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Task

REPORT

Avoid any !copy-paste” prac2ce to prevent possible problems of plagiarism. This is an individual assignment.

Background

Encyclopedia Britannica is a general knowledge English-language encyclopedia formerly published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., and other publishers (for previous edi2ons). The Britannica was the longest running in-print encyclopedia in the English language, being printed for 244 years. The 2010 version of the 15th edi2on, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edi2on.

Explain in detail:

1. What were the main factors that led the Encyclopedia Britannica’s board of directors to decide to stop prin2ng it?
2. How did Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc adapted its core business model to the Age of Informa2on? Did they succeed?
3. Has Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. implemented a business or digital transforma2on strategy?
4. What are the implica2ons of this adapta2on to other businesses whose business plans are similar to Encyclopedia Britannica’s?

FormaliQes:

• Font: Arial 12,5 pts.
• Text alignment: Jus2fied.
• The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s cita2on style.
• Word count: 2500

1. It assesses the following learning outcomes:

• Outcome 1: Understand and appraise how digital transforma2on impacts businesses and enables new models.
• Outcome 2: Apply the strategic planning process to a firm’s digital transforma2on.
• Outcome 3: Cri2cally evaluate digitaliza2on in different contexts and areas of applica2on.

By reading below case study describe the risk that was exploited. Also, tell how you think that exploit could be avoided using proper technology and security policies

Private Sector Case Study:

A franchisee of a national hamburger chain in the southern United States was notified by Visa U.S.A, Inc. and the U.S. Secret Service of the theft of credit card information in August 2008. The franchisee has a chain of eight stores with annual revenue of $2 million. The chain focused on the technology of its point-of-sale (POS) system. A leading vendor that allowed for centralized financial and operating reporting provided the POS system. It used a secure high-speed Internet connection for credit card processing. The company determined that neither the POS nor credit card authorization connection was the source of the breach. Although the POS was infected, the source of the breach was the network. Each of the franchisee’s stores provided an Internet hotspot to its customers. It was determined that this Wi-Fi hotspot was the source of the breach. Although considerable care was given to the POS and credit card authorization process, the Wi-Fi hotspot allowed access to these systems. It was determined the probable cause of the breach was malware installed on the POS system through the Wi-Fi hotspot. The malware collected the 232credit card information, which was later retrieved by the thief. This was a PCI DSS framework violation. The PCI DSS framework consists of over 200 requirements that outline the proper handling of credit card information. It was clear that insufficient attention was given to the network to ensure it met PCI DSS requirements. For discussion purposes, the focus is on the network. The PCI DSS outlines other standards that may have been violated related to the hardening of the POS server itself. The following four PCI DSS network requirements appear to have been violated: • Network segregation • Penetration testing • Monitoring • Virus scanning PCI requires network segments that handle credit cards be segmented. It was unclear whether there was a complete absence of segmentation or if weak segmentation had been breached. PCI DSS outlines the standards to ensure segmentation is effective. If the networks had been segmented, this breach would not have occurred. PCI requires that all public-facing networks be penetration tested. This type of testing would have provided a second opportunity to prevent the breach. This test would have uncovered such weaknesses within a Wi-Fi hotspot that allowed the public to access back-end networks. PCI also requires a certain level of monitoring. Given the size of the organization, monitoring might have been in the form of alerts or logs reviewed at the end of the day. Monitoring could include both network and host-based intrusion detection. Monitoring may have detected the network breach. Monitoring may also have detected the malware on the POS system. Both types of monitoring would have provided opportunities to prevent the breach. PCI requires virus protection. It was unclear if this type of scanning was on the POS system. If it was not, that would have been a PCI DSS violation. Such scanning provides one more opportunity to detect the malware. Early detection would have prevented the breach. The PCI DSS requirements are specific and adopt many of the best practices from other frameworks such as ISO. The approach is to prevent a breach from occurring. Early detection of a breach can prevents or minimize card losses. For example, early detection of the malware in this case study would have prevented card information from being stolen. Some malware takes time to collect the card information, which must then be retrieved. Quick reaction to a breach is an opportunity to remove the malware before any data can be retrieved.

500 words and APA format with references needed.

Assume you are an IT security specialist for a large U.S. online  retail organization that does business internationally. Your CIO has  asked you to thoroughly review the new General Data Protection  Regulation (GDPR) recently implemented in the European Union. He wants  to understand exactly what the organization must do to comply with this  regulation when doing business with EU customers.

