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Business Case: London Heathrow Airport Launches BI and Machine Learning to Improve Airfield Management, Predict Passenger Flow, and Transform Airport Security
Heathrow airport in London is the second busiest international airport in the world, second only to Dubai international airport in number of airplanes landing and taking off each day and the seventh largest in terms of total passenger traffic. Managing over 215,000 passengers every day is a challenging task and requires a high degree of coordination to manage passenger traffic and give passengers a smooth airport experience. Any unexpected disruptions in the smooth workflow in operations at Heathrow such as damaged runways, storms, delayed or canceled flights, shifts in jet streams, etc. would disturb the entire functioning of the airport, passengers and airport employees.
Data analysts at London Heathrow were using Excel spreadsheets to analyze its airfield, passenger and flight data and sorely needed a centralized management system that would extract large volumes of data produced by airport operations and transform them into useful visual insights. Stuart Birrell, CIO at Heathrow was concerned that “We have tens of thousands of people who work around the airfield. Safety is critical. Adopting tools like Power BI makes life easier. It is the simple things. There is GPS in the airfield vehicles. If a driver finds a problem with the concrete, this can be recorded accurately.” Heathrow chose Microsoft Power BI as their BI solution. The reporting produced by its BI tool ensured airfield safety, allowed airport staff to function better and improved passenger management.
The key was moving from a paper-based, reactive operations model to a more predictive, proactive planning model in which staff were dealt fewer surprises on a day-to-day basis that enabled them to change their plans on-the-fly. The answer was BI reports and dashboards that were made available to airfield managers, security officers, transfers and customer service staff and a machine learning model that accurately predicts passenger flow in 15-minute increments into each terminal. Birrell says it’s possible to mash up historical scheduling data and a feedback loop to provide more accurate forecasts. With insights from these data analytics tools managers could plan staff breaks, open and close security lanes as needed and schedule staff shifts to balance passenger flow across the airport in peak times. As Birrell said, “For passengers, it is all about getting them to aircraft on time.” The new system also helps manage arrivals. Under the old model, if several flights came into the airport an hour early because of tailwinds immigration and baggage staff would have to scramble to react to the sudden spike of arriving passengers. After the predictive model was deployed, the airport manager could share the insights with air traffic control and security staff to better schedule immigration and security lanes and teams by knowing where passengers are arriving, how many of them are arriving and at what terminal to ensure the right number of immigration/security lanes are open and reduce time and stress for both passengers and airport staff.
For Birrell, the biggest challenges were not technology-related but were about a culture and mindset shift to get people onboard. “It’s easy to do a bit of data analysis with one or two experts. It’s more about how you deploy this around your organization; how do you get that security team of 4,000 to start using that data and change the way they’re working,” says Birrell. Now London Heathrow has people with its operations team who are deploying and building their own apps including one security officer who learned to build apps on his own with a little help from the IT department. So far, he has developed 12 apps to support his colleagues in security.
Questions:
Why did London Heathrow need to move up from Excel to a business intelligence platform?
What are the benefits that London Heathrow passengers experienced as a result of the new approach to data analytics?
Describe one specific way in which machine learning improved London Heathrow operations.
What was the biggest challenge that CIO Birrell faced in deploying BI and machine learning at London Heathrow?
Your paper should be at least 3 pages, not counting the title and reference pages. The paper must include at least 3 references from peer-reviewed articles in academic journals. Make sure you have in-text citations and a reference page. You can include additional references from websites and books. 

 
Create a PowerPoint presentation with following (Save as w8_firstname_lastname.PPTX).
We did not cover PowerShell in this course; you are tasked to use PowerShell as your scripting language.
Create at least 9 Slides to cover the following:-
1) The role of scripting in system administration
2) How to apply security measures in scripting
3) What is PowerShell
4) Can PowerShell run in other platforms
5) How to Assign variables
6) How to use if-then
7) How to use loops
8) How do I apply security on PowerShell scripts
9) How do I use PowerShell Scripting in everyday tasks?
Note: Please explain the above 9 requirements in your own words. Go into detail on each slide so it is clear that the concepts you are stating are explained and understood by you. For example, a list of security protocols will not be sufficient for full credit without an explanation of each protocol.
Requirements
Points
Comment block. (Slide 1)
10
Presentation
70
conclusion slide
30
TOTAL POINTS
100
Keep the presentation clean and simple, select soft colors and font size. Remember it is a presentation, you are presenting this to others with different skills.
Submit your week 8 work in w8_firstname_lastname.PPTX

  
Topic
Human Factors in Cybersecurity: Discuss how the human factor affects Cybersecurity. What is Social Engineering? How does it relate to Psychology? What are some techniques to implement Social Engineering? What are some of the countermeasures to detect/prevent Social Engineering? Is Social Engineering the only way to influence human behavior or are there other ways as well? What is Social Cybersecurity? 

