Category: Technology

As wireless and mobile technologies continue to grow in presence and popularity, the world is becoming more and more connected. Unfortunately, this also means that devices and networks are becoming more and more vulnerable to outside threats. Businesses must identify and mitigate these vulnerabilities and threats in order to protect employees’ personal information and ensure the organization is secure from passive leaking of proprietary information.
In this task you will assume the role of an IT professional who is responsible for identifying wireless and mobile vulnerabilities, as outlined in the scenario below. You will then present your findings and recommend solutions to mitigate these risks and prevent future threats.
SCENARIO
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You are a network professional on the IT team at Alliah Company, a new but fast-growing social media provider. One year ago, Alliah launched a social media website aimed at young professionals. The company also released a mobile app for accessing the site from cellular devices. Alliah was able to launch its website with money generated by a crowd-funded campaign, but most of the funds were spent on the site and app development, with relatively little money (and time) devoted to the internal office network infrastructure.
Alliah has 35 full-time employees, all of whom have offices or shared work spaces in a three-story building that serves as the company headquarters. The building is an old warehouse that was converted for office use and is approximately 10,000 square feet. Currently, the employees occupy only two floors; the third floor is vacant and available for expansion.
The Alliah WLAN has a gigabit managed switch, a multiservice wireless LAN controller, and seven wireless access points strategically located to provide coverage to office staff. One access point services a large back patio area for employee use. The network is protected by a firewall. The Alliah website servers are located in a data center 100 miles from Alliah headquarters.
Five employees are account representatives who are on the road at least 80 percent of the time, and each rep has a company-issued laptop, tablet, and smartphone. They use a large, shared office in the headquarters building when they are not traveling.
Employees use company-owned computers that connect to the WLAN, and, in an effort to control costs during the launch, Alliah has a bring your own device (BYOD) policy.
The IT staff consists of five employees; three are devoted to website maintenance, one manages the headquarters’ computers and network, and another employee assists with the website and the office network. IT staff uses wired Ethernet connections to remotely access the website servers.
The Alliah website is successful, attracting more and more visitors each month. Jennifer, the CEO, anticipates hiring more employees and is considering a strategy that would take the company public within a few years. In preparation, she wants to ensure that Alliah’s wireless networking infrastructure is highly secure, especially because it may need to grow quickly in a short period of time, and she wants to understand the security risks the company faces. She also wants to decide if Alliah should continue allowing BYOD or restrict network access to company-owned devices only, or if a compromise solution is available.
REQUIREMENTS
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. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
A. Describe two WLAN vulnerabilities that present risks for Alliah, based on the details in the scenario.
B. Describe two mobile vulnerabilities that present risks for Alliah, based on the details in the scenario.
C. Summarize the steps for mitigating each identified WLAN and mobile vulnerability, including the specific tools or documentation that will be needed for mitigation.
D. Recommend preventive measures to maintain the security posture of WLAN and mobile environments in a small business, such as Alliah. Reference federal, state, or industry regulations that justify these measures.
E. Recommend a solution for the company’s BYOD approach, including research to justify your recommendation.
F. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
G. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
**I will be attaching a version I found of assignment I found please rewrite in your own words, etc.**

Instructions:
An investigator of an incident scene is looking for physical AND testimonial evidence.
Submission Instructions:
There are a total of six activities that must be addressed. Describe each of these and note the relevance of each.
The six activities or more in some literatures are related to the activities performed by the investigator while looking for evidence. Below are examples (select one of them):
Understanding Digital Evidence
A Common Process Model for Incident Response and Computer Forensics

Understanding Digital Evidence

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-Common-Process-Model-for-Incident-Response-and-Freiling-Schwittay/ffec5abb02dd451643b190c2bf0ffbd610666689?p2df

COMPETENCIES
4027.3.1 : Assesses Business Needs and Network Security
The learner assesses business and technology needs, network security vulnerabilities, and security strategies.
4027.3.2 : Aligns Secure Network Architecture
The learner aligns secure network architectures with industry best practices and the principles of secure network design.
4027.3.3 : Recommends Network Security Solutions
The learner recommends network security and vulnerability solutions.
INTRODUCTION
You are the cybersecurity professional for Company A and are responsible for protecting the information of the company. Your roles include managing the company’s cybersecurity capabilities and tools, conducting vulnerability management, and assessing risk to sensitive information. Company A has recently purchased Company B and wants to merge both networks.
Executives of Company A have tasked you with making risk-based decisions on integrating Company B’s network with Company A’s existing network. Company B

