Chapter 10: From this chapter, in addition, the previous ones, we continue to enhance our knowledge and understanding about IG best business practices, and how good data governance can ensure that downstream negative effects of poor data can be avoided and subsequent reports, analyses, and conclusions based on reliable, and trusted data could be achieved.  From the risk management perspective, data governance is a critical […]

In this scenario, hackers launch cyber attacks that affect several parts of the nation’s financial infrastructure over the course of several weeks. Specifically, sensitive credit card processing facilities are hacked and numbers are released to the Internet, causing 120 million cards to be cancelled; automated teller machines (ATMs) fail nearly simultaneously across the nation; major companies report payroll checks are not being received by workers; […]

One view of the goal of Test Driven Development (TDD) is that it is specification and not validation meaning that it is a certain way to think through requirements or design before writing the functional code implying that TDD is both an important agile requirement and agile design technique. Another view of the goal of TDD is that it is a programming technique where the objective is to […]

Using Porter’s Five Forces Model, personal Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and/ personal Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), explain how you will overcome threats from each of the five forces while achieving your professional goal(s) after graduation from the MS-IST Program.  The paper’s first paragraph must identify and define, at least one, of your post-graduation professional goals.

Discuss in 500 words or more the topic you have chosen for your final project. These topics should be focused and interesting not generic. Find something that intrigues you and that may help you in your current or future work. Your final project will consist of a twelve-minute or more presentation on your topic. You will also write a 750 word paper on the topic […]

Read the article titled, “How Cisco IT Controls Building Security over the Enterprise WAN,” located here (original article located at http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ciscoitatwork/‌downloads/ciscoitatwork/pdf/Cisco_IT_Case_Study_Enterprise_Access_Control.pdf). Use the Internet to research companies that have experienced problems and challenges similar to the ones Cisco Systems experienced in the case study.

Describe whether your management or workplace behavior has changed since you started taking this course. Why or why not? Develop a list of 5 key skills or behaviors you can apply in your organizational life, whether you are a manager or not. Tell me why you chose these skills. What is your current skill level in these areas? How will you evaluate your progress or […]

Network Architecture Paper: Using either the OSI Reference Model or the TCP/IP Protocol Suite, describe how each layer of the Model/Suite represents the communication flow between organizational levels and across departments/division of an actual hierarchical business.  Be sure to include a communication flow diagram showing the logical and physical connections.

Compare and contrast two difference cloud computing services (Amazon Web Service and Microsoft Azure). Explain the differences and the similarities and select your choice of providers if you had to make the decision for your business. Write up a comparison on the services offered (2 pages maximum). Once again, it is essential that you use your own words (do not just copy and paste from […]

In this module, you learned that random numbers (or, at least, pseudorandom numbers) are essential in cryptography, but it is extremely difficult even for powerful hardware and software to generate them. Go online and conduct research on random number generators. What are the different uses of these tools besides cryptography? How do they work? Explain your answer using your own words in 2-3 paragraphs including […]