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  2019 Georgia Cyberattacks

You are assigned with the task of writing a 1500-2000 word critical analysis academic paper on the incident response and disaster recovery of a specific cybersecurity incident. You will find your assigned cyberattack/breach in the list below. Your paper must analyze how the targeted/victim organization detected, responded to, and recovered from the attack. Your paper must include the following:

1. It must be 1500-2000 words not including the references (you will lose marks if you exceed or fail to meet the wordcount by). 

2. It must be an original work of your own research and writing skills, free of plagiarism. 

3. It must be in the ieee format with correct citations and references. 

4. It must be written in professional academic language free of colloquialisms but also written so that a reader with an unknown level of knowledge (such as a C level executive, a board member, or manager) can understand your meaning, argument, and purpose. 

5. You must use reliable sources. i.e. Trusted verifiable web resources (i.e. legitimate websites, news resources, white papers, peer reviewed works such as books, conference papers, reports journal articles, etc) NOT Wikipedia or personal blogs. 

6. Your paper must have an introduction with a clearly stated thesis (an argument statement that tells the reader the point you will make. For example, XYZ company’s response to the ABC cyberattack was poorly managed due to a lack of communication or 123 Corp prevented severe financial losses due to their incident response handling). The introduction is the roadmap/outline to your paper. Following the introduction there must be a body containing the history of the attack/breach and an analysis of the incident that supports and proves your thesis. Lastly, you must write a conclusion that states how you have proven your argument and why it matters to Contingency Planning (IRP, BCP, DRP). The written part of the paper must be followed by a properly formatted list of references.

Skim through Appendix A(LINK BELOW) on Microsoft Project 2016 (available on the Companion website for this text). Review information about Project 2016 from the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com). Research three other project management software tools, including at least one smartphone app. Write a paper answering the following questions:

 a)What functions does project management software provide that you cannot do easily using other tools such as a spreadsheet or database?

 b)How do the different tools you reviewed compared with Project 2016, based on cost of the tool, key features and other relevant criteria? 

c)How can organizations justify investing in enterprise or portfolio project management software?

https://intropm.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/project2016guide.pdf 

APA STYLE, 2 PAGES, COVER SHEET

1.Assignment

• identify and apply the different analysis and design methods for business applications;
• operate effectively within a team environment demonstrating team building and project management skills in information systems analysis and design; and
• communicate information effectively in presentations with oral, written and electronic formats using media formats widely adopted for information systems development in business and government.

Create an alternative decision matrix for the case system. Using Excel or Word, develop a decision matrix to be used to evaluate three proposed design alternatives (alternatives A, B, and C).

The idea is to create a worksheet that can be applied to any set of alternatives.

Criteria: Decision matrix has columns for criteria weights and points available, and columns that represent three proposals. Within each proposal include columns for points assigned and

the product of points assigned times criteria weight. The bottom row of the matrix contains column totals.

Your essay should be 3 pages in content and fully explore all of the following items described above. Include at least 2 outside citations (not including your text) and use proper APA formatting.

Atleast 2 In-line citations and references required.

2. Weekly Memo – Memo should be related to the discussions , assignment and should be one page(citations,references, APA not required).

 Submit a one page outline with your proposed term paper title, thesis statement, and an outline of the subtopics you will cover in your paper. The term paper details are listed below. ALL TOPICS MUST BE APPROVED. A FAILURE TO HAVE THE TOPIC APPROVED WILL RESULT IN A ZERO GRADE FOR THE TERM PAPER OUTLINE AND THE TERM PAPER. You can send a message with the topic for approval.

This project provides you with the opportunity to increase and demonstrate your understanding of cyberlaw theory and practice. You will need to choose a law(s) that you are interested in researching. The paper must be 4-6 pages in length detailing the below questions. Before completing the below steps, please make sure that the topic is approved.

1. Thesis: What law are you researching (You are to choose a specific law. Please do not choose a topic)? What position do you want to take in regard to your chosen law? You will need to decide if you agree or disagree with the current way the law is written. You can choose to like certain aspects of the law and not others.

2. Background: What is the existing point you want to challenge or support, and how did the law get to be that way (This is where you would need to find cases, background information, etc.)?

3. Inadequacies: What are the deficiencies in the present way of doing things, or what are the weaknesses in the argument you are attacking?