The term “ecosystems” usually refers to a community of living organisms in a particular physical environment. For this discussion, you will consider the entities and context in society that foster innovation.
Choose one example from the readings or videos provided. Describe why the example could be considered an ecosystem. In your responses to one another, try to highlight similarities and differences between your examples. Think about your own creativity and/or your organization’s attempts at innovation. How does your view of these change when you recognize that they are situated within an ecosystem?
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Readings
“THE POWER OF ENTREPRENEUR NETWORKS”
http://www.nyctechmap.com/nycTechReport.pdf
“RISE OF SILICON ALLEY”
https://w4.stern.nyu.edu/sternbusiness/fall_winter_2000/silicon.html
“THESE BLACK FOUNDERS SUCCEEDED IN SPITE OF SILICON VALLEY”
https://www.wired.com/story/black-founders-succeed-spite-silicon-valley/?utm_source=onsite-share&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=wired
“THE FUTURE OF PLATFORMS”
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-future-of-platforms/
“VACCINES: PUTTING SHOTS IN THE LOCKER”
https://go-gale-com.rlib.pace.edu/ps/i.do?p=STND&u=nysl_me_pace&id=GALE|A462175647&v=2.1&it=r&sid=STND&asid=de467142
“CEPI BUSINESS PLAN 2019–2022”
https://cepi.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CEPI-Annual-Progress-Report-2019_website.pdf
“CONSPIRACY TO END CANCER”
https://research-ebsco-com.rlib.pace.edu/c/ls3lsh/viewer/html/gfem3qhol5
STAND UP TO CANCER

What We Do

Videos:
THE XEROX THIEVES: STEVE JOBS AND BILL GATES

NSF BRAIN INITIATIVE: SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS: MYSTERIES OF THE BRAIN

I’ve attached an example of what I pasted in a discussion for this topic so feel free to reference it or scrap it. Using CISA and mobile technology leaders like Apple as the audience may make the paper more challenging so feel free to change the audience to business owners, cybersecurity managers, or someone else. Also feel free to scrap my recommended suggestions if you change the audience since I could see those being hard to find research on.
The attached instructions explain the task. I’ve selected 2 charts & graphs to cover the need for 2 graphics.
Task: In this paper, you will write a briefing paper that provides information about a specific
problem in an industry or field of study. The paper will also include a possible solution to the
problem.
The problem can be a technical problem, a logistical problem, a human resource problem, a
performance problem, or any other issue that the industry or field is dealing with.
You will respond to a discussion topic in week 3 about potential topics for the briefing paper,
and you will post a memo to your instructor in a discussion topic in week 5 about your topic for
the briefing paper. Your instructor should approve of the topic before you submit your first
draft of the briefing paper.
• Length: 1200-1500 words, single-spaced
• Graphics: at least two graphics. The graphics can be original, or they can be borrowed from
other sources, with the sources cited in APA format
• Format in Citing and Listing Sources: APA 7
th edition
• Number of Sources: five or more sources, at least three of which are to be from scholarly or
credible trade journals.
In addition, because you are writing on a problem in an industry or field of study, at least two of
your sources are to be published within the last 24 months.
The five sources must be cited within the text of your paper and used to support your argument
in the paper. Sources used to cite graphics are additional sources. They are not included in the
list of five sources required for the paper.

This week you will finish up your research on either securing your own home network. The goal of this exercise is to begin doing research. As a security practitioner, this will be a daily task. You need to know which resources are good, and which resources are bad. You also need to document data flows, network topologies, etc. By the end of this assignment you should have some level of comfort on how to use the SMUMN library catalogs.
In designing your own home network remember to stick to your budget. This budget will drive whether you purchase new equipment or utilize some spare equipment and use open source software. Think about the need for a firewall, a forward proxy server, an IDS/IPS. Do you plan on integrating a wireless network? How do you plan on securing it? Do you plan on utilizing a mesh wireless network, or use multiple access points with different SSIDs or active channels? There is a lot to think about here.
Guidelines:
• Your assignment this week is to complete a reference list to be turned in.
• Also include any relevant diagrams (network topologies, data flow diagrams, etc).
o You might use Visio, Omnigraffle, LucidChart or even PowerPoint to create basic shapes (squares, circles, etc.) and make a diagram to be included in your rough and final drafts.
• Use APA format
• Include 8+ references that support your design, in APA format

1. Using some website resource, such as F-SecureLinks to an external site., look up recent computer virus outbreaks.
2. How many virus outbreaks have occurred in the past 7 days?
3. Submit how many outbreaks have occurred in the past 30 days, 90 days, and 1 year.
4. Are virus attacks increasing in frequency?

