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Write a research paper that contains the following: 
1) Define and describe the process of “rightsizing.” 
2) Research and discuss a lawsuit that a company has lost for failing to support web accessibility for all users.
3) Define and describe green computing.  Evaluate the impact green computing issues are having on customer buying decisions. 
 
Research Paper Requirements:
The paper should be four pages long, not including the title and reference pages. 
Use Times New Roman, size 12 font throughout the paper. 
Apply APA 7th edition style and include three major sections: the Title Page, Main Body, and References.
A minimum of two scholarly journal articles (besides your textbook) are required.
Writing should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the materials and address all required elements. 
Writing should use exceptional language that skillfully communicates meaning to the readers with clarity and fluency and is virtually error-free. 
Note: plagiarism check required, APA7 format, include References, within 8hrs  

 
Instructions
Hello Class!
Welcome to Week # 3. This week’s assignment will help you to fulfill the requirements for the third course objective (CO-3: Prepare a plan to manage functions that encompass overseeing a program or technical aspect of a security program at a high level ensuring currency with changing risk and threat environments). For this week’s assignment instructions, please see below:
Assignment Instructions:
You are tasked as the Chief Information Security Officer for a large Fortune 500 International Firm to plan, develop and manage the functions that oversee a new large scale Cybersecurity program. The large scale Cybersecurity program will be a “Digital Blackwater” type organization (see the description below of “Private or Mercenary Armies” from the textbook).
For the purpose of this assignment, you are to search the Internet and utilize course reading materials to research the types of functions, strategies and tactics this organization will use for this new program. Use your imagination and name your proposed organization and follow the requirements below:
REQUIREMENTS:
4 – 6 Pages in length in APA format (not including a cover page and reference section)
Cover Page
Introduction – Firm name and overview of its purpose
Technical organizational proposal:

Value proposition for the new organization
Functions of the organization including management
How the organization will address dynamic Cyber risk and threat environments
Strategies and tactics the organization will employ
Proposed benefits for the U.S. government
How will the organization make a profit

Reference Section
MISCELLANEOUS:
Use current and real world data to make your points, not just the textbook
Your references should not be more than 5 years old
Your assignment is due by Sunday not later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.
Private or Mercenary Armies
In an age where cyber warfare is more common than the physical battlefield, it may be necessary for the private sector to stop playing defense and go on offense, Gen. Michael Hayden said on August 1, 2011. Hayden, who led the National Security Administration and Central Intelligence Agency under president George W. Bush, said during a panel discussion at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colo. that the federal government may not be the sole defender of private sector companies—and that there is precedent for such action. “We may come to a point where defense is more actively and aggressively defined even for the private sector and what is permitted there is something that we would never let the private sector do in physical space,” he said. “Let me really throw out a bumper sticker for you: how about a digital Blackwater?” he asked. “I mean, we have privatized certain defense activities, even in physical space, and now you have got a new domain in which we donot have any paths trampled down in the forest in terms of what it is we expect the government—or will allow the government—to do”. Blackwater is a private military contractor that has changed its name to Academi after incidents in Iraq gave them a negative image. If companies decide to hire forces (hackers) to strike back or conduct recovery operations it could change the cyberspace battlefield dramatically (Winterfield and Andress, 2013).

 
Instructions
Learning from a Power Grid Attack
This week’s assignment we are going to investigate an extremely detrimental attack that took place and involved SCADA and ICS systems. The incident we are going to research is the attacks against the Ukrainian Power Grid.
Assignment Guidelines
Step 1: Obviously our first step is to start researching the various attacks against the Ukrainian Power Grid. What information is out there, can we assign the source of the attacks with certainty?
Step 2: Once you have completed your research you will want to breakdown the underlying attacks, lessons that can be learned from those attacks, and how likely it is that the source of the attacks could succeed in doing the same thing to the United States.
Step 3: Once you have gathered up all the information you will compile the data into Word document of approximately 5-7 pages of content, excluding the cover page, references, etc. Make sure you address the incidents and the likelihood of the threat towards the United States.

All the documents you need are attached down below. Let me know if you have any questions. Please follow instructions thoroughly!  

APA FORMAT 200 WORDS WITH REFERENCES AND CITATION. no plagiarism no ai no chat gpt
Of all the standards and organizations listed in Chapter 13 in the book Fundamentals of Information Systems Security, which one did you find the most interesting.  Do a little research and tell us a little more about it, in your own words.    

APA FORMAT 250 words with References and Citations no plagiarism no AI no chat gpt
Can you think of a Real-World example of Non-Determinism?   By that I mean an example of something that can happen with more-than-one outcome from “state 1” given the occurrence of “condition A”  (single condition occurs…but somehow – multiple outcomes then also occur)???

Before an IT professional or IT department recommends the use of a specific operating system and version, an assessment of the organization’s needs must be done. Every organization, and even different departments within the same organization, will have different needs and requirements. Users within a department might need access to specific software that other users do not. The same might be true for hardware. Some users might need access to a specific server, fax machine, or printer.
For this week’s discussion:
Review the three scenarios from the perspective of a systems architect.
Write your initial post about one of the scenarios.
Respond to at least two of your peers.
Scenario 1: You work for a small software company with four different departments, including Marketing, IT and Business Operations, Product Development, and Customer Support. Marketing currently has its employees use iMovie and Keynote to create their marketing materials and external presentations; there is no intention to change products since they have built their departmental standards around using that software. The IT and Business Operations department needs to use MS Visio to create system diagrams and flowcharts. This department, as well as Product Development, needs access to project management software such as Jira or Asana. Lastly, Customer Support uses a customer relationship management (CRM) program that has been supported by Windows 7 in the past.
Scenario 2: You work for a large organization with 15 departments. A new leadership initiative to centralize systems includes requiring all employees to use the same OS and computers. Currently, some departments use Windows and others use macOS; some desktops within those departments have Linux-based systems. It has been discovered that some departments are still operating older OS versions, which has negatively impacted their productivity. For customer-facing departments, the SalesForce CRM is being implemented. Implementation of this CRM is what encouraged the leadership team to start a centralized initiative to have more systems connect to that CRM.
Scenario 3: You are working for a major publishing company in the U.S. that has recently merged with a smaller company in the U.K. You have uncovered information that the smaller company’s desktop equipment and installed operating system have not been upgraded in a very long time. The editing department has 10 desktops that are still using Windows XP, and two desktops in the graphic design department are currently running the Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, released in 2012. Due to the nature of the organization, these software applications have been proficient in creating newsletters and e-books, and in designing print on demand for self-publishing. All desktop equipment and operating software will need to be audited and mitigated to reflect the system architecture and security model for the parent company.
In your initial post, address the following:
Make an OS recommendation based on your chosen scenario and provide a strong rationale.
Answer the following questions:

