Stanford University medical researchers conducted a study on the correlation between the use of fertility drugs and ovarian cancer.  Their study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, concludes that the use of the fertility drugs, Pergonal and Serophene, may increase the risk of ovarian cancer by three times.  The lead author of the studies, Professor Alice Whittemore, stated, “Our finding in regard to fertility […]

 Create a MARIE program which determines whether a given address is a cache hit or not. For this assignment, the cache is 2-way set associative, addresses are 8 bits, blocks are 8 bytes, and the cache has 8 blocks. Requirements 1. The program must be written in MARIE. 2. The input is a hex address (2 hex digits), the output is 1 for a cache […]

While we as security practitioners have been working feverishly over the last 10 years to secure our traditional endpoints, our users have become less invested in their no-fun company laptop, and more enthralled with their smart phone or tablet. With the company laptop, you won the difficult battle of deploying appropriate controls: whole-disk encryption, data leakage prevention, group policy–controlled everything. When you weren’t looking, users […]

 Chapter 19 introduced the impact of the global digital divide. According to the authors, countries that lag behind the rest of the world’s ICT capabilities encounter difficulties at various levels. Discuss specific areas, both within and outside, eGovernance, in which citizens living in a country that lags behind the rest of the world in ICT capacity are lacking. Include in your discussion quality of life, […]

 The goal of this homework is to create a unique class of a “magic item”, which allows the user of the “magic item” to do something and then, perhaps, win something. Your “magic item” can (and should) have different behaviors than the “magic items” created by your fellow students. For example, a “magic item” may ask a riddle and, if answered correctly, awards a potOfGold. […]

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.

According to the authors, privacy and security go hand in hand; and hence, privacy cannot be protected without implementing proper security controls and technologies. Today, organizations must make not only reasonable efforts to offer protection of privacy of data, but also must go much further as privacy breaches are damaging to its customers, reputation, and potentially could put the company out of business.  As we […]

 What is Data Science? What is the difference between Data Science, Big Data and Data Analytics? How does Machine Learning relate to this? What is the difference between Machine Learning and Statistical Learning? What is the difference between AI i.e. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning? Use APA style references in your contribution. 

discussed managing complex systems and chapter 15 introduced the advantages of visual decision support. Discuss how you would combine the two concepts to create visualizations for an ABM-Based Gaming simulation for policy making. First, describe what specific policy you’re trying to create. Let’s stick with the SmartCity scenario. Describe a specific policy (that you haven’t used before), and how you plan to use ABM-Based Gaming […]

Complete the project on page 289 of the textbook by researching all the components needed to design a network that meets the project’s specifications. Next, write a paper in current APA format that lists each device that will be required, its primary functions and capabilities, a current cost estimate for all hardware, and the amount of personnel that will be required to maintain the network.