This week you will finish up your research on either securing your own home network. The goal of this exercise is to begin doing research. As a security practitioner, this will be a daily task. You need to know which resources are good, and which resources are bad. You also need to document data flows, network topologies, etc. By the end of this assignment you should have some level of comfort on how to use the SMUMN library catalogs.
If designing your own home network remember to stick to your budget. This budget will drive whether you purchase new equipment or utilize some spare equipment and use open source software. Think about the need for a firewall, a forward proxy server, an IDS/IPS. Do you plan on integrating a wireless network? How do you plan on securing it? Do you plan on utilizing a mesh wireless network, or use multiple access points with different SSIDs or active channels? There is a lot to think about here.
If you are designing your own security lab, do you plan on buying new dedicated hardware or use virtualization? Do you need a mobile solution like a laptop, or do you plan on having a dedicated workstation loaded with the required tools? What tools do you plan on installing as well? Is there a need to preserve data? Again a lot of things to consider when designing your own security lab.
Please turn in a complete list of references. Make sure to follow the APA format when listing your references. Also, based on your research, create a diagram to support your plan. Your diagram can be network topology or a data flow diagram on any processes you may have defined.
Guidelines:
Your assignment this week is to complete a reference list to be turned in.
Also include any relevant diagrams (network topologies, data flow diagrams, etc).
You might use Visio, Omnigraffle, LucidChart or even PowerPoint to create basic shapes (squares, circles, etc.) and make a diagram to be included in your rough and final drafts.
Use APA format
Include 8+ references that support your design, in APA format

ASSIGNMENT:
For this assignment you are going to create a PowerPoint Presentation describing the 10/90 Rule; explain how it is used and why it has sound foundations in actual implementations. Be sure to include the following in your PowerPoint: Note: this assignment requires an audio component see below.

Required 5 to 7 slides in length (does not include the cover and references slides).

Choose an executive or business theme for the presentation.

You must use any or a combination of the following: images, photos, clipart, in your presentation to convey a point you are trying to make.

You must include audio to each slide to serve as your speaker notes. Explain each slide as if you were presenting to upper management in a presentation. (Note: Your presentation is more of a summary, while your audio presentation would be a detailed explanation of the slide. The purpose of a slide show is to provide the lecturer or presenter with a guide to their spoken presentation.) Include an audio component to each slide. Explain each slide as if you were presenting to upper management in a presentation in your own voice. (Note: The audio recording should not be a word-for-word spoken work of the written presentation. Presentations serve as a guide for the presenter.)

Use APA references and citation to support your content and points.

Include a references slide at the end of the presentation.

ASSIGNMENT:
For this assignment you are going to create a PowerPoint Presentation describing the 10/90 Rule; explain how it is used and why it has sound foundations in actual implementations. Be sure to include the following in your PowerPoint: Note: this assignment requires an audio component see below.

Required 5 to 7 slides in length (does not include the cover and references slides).

Choose an executive or business theme for the presentation.

You must use any or a combination of the following: images, photos, clipart, in your presentation to convey a point you are trying to make.

You must include audio to each slide to serve as your speaker notes. Explain each slide as if you were presenting to upper management in a presentation. (Note: Your presentation is more of a summary, while your audio presentation would be a detailed explanation of the slide. The purpose of a slide show is to provide the lecturer or presenter with a guide to their spoken presentation.) Include an audio component to each slide. Explain each slide as if you were presenting to upper management in a presentation in your own voice. (Note: The audio recording should not be a word-for-word spoken work of the written presentation. Presentations serve as a guide for the presenter.)

Use APA references and citation to support your content and points.

Include a references slide at the end of the presentation.