Topic: Implementing Cybersecurity in the Energy Sector Imagine you have been hired as a security consultant for EnergyA which is an electric utility company based in the USA. The company has several locations in the U.S and is responsible for supplying a large portion of electricity for the southeastern region in the U.S. You have been charged with overseeing the implementation of cybersecurity best practices […]

Two separate paper one paper is qualitative and one paper is quantitative.You will review both quantitative and qualitative research.  The topic is up to you as long as you choose a peer-reviewed, academic research piece.  I suggest choosing a topic that is at least in the same family as your expected dissertation topic so that you can start viewing what is out there.  Consider also that leadership is a […]

Please post any comments/questions about data management issues, such as data warehousing, data mining.  What about those Data Mining techniques, like the kth-nearest.  They are very powerful to classify customers.  These are the basics, each IT company like Google, Amazon, etc will use their own home-brew heuristic techniques to mine their own/and from the outside, customer data so as to further know their customers so […]

The following is your guidance for this assignment: 1. Discuss why this class is important (or not) to a soon-to-be security practitioner. 2. Discuss one of more subjects you have learned so far in this class that was new to you, and how will this information help you in the future. 3. Building on question 2, how did this information help you to better understand […]

 Several Big Data Visualization tools have been evaluated in this weeks paper.  While the focus was primarily on R and Python with GUI tools, new tools are being introduced every day.  Compare and contrast the use of R vs Python and identify the pros and cons of each. Provide an example of both programming languages with coding examples as well as your experience in using one or both […]

AI-based software is getting smarter at analyzing qualitative data, words, phrases, and understanding the relationship among these words. These programs are able to analyze data generated through focus groups, surveys, online forums, call centers, help desks, and social media and are able to generate new insights. Such new insights could help businesses offer better customer service and products and services that are more appealing to […]

In Stage 4, you will prepare and present an Executive Briefing of your findings.  This briefing will be presented to Myra Morningstar, the owner of UMUC Haircuts, to explain and provide the justification for her to implement your technology solution.   For your executive briefing select the major components from each stage of the project to present.  For purposes of this exercise you do not need […]

The case study presented in Case 4 is about the South Australian Water company trying to align information technology in a publically owned organization. This case describes the experience of a CIO and the need to drive a wide range of business applications as well as the IT infrastructure to improve the quality of water as the corporate goal. The main challenge confronting the management […]

Assignment 1: IT Security Policy Framework Establishing an effective Information Technology Security Policy Framework is critical in the development of a comprehensive security program. Additionally, there are many security frameworks that organizations commonly reference when developing their security programs. Review the security frameworks provided by NIST (SP 800-53), ISO / IEC 27000 series, and COBIT. Assume that you have been hired as a consultant by […]

For this project, create a new application and apply what you learned in this unit to your application. Be sure to perform the following: 1. Include a text box and prevent the entry of unwanted characters in a text box. 2. Create a message box with the MessageBox.Show method. 3. Include the Trim method and remove any leading and/or trailing spaces from a string. Test […]