4. Adequacies: Discuss the positive aspects of the law?

5. Proposed Changes: How will we have a better situation, mode of understanding or clarity with what you are advocating? In short, how can the law be improved (or not diminished)? (This is where you have the chance to change the law with your own ideas of how it should be written).

6). Conclusion: Why should and how can your proposal be adopted?

A detailed implementation plan is NOT expected, but you should provide enough specifics for practical follow-up. In making recommendations, you are expected to draw on theories, concepts, and reading 

Use the information below to help with the outline for the term paper

 Are there any loopholes in the IT ACT 2000?

Yes, there are many weaknesses and loopholes revolving around Information Technology Act, 2000 even after the 2008 amendments. They are as follows:

1. ITA 2000 does not deal with Proper Intellectual Property Protection for Electronic Information and Data. Contentious yet very important issues concerning online copyrights, trademarks, and patents have been left unnoticed by the law, thereby leaving many loopholes.
2. It does not pay any heed to Domain Name related issues. It does not deal with the rights and liabilities of domain name holders.
3. It does not cover various evolving forms and manifestations of cybercrimes such as:

• Cyber theft;
• Cyberstalking;
• Cyber harassment;
• Cyber defamation;
• Cyber fraud;
• Chat room abuses;
• Misuse of credit card numbers.

4. It does not touch upon antitrust issues.

5. It is not explicit about the regulations of electronic payments.

And the biggest flaw is the improper implementation of the cyber laws as the police stations are not well equipped with the required technology and technical skills associated with them.

 Bitcoin Economics.  For this week’s research paper, search the Internet and explain why some organizations are accepting and other organizations are rejecting the use of Bitcoins as a standard form of currency.  Your paper needs to identify two major companies that have adopted Bitcoin technology as well as one that has refused accepting Bitcoin as a form of currency. Be sure to discuss each organization, how they adopted (or why they won’t adopt) Bitcoin, and what recommendations you have for them to continue to support Bitcoin (or why they should support Bitcoin). 

5 pages , APA format, 3 scholar references

• Distinguish between due care and due diligence.
• Based on your experience, provide examples of due care and due diligence.

Textbook Exercises

Chapter 5 Hashed Data Structures

1, 5, 9, 10, 11 (a)(b), 25, 26, 28

Chapter 6 Recursion

2 (a,b,c,d), 11(a, b, c, d)

Instructor”s question and case for class discussion:

“Why do we need to understand data visualisations? There is more and more data around us, and data are increasingly used in decision-making, journalism, and to make sense of the world. One of the main ways that people get access to data is through visualisations, but lots of people feel like they don’t have the skills and knowledge to make sense of visualisations. This can mean that some people feel left out of conversations about data.” – http://seeingdata.org/developing-visualisation-literacy/

Choose three of your favorite visualizations. Post a 3 – 5 sentence summary (for each) of why you chose the visualizations. What catches your attention? Are these visuals effective in presenting the provided data? If possible, explain what you would do to improve the visualization(s).

Also Reply to your classmates:

When replying to a classmate, offer your opinion on what he/she posted and the visualizations they chose. Using at least 3 – 5 sentences, explain if you agree or disagree with his/her evaluation of the visualizations.

 Research Apple Home Pod. How does it interact with smart home devices?  Alexa is now connected to smart home devices such as thermostats and microwaves. Find examples of other appliances that are connected to Alexa and write a report.
 

300 words

There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post.  Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author’s words and continue to use in-text citations.

Let’s Pause and Reflect on your journey with the MICROSOFT ACCESS relational database management application.

Please identify at least one new feature/function discussed this week in the application and explain why you feel it may be useful to you and/or others.

You’re almost there!!! You should be able to see the ‘light at the end of tunnel’ with your journey through Microsoft Office…Are you planning for future use of these applications?
Please share how you plan to regularly and practically utilize the skills acquired in this class moving forward. How will you keep up your practice in using these applications?

ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC – Wrap Up Extra Credit: Participating in this week’s wrap up thread and satisfying all the criteria of the assignment rubric listed below is worth 0.50 points towards the overall course grade. Click on the Reply link below to make your post.

Points

Identifies and explains a useful feature/function of the application covered in the current week

0.20

Shares substantive response to additional Wrap Up questions

0.20

Satisfies minimum word count requirement = 100 words

0.10

Total Points

0.50