 
Instructions
1. Quantum Cryptography is the future of cryptography. Quantum Cryptography is still being developed and as with every new technology, the Internet is booming with information about Quantum Cryptography. In this paper, you are going to synthesize what you think Quantum cryptography is and explain its applicability is next generation cryptographic algorithms and information privacy.

 
The Risks of Miscategorization
In discussing risk management and analytics, you should recognize that there is risk inherent simply in the conducting of analytics — especially predictive analytics. What if our predictions are false? What if the data upon which the predictions are based is incomplete or inherently flawed in some way? The purpose of this week’s discussion is to analyze the risks associated with categorical predictive analytics.
Research an instance where categorical prediction has been used by a business or governmental organization. Simply typing “categorical prediction” into www.news.google.com will reveal a number of news articles relating to this topic.
Read a few articles and select one that is interesting to you. Summarize it for the class. Make sure you identify the risks that your article addresses into one of the four quadrants of a risk matrix: High Probability/High Impact; High Probability/Low Impact; Low Probability/High Impact; Low Probability/Low Impact. Justify your classification with information from your article. Then, discuss the potential problems that could (or did) arise if the predictive activities discussed in your chosen article yielded bad results. What could (or did) happen as a result of erroneous or unreliable categorization through predictive modeling?

 
Unit Outcomes:
Integrate methods for assessing risks.
Prepare a rubric for classifying risk.
Report results of risk analysis.
Course Outcome:
IT528-3: Develop appropriate action plans that address risks.
Purpose
There are many methods for categorical prediction using principal components. In this Assignment, you will practice one of these — linear discriminant analysis, in R Studio. You will classify risk through the rubric of a risk matrix and then build a model to assess the risk. Once you have built a model, you will report and explain the results.
Assignment Instructions
Much has been made of the deteriorating public infrastructure in the United States. Roads, bridges, sidewalks, etc. need repair all over the country. This Assignment will focus on bridges. Engineers with responsibility for bridges categorize them into one of four categories with respect to risk: Monitor, Schedule Assessment, Schedule Repair/Replacement, or Immediate Repair/Replacement. Monitor means that the bridge is in good condition and is not in danger of failing. Schedule Assessment means that the bridge is showing signs of risk and should be evaluated. Schedule Repair/Replacement means that the bridge has deterioration that presents risk to users. Immediate Repair/Replacement means that the bridge has deterioration that presents risk of failure. In a Word document, create a four-quadrant risk matrix rubric and label the quadrants High Risk/High Impact; High Risk/Low Impact; Low Risk/High Impact; Low Risk/Low Impact. Place each of the four bridge conditions into the quadrant that you believe is appropriate for that condition. You need not have something in each of the four quadrants – your task is to appropriately assess and classify risk based on bridge condition. For each of the four bridge conditions, within the quadrant you selected in the risk matrix, give an example of an issue that may arise if the risk condition is not addressed.

