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Your team currently works as a research wing for a standard SOC (Security Operations Center).  The SOC keeps analytics on the current trends within the network.  Your team will be assigned a current issue that has been seen at the border of the network, trying to infiltrate the organizations network/systems.  Upon being assigned your item, it will be your job to go out and search OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) for more information on the attack being observed.  This could be a single port number, a series of attacks that has been identified, or an IP address to research and identify; your professor will assign this.  Your deliverable will be a 5 page APA style research report with your findings.  Discover current attacks being performed through this port, or current state of a known scanning suite.  Find sources, if possible, source code of attacks that are known to exploit this weakness and break down the code.  List known services on the affected ports that are associated and current attacks being performed on these services (list any CVE findings and briefly list and explain).  Look at SNORT rules that watch for these attacks and list that SID.

Finally, to wrap-up your research, present the current risk level associated with this threat.  Use the FAIR methodology to derive your threat assessment.  The attached FAIR PDF will walk you through your analysis.  To complete the FAIR document:

• Step 1:  Asset at Risk will be the organization’s primary e-commerce web server.
• Step 2:  You will provide this answer based on your research.
• Step 3:  You will provide this answer based on your research; however, keep in mind how many times per day this is scanning the network, which will be given to your when you receive your topic.
• Step 4:  You will provide this answer based on your research.
• Step 5:  Assume the e-Commerce server is fully up-to-date and running the following base software:  Red Hat Linux, Apache, MariaDB, Drupal, PHP and is hardened based on base NIST recommendations for operations.
• Step 6-7:  Calculate
• Step 8:  Assume Moderate
• Step 9:  Assume Moderate
• Step 10:  Calculate and create this chart in excel with the appropriate item highlighted.  Include this chart in your paper and presentation.

The paper should be based on ” There is an uptick in port 8080 according to SANS Top 10. Why is that being targeted currently? “

Note: See the attachment

Complete the following assignment in one MS word document:

Chapter 2 – Exercises 4 and 15

Exercise 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.

Exercise 15:

There are a few AI applications for tourism, such as Bold360 and AltexSoft, for dealing with customers and offering consultancy services. Discuss these in a report.

Include an APA cover page and include at least two APA formatted references

Required Textbook: Tapscott, D., &Tapscott, A. (2016). Blockchain revolution: how the technology behind bitcoin is changing money, business, and the world. Penguin. 

This week’s reading introduced an overview of blockchain and its impact on business(see the attachment). 

Discussion:

 1.choose a use case from section III, and a risk for adoption from section IV. 

2.Describe a real blockchain-based product that implements your chosen use case and how your chosen risk could impact the project’s success. 

3.Then think of three questions you’d like to ask other students and add these to the end of your thread. The questions should be taken from material you read or videos you watched from this week’s assigned activities. You’re not trying to test each other, but you are trying to start a discussion. 

Write one page document

1 page

discuss the problem with  Asymmetric issues. 

• Identify and justify the best encryption option that you have identified after researching the issues with encryption and how they can be remediated. 

1. Personal Responsibility includes the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making.  Read the article attached defining how programmers need to take personal responsibility for their work.  After reading, write a 200 word reflection on this article.  Question you might answer:  Did you know this?  Things that surprised you about the article (things you did not know).  Research more about this topic and include anything else you learned.  List your sources.

2. What do you think you should do if you are working on a team and one member fails to take personal responsibility?  You have a deadline and the team member decides to leave work before the deadline is met.

Part 2: 5 Points

Reply to another students post.

Fill in the table above by subnetting 192.168.1.0 so that all subnets created have the necessary IP’s to accomodate 15 devices on the network which includes the router gateway interface. Choose the most efficient subnet mask and fill in the subnet ID’s (Network IP), Host Range IP’s, Broadcast IP and Subnet Mask.

The Excel Form to do this assignment is embedded in the Upload file below.

