You are a systems engineer contracted to move The Grass is Greener, Inc. (GIG, Inc.) from their on-premises data center to the cloud. GIG, Inc. is a large landscaping company that has outgrown their current IT structure. They have a strong online presence that provides 50% of their new customer traffic and the convenient online payment section for customers. Both of these front-ends are connected […]

This week’s reading centered around how Big Data analytics can be used with Smart Cities. This is exciting and can provide many benefits to individuals as well as organizations. For this week’s research assignment, you are to search the Internet for other uses of Big Data in RADICAL platforms. Please pick an organization or two and discuss the usage of big data in RADICAL platforms including how […]

Jonathan Simpson owns a construction company. One day a subcontractor calls him saying that he needs a replacement check for the job he completed at 1437 Elm Street. Jonathan looks up the job on his accounting program and agrees to reissue the check for $12,750. The subcontractor says that the original check was for only $10,750. Jonathan looks around the officeand cannot find the company […]

Using the Sage tool solve, Let temp_block denote a Sage variable that contains the output of the first application of function fK (f_K in the Sage example code) while encrypting with Simplified DES. Using subroutines from the example sage Code, write sage code to recover the input block passed to Simplifed DES Decrypt. Meaning reverse the first steps in Simplified DES Encrypt. You may assume […]

  Review the included ISACA built risk case.  You will need to complete the tasks identified in the later part of these slides labeled To Do.  Re-evaluate the probability and risk level for all of the rows in table 2.  When you make your decision on the new probability rating, you will need to justify this with one to two articles.  When you identify the new risk level, […]

 Their is little doubt we are living at a time when technology is advancing at a pace that some believe is too fast for humans to trucly understand the implications these advances may have.  Search the peer-reviewed literature for examples of this. You may select any topic relating to technology that illustrates the potential for really messing things up. Include, in your description, an analysis […]

Data Science is a vastly growing field. Part of what makes this such a significant field to be in is its applicability to many other fields and nearly every industry. One of these is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Specifically, artificial neural networks (ANN) is a sub-field of AI. The topic is addressed beginning on page 249 of the text. The text notes issues with deep learning […]

Chalmers et al. (1995, p. 173) stated that, validation of a simulation against empirical data is not about comparing “the real world” and the simulation output; but it is a comparison of what is observed as the real world with what is observed as the output.  In this scenario, both are constructions of observers and their views concerning relevant agents and their attributes (Chalmers et […]

agerspges 5Please complete this assignment before the due date listed in the course / class schedule. The paper should be 5 pages only content with double spaced, 12 point times new roman font with 1 inch margins. Title page, restating the instructions, table of contents, and references do not count towards the page count.  Please submit this assignment to the appropriate Assignment Submission Area Dropbox. 

Write or reflect on how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment or personal life. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study or your personal life.