 
Scenario
You are newly appointed to the communications team for a reputable, multi-faceted philanthropic organization, Momentum for Better. The current task for your team is to create a brand-new campaign that promotes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. To kick off this campaign, you have been asked to develop a mood board presentation and written summary that you will present to leadership at the upcoming annual meeting.
You are reminded that a mood board is a deliverable—a collage of images, colors, patterns/textures, and text—that visually describes the intended look & feel of the campaign.
You DON’T need to be an artist or designer to create a mood board, but you DO need to have a keen understanding of what various visuals communicate and how they make people feel. Keep in mind the various ways that you analyzed and evaluated visuals throughout this course.
Instructions
Mood Board Presentation
First, create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Your presentation will need to have the slides listed below clearly labeled.
Visually compelling title slide
Colors and Patterns
Logos, Ethos, Pathos
Graphics
Delivery Methods
Memes
Second, think about the overall look & feel that you want the campaign to have. Then, search the web for examples of the kinds of images, graphics, colors, and patterns/textures that you have in mind.
Third, copy and paste those images, graphics, etc., into the appropriate slides of your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. You must have at least four (4) images per slide, except for the Memes slide, which just needs two (2). The images should fill up as much of the slide as possible but DON’T stretch or squish the images. Here is more detail about the types of images you need to include in the slides.
Visually compelling title slide
Include one main image and a title for your presentation.
Include the organization’s name, Momentum for Better.
Colors and Patterns
Your color scheme must feature two colors.
Images of color swatches or things that are your chosen colors (e.g., fire engine red, canary yellow, etc.).
Patterns or textures that feature strong use of lines (e.g., stripes, swirls, borders, plaid, etc.).
Logos, Ethos, Pathos (choose one main rhetorical approach)
Photos of people that signify your chosen rhetorical approach.
Photos must include people of various genders, ethnicities, and ages.
Graphics
Logo and/or symbol graphics that convey diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Delivery Methods
Images of two (2) chosen delivery methods for spreading awareness about the campaign. For example, if you want social media to be one of the options, then include photos of a person using social media.
Memes
Create two (2) positive, inspiring memes that fit the overall message of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Don’t make the memes funny, satirical, or divisive.
You can only use public domain or Creative Commons licensed images. You CAN’T use images from movies, shows, comics, books, video games, etc.
You may use PowerPoint, Canva, Adobe Express, Microsoft Paint, or any other app to create the memes. Save them as a JPG or PNG file, then insert them into your PowerPoint presentation.
Fourth, as you develop the visually compelling title slide and all the other slides, you need to demonstrate your understanding of visual presentation. In other words, your slides need to be aesthetically pleasing with good visual connectivity.
Written Summary
Once you’ve finished creating your mood board presentation, you need to write a detailed summary explaining why you chose the visuals that you did. Your summary should include the following:
In a Microsoft Word document, use APA formatting. The title on your title page must match the title slide of your mood board presentation.
Your introductory paragraph must explain your overall intended look & feel for the campaign and how it will communicate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. For example, will it be serene, energetic, serious, or something else?
Include section headings in your summary, and these must match the slide labels from your mood board presentation.
Each section must contain 2–3 full paragraphs explaining your chosen images in detail. Keep in mind how you’ve analyzed and evaluated visuals throughout this course. Connect them to the overarching message of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. You’ll be graded on your ability to defend your choices and clearly articulate your analysis.
Submit a PowerPoint presentation (PPTX) and Microsoft Word document (DOCX).

 
In this assignment, you are taking on the role of a person who is responsible for raising awareness of the threats and posted by phishing messages.  The target audience is the faculty members and administrators at Adelphi.  You want to create an example of a phishing message that can be used to demonstrate effective techniques used by such messages and help train faculty and administration to avoid falling for such scams.
For this part, your team will design an effective phishing message.  Your design must include a subject line and a message body.  In the message body, you can use the following placeholders to make the phish more realistic:
[FIRST]        First name of recipient
[LAST]         Last name of recipient
[EMAIL]       Email address included in the message
[URL]           URL of a phishing landing page (you can specify the text that would be displayed for the link)
Be creative as you want, as long as you keep the tone and content “business appropriate.”  Remember the target audience and tailor your messages for the target audience.  
If you want to incorporate graphics feel free to do so.  You can submit either an email text (with appropriate placeholders) or a PDF of a formatted message. 

Write a paper where you :
Define the GDPR.
Justify the need for the GDPR.
Review the GDPR’s key principles.
Research an organization that violated the GDPR.
Describe the specifics of the violation, including the violator, the GDPR principles that were violated, the impact on consumers, and the remedy that was applied.
Compare and contrast an existing U.S. initiative that protects citizens’ privacy with the GDPR.

Overview
In the assignment due in Week 5, you defined key portions of your Home Office Renovation project. Now, it is time to develop a work breakdown structure (WBS) and project schedule for your project.
Note: Please use your project from the Week 5 assignment to complete this assignment.
For this assignment, you will create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). To create your WBS, you may use MS Word, MS Excel, Visio, or any other visual format that allows for graphical elements to be included. (See Figure 4.4 from Chapter 4 of your Project Management: The Managerial Process textbook). Alternatively, you may use a coded format using MS Word. (See Exhibit 4.1 – Coding the WBS from Chapter 4 of your Project Management: The Managerial Process textbook as an example. The example is in MS Project format, but the same could be done in MS Excel).
Instructions
Each of the following should be included in your WBS submission:
Create a WBS which contains graphical elements of the project scope including the project, major deliverables, and supporting deliverables. WBS should be easy to read and contain consistent formatting throughout.
Create a depiction of the project within the WBS.

One Level 1 is provided describing the complete project.
Three Level 2s are provided describing major deliverables.
Three Level 3s are provided describing supporting deliverables.
Two Level 4s are provided with the lowest manageable responsibility level.

For each of the identified deliverables (identified in the four levels from item #2), create a project schedule containing all activities from levels 1-4. Each activity should contain a start and end date and a list of resources required to complete the project.
Provide a minimum of three pieces of information that need to be communicated to stakeholders. For each of the three pieces – which creates an example of a project network – you should address who will be targeted; when they will receive the communication; what will be communicated; and how it will be communicated.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Develop a project plan including the critical elements of project scope, priorities, work breakdown structure (WBS), communication plan, and a project network to ensure effective implementation.