This defense in depth discussion scenario is an intentional cybersecurity attack on the water utility’s SCADA system. It occurs during the fall after a dry summer in Fringe City. The water utility’s Information Technology (IT) person did not receive an expected pay raise and decides to reprogram the SCADA system to shut off the high-lift pumps. The operator’s familiarity with the SCADA system allows him […]

Networking Trends Paper:  In this paper, you will research and report on network design and management trends over the last three years (present year minus 2) in the areas of virtualization, security, hardware, network management tools, software defined networking, and wireless.   Choose, at least, three areas and explain the general trend and trends within two subsets of the area (i.e., security has subsets of physical, perimeter, monitoring) […]

The local county health department has outgrown the current space and has recently purchased a new building that will house clinicians and supporting structures. You have been hired as a consultant to advise the county resource manager as to what components she needs to purchase in order to build a HIPAA compliant network that will be used to collect and store data that supports the […]

Information security policies are the core internal guidance for an organization and must be enacted prior to the purchase of information security controls. There is a bit of a “chicken and egg” dispute in the information security community as to whether it is appropriate to first engage in risk assessment with policies created to address those findings or whether it is appropriate to first create […]

Before any health information system can be successfully implemented, there must be a team of experts who understand the vision and mission of both the health care organization and its stakeholders.  Strategic health care leaders are positioned to propose system upgrades and/or implementations that can withstand inevitable organizational changes.  Health information systems’ leaders understand that predicting gaps and promoting parities in an effort to reduce […]

Using Google News, (https://news.google.com) search for the term “physical security breach”. Locate three separate news articles on the search topic that were posted within the last 5 days. To complete this exercise, please answer the following:   For each of the three articles you selected, summarize the attack. Include the date of the attack, the type of attack, who or what was affected, as well […]

Class, I appreciate your participation in this forum. For this forum,  create an original post addressing the topic(s) below, prior to midnight ET on Thursday. Continue to follow your classmates’ posts for the remainder of the week and respond to two or more of your classmates prior to midnight ET on Sunday. Your follow-up posts may add additional insights to a classmate’s opinions or may […]

 Cyberterrorism vs. cyberwarfare. The only known instance of cyberterrorism in the world today is the Stuxnet worm which was installed on computers in Iran to disable their nuclear reactors which can produce weapons grade fissionable material to enable Iran to develop a nuclear warhead. The Stuxnet worm was discovered by Kaspersky Labs which produced and marketed one of the most effective antivirus programs in the […]

1)Provide a 500 word ( or 2 pages double spaced ) minimum reflection.  2)Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited. 3) share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course .4) Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to […]

Select an industry of interest, such as automobile, hospital, and banking. Identify and describe the problem affecting the industry where the business system may be used. Develop a complete business case for an “original/unique” idea (exclude Medical Records and Medical Billing).  This may be a real example from your work environment or a fictional example from anywhere you choose. This must be submitted by Week […]