1. How did Filecoin conduct its ICO?

2. How is Filecoin’s ICO similar to and different from:    a) an equity IPO?    b) a crowdfunding initiative on, for example, Kickstarter, Indiegogo, GoFundMe?

3. What are the pros and cons of Filecoin conducting a fundraising through an ICO?

4. Why should investors be attracted to Filecoin?

5. Why should be wary of Filecoin?

6. Why are regulators encouraging or opposing ICOs?7. What have some regulators done in response to ICOs?

Compose your essay in APA format, including the introduction and conclusion, and in-text citations for all sources used. In addition to your 3 page (minimum) essay, you must include an APA-style title page and reference page.

Most hackers start their careers breaking into computer systems as teenagers. 

What can we as a community of computer professionals do to reduce the temptation to become a hacker?

Create a 1-2 page single-spaced Analysis of Research abstract published scholarly articles related to a topic you selected in 2.2. (topic  cybersecurity)

Brevity and being concise are important as this analysis is intended to be a brief summation of the research.

Each abstract must therefore consist of the following in this order:

1. Bibliographic Citation – use the correctly formatted APA style citation for the work as the title of your abstract, displaying the full citation in bold font.

2. Author Qualifications – name and qualification of each author conducting the research

3. Research Concern – one paragraph summary of the reason for the overall research topic

4. Research Purpose Statement AND Research Questions or Hypotheses – specific focus of the research

5. Precedent Literature – key literature used in proposing the needed research (not the full bibliography or reference list)

6. Research Methodology – description of the population, sample, and data gathering techniques used in the research

7. Instrumentation – description of the tools used to gather data (surveys, tests,interviews, etc.)

8. Findings – summation of what the research discovered and the types of analysis that were used to describe the findings (tables, figures, and statistical measures)

Additional information on writing scholarly abstracts can be found via this link

See completed example

Write a paper discussing the obstacles, difficulties, and other criteria that should be considered when migrating infrastructure and data from a private data center to a public cloud provider.  

Use at least three properly documented references (do NOT use wikis).

Correctly cite your references using APA Edition 6 formatting.

Your paper should be at least 500 words in length using good grammar.

Use complete sentences and paragraphs. Do not use bullets.

• the contents of the security framework, which should include at least 12 control identifiers (ID) with family notation of your choice and should include whether the control identifier is of low risk, moderate risk, or high risk impact;
• a gap analysis including a minimum of three controls for ID
•  Your security framework must be at least one page in length 

Please see attached instructions. Deadline – 3 hrs (2-3 Pages)

This week’s journal article was focused on the Complexity of Information Systems Research in the Digital World.  Complexity is increasing as new technologies are emerging every day.  This complexity impacts human experiences.  Organizations are turning to digitally enabled solutions to assist with the emergence of digitalization. 

Please review the article and define the various technologies that are emerging as noted in the article.  Note how these emerging technologies are impacting organizations and what organizations can to do to reduce the burden of digitalization.

 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.

Scenario:

You have recently been hired as a Chief Information Governance Officer (CIGO) at a large company (You may choose your industry). This is a newly created position and department within the organization that was founded on the need to coordinate all areas of the business and to provide governance of the information. You will need to hire for all positions within your new department.

The company has been in business for more than 50 years and in this time has collected vast amounts of data. Much of this data has been stored in hard copy format in filing cabinets at an offsite location but in recent times, collected business data is in electronic format stored in file shares. Customer data is being stored in a relational database, but the lack of administration has caused data integrity issues such as duplication. There are currently no policies in place to address the handling of data, business or customer. The company also desires to leverage the marketing power of social media, but has no knowledge of the types of policies or legal issues they would need to consider. You will also need to propose relevant metrics that should be collected to ensure that the information governance program is effective.

The CEO and Board of Directors have tasked you to develop a proposal (paper) that will give them the knowledge needed to make informed decisions on an enterprise-wide Information Governance program, addressing (at a minimum) all of these issues, for the company. 

Requirements:

The paper should include the following sections:

a. Program and technology recommendations, including:

1. Metrics

2. Data that matters to the executives in that industry, the roles for those executives, and some methods for getting this data into their hands.

3. Regulatory, security, and privacy compliance expectations for your company

4. Email and social media strategy

5. Cloud Computing strategy

b. Conclusion

c. References

Notes:

1. You must include at least two figures or tables. These must be of your own creation. Do not copy from other sources.

2. Must cite at least 5 peer reviewed scholarly journals.

3. This paper should be in APA format and should be a minimum of 4 pages in length

Compare and evaluate in 500 words or more qualitative v quantitative risk assessment.  

Write an essay of at least 500 words discussing the use of encryption to protect data at rest, in motion, and in use.    

Do not copy without providing proper attribution. This paper will be evaluated through SafeAssign. 

Write in essay format not in outline, bulleted, numbered or other list format.  

Use the five paragraph format. Each paragraph must have at least five sentences. Include 3 quotes with quotation marks and cited in-line and in a list of references. Include an interesting meaninful title.

Include at least one quote from each of 3 different articles. Use the Research Databases available from the Danforth Library, not Google.  Place the words you copied (do not alter or paraphrase the words) in quotation marks and cite in-line (as all work copied from another should be handled). The quotes should be full sentences (no more, less) and should be incorporated in your discussion (they do not replace your discussion) to illustrate or emphasize your ideas.

Cite your sources in a clickable reference list at the end. Do not copy without providing proper attribution (quotation marks and in-line citations).

It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply with the instructions regarding length of your submission Do not use spinbot or other word replacement software. Proof read your work or have it edited. Find something interesting and/or relevant to your work to write about.  

https://www.zdnet.com/article/encrypting-data-at-rest-is-vital-but-its-just-not-happening/

https://digitalguardian.com/blog/data-protection-data-in-transit-vs-data-at-rest

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/azure-security-encryption-atrest

https://www.datamotion.com/2015/12/best-practices-securing-data-at-rest-in-use-and-in-motion/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DsnvMkGLS4

Transparent Data Encryption

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNx4s8q-8E

Homomorphic Encryption

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBO7t_NVvCc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfwo-S2jZv4