Chapter 6 – The CEO of Pride Company was presented with a graph that depicted the company’s utility cost as semi-variable. The CEO commented that the fixed-cost component does not look right to him. He proceeded by saying, “if the company shut down the plant for six months, the company would not incur half of these costs.” As the cost accountant of the company, what […]

This week we will discuss what is required to really make visualizations work. Berinato (2016) notes that the nature and purpose of your visualizations must be considered in order to start thinking visually. Berinato combines the nature and purpose into a 2×2 matrix that defines the following four types of visual communication: idea illustration, idea generation, visual discovery, and everyday dataviz.  Select and discuss one […]

 Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of  how the knowledge, skills, or theories in this course could be applied,  in a practical manner to your current work environment. 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. […]

Web servers are compromised for a number of reasons which may include any of the following: Improper file or directory permissions, installing the server with default settings, unnecessary services enabled, security conflicts, a lack of proper security policies, improper authorization with external systems, default accounts with default or no passwords, unnecessary default, backup, or sample files, misconfigurations, bugs in server software, OS, or web applications, […]

Sequence diagrams in analysis model the behavior of the system from the user’s viewpoint. Thus, sequence diagrams are a good “whiteboard” technique to capture the various usage scenarios described by users. For this week’s Critical Thinking Assignment, create a sequence diagram of a hospital management system. Include the following notations: actor, object, timeline, focus of control, message, self-message, return message, asynchronous message, object destruction, steps […]

The latest generation of mobile devices are portable enough to carry at all times, connected to voice and data networks, and contextually aware by using sensors and networks to preemptively complete tasks.  Many of today’s mobile applications are personalized, and are not useful if they can only access the data on the phone.  For a user to get, for example, sports scores, retrieve stock quotes, or perform accounting work, the mobile device needs to communicate with one or more servers, starting with […]

 MIT computer science professor Harold Abelson has said, “In today’s online world, what your mother told you is true, only more so:  people really can judge you by your friends.”  Have you ever been upset or embarrassed by what your friends posted on Facebook or other social media sites?  Are you concerned that people (other friends, colleagues, employers or potential employers, etc.) are going to […]

Assignment: Provide a reflection of at least 500 words of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course(Emerging threats and counter measures) have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. 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 […]

Robert James teaches senior math at Country Day School in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He’s been developing a grading workbook to calculate final grades based on a weighted average of homework, projects, quizzes, and exams. It also contains worksheets for entering absences and tardiness as well as any notes about student progress and behavior. The school uses a special database system in which homework, quiz, […]

Provide a security policy and plan that will include the framework, essential plans for inclusion in the enterprise, risk management strategies, and recommended solutions for a baseline security control assessment. Refer to NIST 800-39 and FIPS 200 plus NIST 800-53-4. Double space the document. Use APA. Complete with in cite citations and add a reference page. Write DRAFT on the upper right hand corner. Include […]