Let’s look at a real-world scenario and how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plays into it. In the scenario, the United States will be hit by a large-scale, coordinated cyber attack organized by China. These attacks debilitate the functioning of government agencies, parts of the critical infrastructure, and commercial ventures. The IT infrastructure of several agencies are paralyzed, the electric grid in most of […]

 We as a society, within the boundaries of the United States and its territories, are addressing a faceless global threat that we have come to know as the coronavirus or COVID-19.  It attacks at the heart and soul of the nation and requires a multifaceted approach with a host of parties: federal government, state governments, municipalities, private sector, and non-governmental organizations as well. Should the […]

You work for a hospital in the registration and admissions department, and most of your tasks are performed manually. For example, when an individual checks in, you must obtain personal information, details on an individual’s medical background, and hospitalization insurance. You are a strong advocate for information technology and have proposed to IT management that information systems would be beneficial. The hospital has decided to […]

 Imagine you are the chief information officer (CIO) for your local health care organization. Your board of directors is very interested in the activities you manage on a daily basis. They have sent a list of questions they would like you to present on during an upcoming board meeting. In order to respond to this assignment, you will need to choose one of the filing […]

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 […]

 You work in the information technology group of a chain of sporting goods stores. The company operates 40 locations in seven states. The 40 locations are organized into four regions (north, south, east, and west) with 10 stores each. Regional managers are responsible for inventory management, procurement of inventory, sales, and marketing for their particular region. The company has been processing all transactions electronically (with […]

For this assignment you will prepare the first section of a report that will ultimately analyze the organization described in the case study and recommend a system solution. In this section you will analyze the organization and explain how an IT system could be used to support its strategies and objectives and support its decision-making processes. Your report should not exceed four double-spaced pages, and […]

For decades, relational databases remained essentially unchanged; data was segmented into specific chunks for columns, slots, and repositories, also called structured data. However, in this Internet of Things (IoT) era, databases need to be reengineered because the very nature of data has changed. Today’s databases need to be developed with the needs of IoT in mind and have the ability to perform real-time processing to […]

Describe in some detail how the firm apple should go about implementing the strategic recommendation.  Provide a timeline for implementation, a list of the resources or capabilities the company needs to acquire or develop, some assessment of costs involved (to the extent available financial information allows), the organizational/structural changes required and problems that might be encountered during the implementation.  Talk in specifics.  (HINT: If you […]

Due Week 4 and worth 120 pointsThis assignment consists of two (2) sections: a business requirements document and a project plan. You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion […]