At UC, it is a priority that students are provided with strong educational programs and courses that allow them to be servant-leaders in their disciplines and communities, linking research with practice and knowledge with ethical decision-making. This assignment is a written assignment where students will demonstrate how this course research has connected and put into practice within their own career.

 You’ve just left an all-hands meeting at your company*. The CEO was very upset at the rise of shadow IT projects – a major indicator that the company’s internal information system has failed to meet its needs. Because the current information system is inadequate, inefficient, and outdated, the CEO is inviting everyone in the organization to propose a new operational, decision support, or enterprise information […]

Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of the courses completed in this department have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to […]

 Many people believe that the use of biometrics is an invasion of privacy. For example, an eye scanning device records the inner structure of a person’s eye and stores that image in a database. Critics worry that databases of human traits used to maintain corporate security may actually pose a privacy threat to individuals, if such data were used in other ways. In your view, […]

 Read the article titled “Tobacco Industry Manipulation of Research”, analyze the information in the article, and write a 6-page (4 pages of content) case study paper. Include in-text citations from at least 2 peer reviewed sources. The case study paper should include the following sections: A. Introduction B. Description of the controversy C. Description of the tobacco industry research practice and reporting strategies that facilitated […]

Discuss the difference between a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), a Business Continuity Plan (BCP), and a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).  You might want to start with the definitions from the NIST SP 800-34, located at http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-34r1.pdf.  Section 3.5 discusses the different types of Plan Testing, Training, and Exercises.

Research design (solution approach) : In this section you are explaining (in full details) the procedures and processes that you will perform to achieve the specific goals of your project. You have to be very precise and clear on the actions and you should justify your actions. In addition you should explain what data (or information) you are planning to collect (and why? justify with literature) […]

 Pay attention to what you are being asked to do (see Grading Rubric below). For example, to describe does not mean to list, but to tell about or illustrate in more than two or three sentences, providing appropriate arguments for your responses using theories discussed in our text.  Be sure to address all parts of the topic question as most have multiple parts. A verifiable […]

 Assignment 8.1 – Workflow Model Use the cyber forensic framework presented in Chapters 2 and 7 of the textbook and the Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response and Computer Security Incident Handling Guide to develop a basic workflow model of how you would proceed with a Cloud Storage forensic investigation. You have proceeded far enough in this course to have a basic understanding […]

As a member of the Information Security team at a small college, you have been made the project manager to install an access control system (ACS) in a dormitory. The ACS will automatically unlock the dormitory doors via an electronic proximity reader and integrate with an existing security camera system.  The cameras are designed to face and rotate to record a person as they use […]