Assignment

Part 1– APA Format- 1 Full page

In order to complete assignment #1 you will need to answer the below -questions. Please complete the questions in a Word document and then upload the assignment for grading. Use examples from the readings, lecture notes and outside research to support your answers. The assignment must be a minimum of 1-full page in length with a minimum of 2 – outside sources. Please be sure to follow APA guidelines for citing and referencing source. 

 On your first day on the job as an IT intern, you attend a meeting with several department heads regarding proposed budget reductions. One of the department heads suggests that money for information security be cut by at least 40 percent because the company has not been infected with a virus in the last three months, proving that the current defenses are adequate. What would you say in response?

  

Assignment Rubric ( 100 Points)

 

Synthesis of Concepts

 

60

 

Writing Standards – APA format

 

20

 

Timeliness

 

20

Part 2- APA Format- 1 Full Page

Assignment Instructions

In order to complete assignment #1 you will need to answer the below questions. Please complete the questions in a Word document and then upload the assignment for grading. Use examples from the readings, lecture notes and outside research to support your answers. The assignment must be a minimum of 1-full page in length with a minimum of 2 – outside sources. Please be sure to follow APA guidelines for citing and referencing source. 

Privacy is a concept that is rapidly evolving in relation to the most public of mediums, the Internet, which became even more super-charged with social networking websites. In a recent California election, one ballot measure, Proposition 8, asked voters a question on marriage. Donors to the Prop 8 campaign found that their names, addresses, and amount of contribution were masked up with Google Maps and thus rendered into a format showing the world a map image of donors’ names, street addresses, and dollar contributions. All this data is public record information already, but still quite inconvenient to access. What are the side effects of this action?

 

  

Assignment Rubric ( 100 Points)

 

Synthesis   of Concepts

 

60

 

Writing   Standards – APA format

 

20

 

Timeliness

 

20

 

Part 3- APA Format- PART A and B- 150 Words Each

**Part A– Currently, there are questions over whether it is permissible for ISP’s (major U.S. providers include Comcast, Verizon and AT & T) to control aspects of speed and delivery of content on their netowrks to their subscribers. Many subscribers and sites have complained about these practices, asserting that the ISPs should handle all content the same. What organization or governmental entity should handle this? How should it be resolved?

**Part B-  What does confidentiality, integrity and availability have to do with security?

Security experts agree that average home computer users have very little knowledge regarding how to make their computers secure. How can this deficiency be addressed?