DRP testing would be done overnight, on weekends, or holidays. It’s important to test the DRP system and process to ensure that the backup system is functioning properly, and the steps taken to get there are effective. Ideally this would all be automated, but not always possible. Step by step instructions and procedures are what make up the DRP, primarily its intended for key departments the most important being the IT department. These procedures and instructions are what will recover critical business systems in the event of a disaster. Making sure they are relevant, work properly, and...
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...privacy requirements of those clinical sites and of applicable law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, MCCCD offers this guidance for those persons to ensure compliance with those requirements. Note that the discussions, uses or disclosures discussed below encompass written, verbal, or electronic communications. |DO’S |DON’T’S | | | | |Do sign the MCCCD Faculty/Staff/Student Confidentiality Agreement before |Don’t discuss, use or disclose any patient information while in the | |any involvement in a clinical program. |clinical setting unless it is part of your clinical assignment. | |Do attend MCCCD training or in-classroom clinical instruction on |Don’t remove any record from the clinical site without the prior written | |requirements relating to patient privacy. |authorization of that site. | |Do know and adhere to a clinical site’s privacy policies and procedures |Don’t disclose any information about a patient during your clinical | |before undertaking any activities at the site....
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...enhanced level of security, allows for users to access network assets, eliminates the need for distance leases lines, is cost effective, can offer better performance, provides online privacy, allows for remote access, and offers network performance efficiency ("8 advantages of using VPN - ibVPN.com," 2010). A VPN server will also allow for remote connectivity for employees to access network resources while away from the office (i.e. telecommuting). A primary server and a back-up server are included in this network. The backup server will be a Warm Backup Site. A warm backup site is typically pre-configured equipment but does not contain live data. In order to get the backup site up and running, a restoration of current data (via backups) is required. The warm site is a compromise between a Hot Site, which maintains a current backup of data usually accomplished via real time synchronization or replication, and a Cold Site, which only has the equipment necessary but it must be configured and loaded...
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...there will be some type of problem such as loss of business, which is a result of customers not using our services; the more customers that we lose would result in more money spent and less money made hence the loss of assets. There is also the case of fires; no company is completely safe from the threat of fires and depending on the type of fire, and because of this there could be some type of loss of life. This is also possible when there are bad weather, earthquakes, or terrorists attacks. Disaster Recovery Strategy: Of the different types of strategies talked about I think the best way to go in my situation and the business that I am conducting would be a warm site. A warm site is like a mediator between hot and cold sites and would provide the advantages of both sites in the different ways. Disaster Recovery test Plan: Walk-through: Each member or client will have an employee that is directed to their case; before any steps are taken a meeting will be held to explain the entire step that will be taken to ensure that the customer is happy with the service he/she is getting. Simulations: every design whether it is interior or exterior will have a dry run to ensure that it is correct, when...
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...Underwater Archaeology Data Collection by means of ROVs G. Conte, S. M. Zanoli, D. Scaradozzi and L. Gambella (gconte, s.zanoli, d.scaradozzi)@univpm.it; gambella@diiga.univpm.it Abstract This work describes the procedures and methodology employed for gathering data from submerged sites of archaeological interest. Main objectives are to develop, test and validate solutions that simplify the work of archaeologist by employing unmanned robotic vehicles and automatic procedures that can be applied to deep water sites that are not reachable by divers. This activity is part of the European Research Projects VENUS and Newton UPGRADE and this work is about operations and tests carried out in the field of the Underwater Laboratory Project of Marlin Tremiti diving center in San Nicola Island, Tremiti Archipelago, Italy. Problem Statement The problem concerns the design, test and development of a set of Amphora procedures and best practices for collecting data from underwater archaeological sites by employing robotic vehicles and automatic devices under the supervision of archaeologists and engineers, possibly in cooperation, under some circumstances, with diROV vers. The kind of data one wants to get while navigating consists, essentially, of a set of geo-referenced pictures in photogrammetric quality in order to construct a 3D model of the explored area in a virtual environment with a specified level of precision. LabView softwares and suitable dll function perform all this...
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...arithmetic and algebra in this course. Required Textbooks: 1) Life in the Universe, Bennett, 3rd edition, ISBN-9780321687678. This book is your main instructional resource - be sure to read all of the assigned chapters. ***You do NOT need the access code. You do NOT need the latest edition. Other required materials: Regular and reliable Internet access to complete assignments. Grades: Grades will be determined from scores achieved on TESTS, QUIZZES & ACTIVITIES. The lowest 25 % of Quizzes & Activities will be dropped. Work Percent of Final Grade Best 3 out of 4 Test scores 50% Reading Quizzes (Best 75%) 25% Activity scores (Best 75%) 25% Total 100% The basic grading scale is: 100 –90 A 89 – 80 B 79 – 70 C 69 – 60 D 59 or lower F Tests: The tests are proctored, which means that you must show photo identification to 1 someone who administers the test. The exams are given on the SCSU campus (or another location approved by Continuing Studies) in a room with computer access. The Tests will be multiple choice and no reference, texts or calculators are...
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...INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II SYLLABUS - Fall 2014 Instructor: Dr. N.J. Kim, CPA Office: ST 612 Office Hours: TR 8:35 – 9:40 am & R 4:00 – 6:00 pm Phone: (323) 343-2840 Email: nkim2@calstatela.edu Instructional Web site: http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/nkim2/ Connect URL: http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/sec-3 Textbook: Intermediate Accounting, 7th Edition, Spiceland, Sepe and Nelson, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-9780078025327 (Hard copy, Volume II, or e-book with CONNECT available) Course Objectives and Description: Intermediate Accounting is designed to acquaint the student with current accounting theories and practices. In this second part of intermediate accounting, we will learn accounting for fixed assets, intangibles, long-term liabilities, investments, and stockholders’ equity. Statement of cash flows and accounting issues related with accounting changes and error correction are also covered in this class. Prerequisite: ACCT 320A or equivalent with a grade C or better Grading: Points are distributed as follows. Accounting majors must earn a grade of “C” or better in each accounting class taken to graduate. Midterms 100 250-300 A Final 130 210-249 B Participation & Attendance 10 180-209 C Comprehensive test 20 150-179 D Homework 40 Below 150 F Total 300 points A modified curve may be applied at the end of the quarter if necessary. Withdrawal Policy: The dropping...
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