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Create a 3 – 4 page evaluation report

The leadership of GTR is considering AWS for their enterprise cloud solution, but some members of the leadership team are skeptical of this solution. They have asked you, as a solution architect, to provide them with a report describing the advantages and disadvantages of the AWS. Based on what you learned in the materials this week and any personal experience with the solution, answer the following:

Create a 2- to 3-page evaluation report of the AWS cloud solutions, including:

  • Explain the reasons for switching to cloud architecture from on-premises, in general.
  • Explain what it means to design resilient architectures.
  • Describe the purpose of AWS.
  • Describe how AWS helps design resilient architectures.
  • Describe at least two advantages of using AWS*.
  • Describe at least two disadvantages of AWS*.
  • Create a chart with AWS’s primary competitors and a brief description of strengths and cautions. (Tip: pick 2 to 3 competitors and focus on general strengths and cautions relevant to GTR.)
  • Add anything else you feel your leadership team would need to know. 

*The advantages and disadvantages should be relevant to GTR, who has retail operations in 10 states and 5 countries and is experiencing rapid growth. For example, one consideration could be if AWS does not operate in a country where GTR does business, is there an impact?

Cite all sources using APA format and give attribution where appropriate.

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AWS website

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As part of your Vulnerability Management project last week, you analyzed a report on a Windows system within the company network vulnerable to the MS17-010 exploit. That report was created using OpenVAS, a free vulnerability scanner designed to run on Linux operating systems (https://www.openvas.org/). Now that you’ve examined a vulnerability assessment report for a Windows machine, it’s time to see what the same tool produces from a Linux system. OpenVAS was used to scan a Linux machine on the network running the company’s database applications. This machine is using an older version of Linux because the company’s database applications are not supported with the latest Linux shared libraries. This system contains critical data and cannot be taken offline.

Your analysis of these two reports should provide you with a good understanding of the OpenVAS tool and the reports you will encounter in the workplace. The report used for this discussion limits the scope to a single host to allow you to focus on the vulnerabilities you would encounter on a Linux machine in the workplace. You will also be able to compare/contrast the vulnerabilities across the two OS platforms.

Looking ahead to Project 2’s VM Scanner Background Report (due at the end of Week 5), you will analyze the results from a commercial VM scanner. You’ll be better prepared to assess the output from the two different vulnerability scanning tools and to form the basis of your recommendation to management.

Review Report of Linux Server (OLD) and answer the following questions in your response:

1. For this Linux system, what do you recommend fixing right away? Are there dangers if the vulnerabilities and associated threats are not fixed?
2. How do you fix the problem(s) identified? Can you defer mitigation for another time? How can the problem(s) be fixed if the system cannot be taken offline?

Judy is considering asking the pen tester to rescan the company systems using the commercial tool, Nessus. The organization has an evaluation version that can be used for 30 days. After that, the company will need to purchase the tool. The cost is significant.

3. Since some machines were already scanned with OpenVAS, should you also consider scanning the same systems with Nessus? Why or why not?
4. Conduct open source research using the internet. Roughly, what is the cost to license Nessus for one year?

Internet Systems Technologies Comparisons

 

Assignment Content

  1. Imagine this scenario: Pine Valley Furniture wants to use Internet systems to provide value to its customers and staff. There are many software technologies available to Internet systems development teams, including SOAP, HTML, JSON, XML, CSS, ASP.NET, Objective-C, PHP, Java™, Python, Ruby, AJAX, Swift™, AngularJS, Bootstrap, jQuery, and R.

    Choose 1 of the following formats for this assignment:

    • A 3–4 page Microsoft® Word® APA formatted document containing a comparison table with supporting narrative
    • Tabbed Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet with a supporting narrative
    • Address the following items in the table and supporting narrative of your assignment:
    • Compare at least 3 Internet systems developments software technologies for use at Pine Valley Furniture.
    • Analyze how the selected Internet systems developments software technologies support Pine Valley Furniture’s core business processes. Please note that you should always consider that your audience may be more business-oriented than technical oriented so you need to spell out what you mean in regards to how this supports Pine Valley Furniture’s core business processes and not provide just a technical description.
    • Justify why an Internet systems developer might choose a specific type of technology instead of another type of technology for Pine Valley Furniture.
    • Explain how these technologies can bring value to Pine Valley Furniture. Please note that you should always consider that your audience may be more business-oriented than technical oriented so you need to spell out what you mean in regards to how this provides value to Pine Valley Furniture’s business and not provide just a technical description.
    • Incorporate additional research (at least one external reference in addition to the class material) to support your comparison.
    • All the material above should be included as part of your Microsoft® Word® document or Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet and not as separate files.

      Provide references and citations according to APA guidelines. Please review the Center for Writing Excellence material regarding references, citations, paraphrasing, plagiarism and the Student Code of Academic Integrity. To sum this up, proper references and citations are needed for all of your work and should also be provided on your Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheets or in your Microsoft® Word® document – just having a list of References at the end is not sufficient.

      Please make sure your material is specific for the Pine Valley Furniture project and not just generic material.

      Make sure your material is specific for the Pine Valley Furniture project and not just generic material.

      Please note that this assignment is graded according to a standard rubric. Please review the grading rubric to begin organizing your assignment. It clearly defines expectations and is what your faculty member will use to grade your submission.