The formation of computer security information response teams by businesses need immediate action and it is highly suggested approach for dealing with the issues around the system vulnerabilities and incident. There are many ways to creating a team by assembling internal staff members for various roles and outsourcing the team members to be call for CSIRT team. However, the common problem for many companies that […]

 1Q.Using a Web browser, perform some research on a newer malware variant that has been reported by a major malware containment vendor. Using a search engine, go to the vendor’s Web site; this could be Symantec, McAfee, or any of their competitors. Visit one malware prevention software vendor. Search for the newest malware variants and pick one. Note its name and try to understand how […]

I’m interested in your thoughts on “hypercompetition”. Discuss the concept of “red ocean” versus “blue ocean” and why adopting the latter might be a better strategy. Identify a business that is an example of either one which pursued a “red ocean” approach, or one that pursued a “blue ocean” strategy. Has their strategy been successful for them? Finally, discuss how the IS strategy might differ […]

Questions: For this assignment, you must post your initial post (minimum of 1000 words), addressing the questions below. Before answering questions 1-5, please note the following: the weekly forum assignments will guide you through the writing of your research paper, planning to open your own business within the next year, and that you are writing your business plan. For your research paper, you will analyze […]

Given the incident’s potential severe impact to SSR, an emergency Board of Directors meeting has been arranged. Farkus and Piggott have been requested to brief the Board of Directors on the incident and they only have 30 minutes. The Board of Directors want to know what the incident is, what the potential impacts are, what SSR is doing about it, when SSR expects to resolve […]

For this assignment, you will select a current research paper (published since 2016) to review. You may select any research paper that is related to Data Science or Big Data Analytics. I strongly recommend that you start your search at Google Scholar (scholar.google.com). Once you enter your search term(s), select the “Since 2016” link on the left. Feel free to choose ANY relevant paper. (I would […]

Graded Assignments may be found at the end of each chapter of the required textbook under the title “Real-World Exercises“. Each assignment is due between Monday to Sunday evening by 11:59 p.m. EST. of the respective week. Each student is to select one exercise (per module exercise) from the grouping as identified below. Provide documented evidence, in Moodle, of completion of the chosen exercise (i.e. […]

Chapter 14 – From the week’s chapter reading, we learn from the authors that, the use of mobile devices in our society today has indeed become ubiquitous.  In addition, CTIA asserted that over 326 million mobile devices were in use within The United States as of December 2012 – an estimated growth of more than 100 percent penetration rate with users carrying more than one device with notable […]

Scenario: A company called Colony Nursery and Landscaping opened a new store located a few hundred miles away from its original location. The company wants to implement an award system that awards their customers with points whenever customers make a purchase, but the two stores are not able to share information. Colony Nursery and Landscaping will need to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system […]

 The CEO of your company is concerned that a natural disaster could make your company’s information systems unavailable long enough to significantly impact business. Currently, critical systems like file servers, e-mail services, and applications, such as HR, Payroll, Billing, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), are hosted in a local datacenter. Your job is to educate the board on the benefits and risks associated with using […]