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1. Read pp. 82-95 from Language in Thought and Action by S. I. Hayakawa and Alan R. Hayakawa. (OCLS)
2. Create a ladder of abstraction for your operating paradigm as described by Hawakaya and Hayakawa. 
3. Post your ladder for class review and comment.

Read from this link: https://medium.com/@tombarrett/up-and-down-the-ladder-of-abstraction-cb73533be751

450 words with in-text and 3 main references

Using the following link as your reference, select TWO and explain the differences

(viruses, worms, trojans, and bots).

What Is the Difference: Viruses, Worms, Trojans, and Bots?

 The answer will be checked for plagiarism. 

1. Discuss OSINT, how it works, and its role in the realm of social engineering.
2. Why is it difficult to detect fileless malware on a traditional anti-virus tool? Explain.
3. What are the major ingredients which you would consider if you have been 
   tasked to develop an incident response (IR) plan from the scratch?
4. What is Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)? Explain the difference between Cyber Threat Intelligence and Cyber Intelligence.
5. What is SCDA security and what are the biggest security/risk concerns of these systems?

 The answer will be checked for plagiarism.

Discuss the phases of change noted in the Linear Development in Learning Approaches section in the Information Technology and Organizational Learning text.

Zero Plagiarism

The purpose of this assignment is to examine the components of a research article and help you identify guidelines for conducting critical analyses of published works.  The knowledge gained should be applied when completing your research assignments.  As you complete assignments it is a good idea to proof read your work or use the University writing center to help with APA formatting.  Both are great avenues for assistance in minimizing grammatical errors and conducting research.

Please use the attached “Guidelines for Evaluating a Research Article” to answer the below questions.  Write a 5 – 7 page paper on:

• What is an Information Technology Project?  
• Identify & explain the major parts of a research paper.
• Explain the difference(s) between qualitative vs quantitative research methods.
• Why use Peer Reviewed journals?
• Why are keywords used during the Literature Review process?
• Why are project deliverables, limitations & deadlines an important aspect of project development?
• Why use/apply APA Basic Citation Stiles in YOUR writing assignments/research?
• Why is Academic Integrity important (see syllabus)?
• Explain the difference between plagiarism vs self-plagiarism? 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Use at least five – ten (5 – 10) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.  nclude a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page do not count toward the page count.

4. In 2017, McKinsey & Company created a five-part video titled “Ask the AI Experts: What Advice Would You Give to Executives About AI?” View the video and summarize the advice given to the major issues discussed. (Note: This is a class project.)

5. Watch the McKinsey & Company video (3:06 min.) on today’s drivers of AI at youtube.com/ watch?v=yv0IG1D-OdU and identify the major AI drivers. Write a report.

15. Explore the AI-related products and services of Nuance Inc. (nuance.com). Explore the Dragon voice recogni-tion product.

Scope of Risk assessment in an organization

Power Points/ Class Discussion Topics

1. Discuss the importance of mutual exclusion and synchronization in the case of process cooperation. What problems could arise if the system lacks these two features?  How could semaphores help? 
2. Compare threads and processes and discuss their similarities and differences.  

Additional Resources

1. Concurrent processing: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/A60725_05/html/comnls/us/fnd/over.htm
2. Multiprogramming and multiprocessing: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/zosbasics/com.ibm.zos.zconcepts/zconcepts_75.htm

 Discussion Week 8

Here is an assessment on Leadership Style. Please take this assessment and provide an analysis of the results. How does this relate to you? How does your style impact the technological tools that you will use as a leader? How would you use your style to lead your organization? 

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/leadership-style-quiz.htm