This week’s reading introduced an overview of blockchain security. Create a new thread and choose a security threat from Chapter 11. Then describe the impact of the chosen threat if it would be realized in a blockchain environment, and what you can do to mitigate the threat. Then think of three questions you’d like to ask other students and add these to the end of […]

Figure 9.1 shows five stages of process development.  Can you explain the  five and how they can apply to your daily life?  Additionally, there is a dotted line between Policy evaluation and production identification, Policy evaluation and Policy implement, and Policy evaluation and Policy formulation.  Can you explain this line and why they are important?

Some organizations prohibit workers from bringing certain kinds of devices into the workplace, such as cameras, cell phones, and USB drives. Some businesses require employees to use clear or see-through backpacks when carrying personal items. What other devices might not be allowed in certain facilities, and why would they be restricted? The video on Google’s Data Center may give you some ideas to write about […]

Critically analyze scholarly research and describe the basic concepts associated with managing information systems related to risks, use, processing, storage, and transmission of information or data. Be sure to compare and contrast the core principles of information assurance and prioritize in the order each in your own opinion (Support your opinion).

I conducted this week’s discussion board exercise using Radware’s Appwall firewall and Windows     Defender vulnerability scanner. I used version 7.5.7:94 of Appwall and kept a log of which ports were open before and after activating the firewall. Several ports were listed as open and listening while the Appwall firewall was running. Many ports were identified as active and listening but ports 135 and 123 were […]

1)  Kirk (2016) tells us that data adjustments affects what data is displayed and presentation adjustments affects how the data is displayed. Each of the adjustments involve specific features. Data adjustments include: Framing, Navigating, Animating, Sequencing, and Contributing. Presentation adjustments include: Focusing, Annotating, and Orientating. Select one feature and expand on it. (about 200 words)

Chapter 19 – Buente, and Robbin (2008), and Hilbert (2011) outlined different angles in conceptualizing digital divide. They included subjects, characteristics, means, intensity, and purpose of connectivity corresponding to inquiries of ‘who’, ‘which’, ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘why’. On the other hand, Huang and Chen (2010) added the dynamics of evolution to address the questions of whether and when. 

On my personal computer, I am running the Windows 10 1803 (April) update. Two recent security vulnerabilities that have been patched was the Meltdown and Windows Defender exploits. At the beginning of 2018, Meltdown was (and still is) the biggest security vulnerability heard of. It affects most, if not all, Intel Desktop CPUs dating back to 2006. (Wong, 2018) Microsoft released a security patch that […]

Law enforcement professionals and investigators use digital forensic methods to solve crimes every day. Locate one current news article that explains how investigators may have used these techniques to solve a crime. Explain the crime that was solved and the methods used to determine how the crime was committed. Some examples of crimes solved may include locating missing children, finding criminals who have fled the scene […]

Some organizations prohibit workers from bringing certain kinds of devices into the workplace, such as cameras, cell phones, and USB drives. Some businesses require employees to use clear or see-through backpacks when carrying personal items. What other devices might not be allowed in certain facilities, and why would they be restricted? The video on Google’s Data Center may give you some ideas to write about […]