Provide a detailed discussion about the rules for businesses and the rights of the EU citizens.

Include a discussion of the following:

• What does the GDPR govern?
• What rights do the EU citizens have with regard to their data?
• What is considered personal data under this regulation?
• What is considered data processing under this regulation?
• Describe the role of the data protection authorities (DPAs).

Discuss, in detail, how the GDPR will change business and security  operations for your organization. Provide the CIO with a recommended  checklist for GDPR compliance and discuss processes and policies that  may need to be changed in order to comply with GDPR.

In your conclusion, address what you think will be the financial  impact to the organization, both in terms of compliance and any lack of  compliance. 

Assignment Requirements

1. The paper should be 3–4 pages.
2. Use the rubric guide
3. Use Times New Roman 12 pt font.
4. Use APA formatting for paper, citations, and references.
5. Be sure to cite your sources and provide the appropriate references

Instructions

Please share (3 to 4 paragraphs) on what you learned when you read chapter 11 along with Overview of Mobile Forensics (.PDF file) and identify what makes this different form acquiring computers in the traditional sense.

THEN

Please share (3 to 4 paragraphs) on what you learned when you read Developing Processes for Mobile Forensics (.PDF file)

THEN

Please share (3 to 4 paragraphs) on what you learned when you read Future of Mobile Foresics (.PDF) file and identify if you thought the author may have missed anything as well as your own thoughts – what did you learn!?

Citizen Rights versus Security

• 500-700 word, double spaced, written in APA format, showing sources and a bibliography

I want to capture Metadata (one table information) from GitHub. Please check the instructions below:

1. I have to use python code to capture the information.

2. I have a GitHub link(Where I have the data), from that link, I have to capture the data using python code (API).

 Create an actionable plan including executive-level support and budget allocation to ensure security controls can be rapidly updated and expanded as the threat environment increases.

The actionable plan should include (but is not limited to):

Procedures to track performance
Procedures to monitor and measure performance for areas of improvement
Procedures to identify new threats, vulnerabilities, or any countermeasures
Procedures to obtain feedback on the effectiveness of policies
Procedures and technical tools to monitor the internal and external environment
Procedures for budget allocation
Procedures to catch any oversights 

 Using the Internet and other available resources, write a paper (minimum of 300 words excluding references, use APA format) explaining what is serialization its advantages and disadvantages? When do you use serialization? 

This week’s journal article focuses on attribution theory and how it influences the implementation of innovation technologies. Two types of employee attributions are noted in the article (intentionality and deceptive intentionality), please review these concepts and answer the following questions:

Provide a high-level overview/ summary of the case study

Note how constructive intentionality impacts innovation implementations

Find another article that adds to the overall findings of the case and note how attribution-based perspective enhances successful innovation implementations. Please be explicit and detailed in answering this question.

Be sure to use the UC Library for scholarly research. Google Scholar is also a great source for research. Please be sure that journal articles are peer-reviewed and are published within the last five years.

The paper should meet the following requirements:

3-5 pages in length (not including title page or references)

APA guidelines must be followed. The paper must include a cover page, an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.

A minimum of five peer-reviewed journal articles.

The writing should be clear and concise. Headings should be used to transition thoughts. Don’t forget that the grade also includes the quality of writing.

Journal articles:

• Journal Article 2.1: Learmonth, M. and Morrell, K. (2017) ‘Is critical leadership studies ‘critical’?’ Leadership, 13(3): 257–271.
• Journal Article 2.2: Spector, B.A. (2016) ‘Carlyle, Freud, and the great man theory more fully considered’, Leadership, 12(2): 250–260.

Last week you completed a short APA research paper on an overview of a particular Web Browser, this week we are going to dig a little deeper. You are to explore the different web browser forensic tools available, both paid and free. You are to research the different tools available to you, concentrate on free tools, and provide a summary of the tools and how you can use them to perform web browser forensics. You should also note whether the tools can be used on virtual machines.

Your research should include a 3-4 page executive summary paper in APA format, with all supporting references and screen shots of the software you explored that is available for you to use. The goal is to be able to use the software to conduct the investigation and analysis and provide a final report for testimony, just to give you an idea on where we are heading