Given what is described in the scenario, what OS and version do you recommend be implemented?
Should more than one kind of OS be implemented? If so, which ones?
What are software and hardware requirements that support your decision?
What else helped you make the decision to recommend specific OSes?

If you had some difficulty making a recommendation, discuss what additional information you would need to make a well-informed decision.
If you make assumptions beyond the information in the scenario that you’ve chosen, make sure you state them in your initial post.
In response to two of your peers, address the following:
Continue the discussion by adding to the conversation. Discuss whether you would have made the same OS decisions given the selected scenario. You can also add reasons to support your peers’ decisions that were not discussed in the initial post.
Then describe some scenarios where the newest version of an OS cannot be utilized in an environment. Why and how is that the case? How can this be mitigated?
RESPONSE 1
As a systems architect I would chose scenario 3 as it is the simplest out of the three. I would keep the same number of desktops because it seems like the quantity is sufficient enough to carry out business operations for now having acquired this smaller company. The 10 desktops in the editing department that are using Windows 7 should definitely be upgraded to Windows 11, the newest version improves security and performance. Graphic design department would benefit from newer Mac desktops like new Apple iMac 24″ with a nice big screen for creating graphic assets, designing websites, and editing photos. You could also purchase Macbook Pros instead if the hardware is too expensive. I would upgrade the OS of the Macs to OS X El Capitan which is the newest and fastest version. 
Hardware requirements for Windows 11
Processor1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or System on a Chip (SoC).RAM4 gigabyte (GB).Storage64 GB or larger storage device Note: See below under “More information on storage space to keep Windows 11 up-to-date” for more details.System firmwareUEFI, Secure Boot capable. Check here for information on how your PC might be able to meet this requirement.TPMTrusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0. Check here for instructions on how your PC might be enabled to meet this requirement.Graphics cardCompatible with DirectX 12 or later with WDDM 2.0 driver.Display
High definition (720p) display that is greater than 9” diagonally, 8 bits per color channel.
Hardware requirements for Mac OS X El Capitan
OS X v10.6.8 or later
2GB of memory
8.8GB of available storage
Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
These seem to be the fastest and latest versions of Windows and Mac Oss. I’m not going to use Linux because its too uncommon and the other 2 OSs just offer more in applications and software that can be used for graphic design, e books, and printing. 
Daniel Meladoss
RESPONSE 2
“Scenario 2: You work for a large organization with 15 departments. A new leadership initiative to centralize systems includes requiring all employees to use the same OS and computers. Currently, some departments use Windows and others use macOS; some desktops within those departments have Linux-based systems. It has been discovered that some departments are still operating older OS versions, which has negatively impacted their productivity. For customer-facing departments, the SalesForce CRM is being implemented. Implementation of this CRM is what encouraged the leadership team to start a centralized initiative to have more systems connect to that CRM.”
For the second scenario, I recommend implementing Windows across the departments, specifically Windows 11 for workstations & the latest version Windows Server 2022 for servers. The widely used SalesForce CRM in place at this organization is compatible with the Windows platform & since leadership was moved to add more systems to connect to that CRM it makes sense to adopt Windows for that purpose. As this is a large organization with 15 departments & (we have to assume) several workstations within those departments, Windows is also a cost-effective option for this case particularly compared to Apple’s MacOS systems. Not to mention the minimal learning curve for most employees which will lead to less disruption caused by any necessary acclimation of a new OS platform such as Linux. In this way, the organization will be able to save money & time from its bottom line.
Other software & hardware requirements supporting my decision include security enhancements such as the encryption provided by BitLocker, & Windows Defender antivirus at no extra cost (an obvious bonus for such a large organization). Windows Group Policy allows for the standardization of settings & other configurations across entire departments or even the organization. This helps to enforce security, deploy updates & streamline management from a single device. This OS also provides adequate speeds, RAM, & storage for what this organization would need & will accommodate future growth the departments.
I’d like to acknowledge that this scenario does not offer more detailed information such as specific requirements of each of the 15 departments, potential budget for purchasing new hardware, training, etc. Nevertheless, I don’t see how that information would alter my recommendation in this case.

 
Compare and contrast data lakes and data warehouses.
How does Azure allow you to control and monitor these types of storage?
Can company’ benefit from employing them with Azure?

 
Alerts can be very helpful in letting users know that an action has been completed. However, alerts can also be distracting or irritating when they are used too frequently or provided in instances where it is already clear what action has occurred.
Do an Internet search on the pros and cons of alert boxes and possible alternatives. Share your opinion on alert boxes. Would you use them on a website? Why or why not? Be sure to provide rationale and support for your opinion.

 
Select a major hacking incident from the past five years. Briefly describe the case:
What was done or not done?
What should be done to prevent a recurrence?
200-250 words