Vince Patton had been waiting years for this day. He pulled the papers together in front of him and scanned the small conference room. “You’re fired,” he said to the four divisional CIOs sitting at the table. They looked nervously at him, grinning weakly. Vince wasn’t known to make practical jokes, but this had been a pretty good meeting, at least relative to some they’d […]

Chapter 13 – According to Franks and Smallwood (2013), information has become the lifeblood of every business organization, and that an increasing volume of information today has increased and exchanged through the use of social networks and Web2.0 tools like blogs, microblogs, and wikis.  When looking at social media in the enterprise, there is a notable difference in functionality between e-mail and social media, and […]

 In this essay, you will explain how quantum cryptography works and what role you think it will play in the future of cryptography. You will also provide a table that differentiates between traditional cryptography and quantum cryptography – listing the benefits and drawbacks of both. In addition to the video, choose one other scholarly reference to support your discussion.  Requirements:  Submit in a Word document. […]

 This week you will watch Setting Up Damn Vulnerable Web Applications (DVWA) Environment at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOTaLgY5i5I.  Download the image at https://www.vulnhub.com/entry/damn-vulnerable-web-application-dvwa-107,43/.  Complete at least two scenarios and provide PowerPoint presentations with screenshots of what you did in discussion forum. 

Normally you gather requirements through interviews and reviews with stakeholders.  From these interviews and reviews you gain an understanding of what the software needs to do.  Then you clearly, unambiguously document it in a requirements format.  It is a little hard in a classroom setting to provide stakeholders.  So in this exercise you will be provided a finished software product.  You can learn how the […]

 Organizations rely heavily on the use of information technology (IT) products and services to run their day-to-day activities. Ensuring the security of these products and services is of the utmost importance for the success of the organization. Having a security policy that address acceptable use of these resources is an essential aspect of IT governance and management. 

For this assignment, you will be developing a prototype mock-up for both kiosk display screens and smart phone display screens. You will also include a narrative to explain how you would navigate each of the prototype options. The goal is to create a mock-up that will allow the user to perform usability testing on each of the options in week 4. You may use a low-fidelity approach […]

Your company will hold a National Convention of all of the executive staff members from all 15 locations of the company in the U.S. next week. The CIO has chosen the topic, “IT Security Awareness” and has chosen you to create and deliver the presentation with an Executive Summary at one of the Executive Round Table Meetings at the convention. Additionally, the CIO has stressed […]

Ph.D. candidates should provide authentic personal statements to each of the five following questions/prompts reflecting on their own personal interests. In the event that any outside resources are used, resources should be cited in APA format. Submissions should be a maximum of 500 words or 125 words per question/prompt. It is best to respond to each prompt/question individually for clarity of the reviewer. Documents should […]

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, […]