instructions in pdf

1. Open the EmergencyProcedures-02.docx start file. If the document opens in Protected View, click the Enable Editing button so you can modify it.
2. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your instructor, and save it.
3. Change the theme to Integral and the theme color to Red.
4. Change the top, bottom, left, and right margins to 0.75″.
5. Select the entire document and change the font size to 12 pt.
6. Format the title of the document.
   1. Select the title of the document and apply Heading 1 style.
   2. Open the Font dialog box, apply All caps effect, and change the font size to 16 pt.
   3. Change the Before paragraph spacing to 0 pt.
   4. Add a bottom border to the title using the Borders drop-down list.
7. Apply and modify the Heading 2 style and delete blank lines.
   1. Apply the Heading 2 style to each of the bold section headings.
   2. Select the first section heading (“Emergency Telephones [Blue Phones]”).
   3. Change Before paragraph spacing to 12 pt. and After paragraph spacing to 3 pt.
   4. Apply small caps effect.
   5. Update Heading 2 style to match selection. All the section headings are updated.
   6. Turn on Show/Hide and delete all the blank lines in the document.
8. Select the bulleted list in the first section and change it to a numbered list.
9. Apply numbering format and formatting changes, and use the Format Painter.
   1. Apply numbering to the text below the section headings in the following sections: “Assaults, Fights, or Emotional Disturbances”; “Power Failure”; “Fire”; “Earthquake”; and “Bomb Threat.”
   2. Select the numbered list in the “Bomb Threat” section.
   3. Open the Paragraph dialog box, set Before and After paragraph spacing to 2 pt., deselect the Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style check box, and click OK to close the dialog box.
   4. Use the Format Painter to copy this numbering format to each of the other numbered lists.
   5. Reset each numbered list so it begins with 1 (right-click the first item in each numbered list and select Restart at 1 from the context menu).
10. Customize a bulleted list and use the Format Painter.
    1. Select the text in the “Accident or Medical Emergency” section.
    2. Create a custom bulleted list and use a double right-pointing triangle symbol (Webdings, Character code 56).
    3. Open the Paragraph dialog box and confirm the left indent is 0.25″ and hanging indent is 0.25″. If not, change the settings.
    4. Set Before and After paragraph spacing to 2 pt. and deselect the Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style check box.
    5. Use the Format Painter to apply this bulleted list format to the following text in the following sections: “Tips to Professors and Staff” and “Response to Students.”
11. Change indent and paragraph spacing and apply a style.
    1. Select the text below the “Emergency Telephone Locations” heading.
    2. Set a 0.25″ left indent.
    3. Set Before and After paragraph spacing to 2 pt.
    4. Confirm the Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style box is unchecked (Paragraph dialog box).
    5. Apply Book Title style to each of the telephone locations in the “Emergency Telephone Locations” section. Select only the location, not the text in parentheses or following text.
12. Change left indent and paragraph spacing and set a tab stop with a dot leader.
    1. Select the text below the “Emergency Phone Numbers” heading.
    2. Open the Paragraph dialog box and set a 0.25″ left indent for this text.
    3. Set Before and After paragraph spacing to 2 pt. and confirm the Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style box is unchecked.
    4. Open the Tabs dialog box, set a right tab stop at 7″, and use a dot leader (2).
    5. Press Tab before the phone number (after the space) on each of these lines. The phone numbers align at the right margin with a dot leader between the text and phone number.
13. Apply the Intense Reference style to the paragraph headings in the “Accident or Medical Emergency” section (“Life-Threating Emergencies” and “Minor Emergencies”). Include the colon when selecting the paragraph headings.
14. Use the Replace feature to replace all instances of “Phone 911” with “CALL 911” with bold font style. Note: If previous Find or Replace criteria displays in the Replace dialog box, remove this content before performing this instruction.
15. Insert a footer with document property fields and the current date that appears on every page.
    1. Edit the footer on the first page and use the ruler to move the center tab stop to 3.5″ and the right tab stop to 7″.
    2. Insert the Title document property field on the left. Use the right arrow key to deselect the document property field.
    3. Tab to the center tab stop and insert the Company document property field at center. Use the right arrow key to deselect the document property field.
    4. Tab to the right tab stop, insert (not type) the date (use January 1, 2020 format), and set it to update automatically.
    5. Change the font size of all the text in the footer to 10 pt.
    6. Add a top border to the text in the footer using the Borders drop-down list and close the footer.
16. Use the Borders and Shading dialog box to insert a page border on the entire document.
    1. Use Shadow setting and solid line style.
    2. Select the fifth color in the first row of the Theme Colors (Dark Red, Accent 1) and 1 pt. line width.
17. Center the entire document vertically (Hint: use the Page Setup dialog box).
18. View the document in Side to Side page movement view [View tab, Page Movement group] and then return to Vertical page movement view.
19. Save and close the document (Figure 2-119).
20. Upload and save your project file.
21. Submit project for grading.

It is necessary to explore all of the stakeholders involved within a software’s development to understand the pedigree of the software from a security standpoint. This will then allow a security professional to make informed decisions toward risk management.

Explore where and how the Adobe reader software is developed. In 500-750 words, report your findings. Make sure to address the following:

1. Where does Adobe indicate their product is located/headquartered?
2. Where is the software really developed and by whom?
3. How many are involved in the development of Adobe and what threat might that pose to end users?
4. What best practices should be considered during the development of the software to reduce security issues in reference to Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)?

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Statement of Purpose

Provide a statement of your educational background, experience, and preparation relevant to a graduate program in computer science, and specify your research and career goals.

The statement of purpose is a short essay introducing the applicant and his or her

interests, goals, and reasons for pursuing graduate study in history. Applicants may wish

to share a draft of their statement with the individuals writing their letters of

recommendation. While every statement, like every prospective student, will be different,

applicants should devote special attention to the following items:

• Academic/Professional Background: Please give your academic credentials, with

degrees, dates, and relevant employment experience. You do not need to list every

job you have had, only those that bear directly on your desire to enter graduate

school.

• Motivations and Aims: Explain what motivates you to do graduate work in history

and what your goals are, both within the graduate program and after the

completion of your degree.

• Existing Expertise and Accomplishments in History: Discuss any areas of

expertise you may already have in your proposed area of interest. If you have

experience doing research, please describe the project and your work on it. If you

have any special talents or skills, such as a foreign language, please describe

them.

• Proposed Course of Study: Please identify planned major field and minor fields of

study.

• Other Relevant Experiences or Personal Qualities: Discuss any experiences or

personal attributes that may illuminate your commitment to the study of history

and to the successful completion of the graduate program.

Format: Your statement of purpose should be limited to no more than 750 words

(between 2 and 3 pages).