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Include at least 250 words in your original post. Indicate at least one source or reference in your original post. You can use your textbook or current research articles. 

Also, post a reply to one of your classmates. Include at least 125 words. Add to the discussion.Your discussion question responses should reflect an understanding of the situation and the reading materials.

QUESTION: How would one distinguish between an organizational weakness and a threat to the organization?

REPLY – 1 (MANASA)

 

Hello class

Before I get to the actual discussion I just want to express a brief on the whole topic basically in an organization a threat or a weakness both are an Impact it depends if it is internal or by any other sources it would ultimately effect the enterprise reputation and also they will undergo loss for the occurrence of these kind of events and will surely have to take some measures for the prevention of these kind of events that have occurred or yet to occur.

Weakness of the Organization

Any specific matter that is related to the internal process of the organization is actually considered the weakness of the organization. This weakness can be in different forms they include the features for the org, the resources and also its activities or operation level tasks if any of these features compromise this would surely turn out to be the weakness of the organization. It is not an obvious that happens to be a weakness in an organization but these kind of scenarios are caused generally by consequences and they also happen due to lack of decision making among the team members in the org.

Threat to the Organization

Threat on the other hand is negative influence which will actually hit the company’s core productivity and this will no doubt cause harm to the company’s name and fame. An immediate attention is always necessary for the organization if this kind if scenario occurs or yet to occur. One must be able to make a quick and wise decision to get rid of the threat. A threat can be in different forms but one of the most common threat is facing the loss of data as an enterprise runs on the web there possibilities of vulnerability that cause damage to the organizations data loss.

Reference

Weaknesses of the organization. (n.d.). Retrieved July 01, 2019, from https://ceopedia.org/index.php/Examples_of_weaknesses.

MSG Management Study  Guide. (n.d.). Retrieved July 01, 2019, from https://www.managementstudyguide.com/common-threats-to-organization.html.

A+ Answers

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1. (TCOs 1–8) Which of the following statements is false? (Points : 3)

A private method cannot be accessed by a class in a different package.

A public class can be accessed by a class from a different package.

A protected method can be accessed by a subclass in a different package.

A method with no visibility modifier can be accessed by a class in a different package.

 

 

Question 2.2. (TCOs 1–8) What is the output of running class C?

class A {

public A() {

System.out.println(

“The default constructor of A is invoked”);

}

}

class B extends A {

public B() {

System.out.println(

“The default constructor of B is invoked”);

}

}

public class C {

public static void main(String[ ] args) {

B b = new B();

}

} 

Nothing displayed

“The default constructor of A is invoked”

“The default constructor of B is invoked” “The default constructor of A is invoked”

“The default constructor of A is invoked” “The default constructor of B is invoked”

“The default constructor of B is invoked”

 

 

Question 3.3. (TCOs 1–8) What modifier should you use on the members of a class so that they are not accessible to another class in a different package but are accessible to any subclasses in any package? (Points : 3)

Private

Public

Protected

Use the default modifier

 

 

Question 4.4. (TCOs 1–8) Invoking _____ removes all elements in an ArrayList x. (Points : 3)

x.delete()

x.clear()

x.clean()

x.empty()

x.remove()

 

 

Question 5.5. (TCOs 1–8) A class design requires that a particular member variable must be accessible by any subclasses of this class, but otherwise not by classes which are not members of the same package. What should be done to achieve this? (Points : 3)

The variable should be marked public.

The variable should be marked private and an accessor method provided.

The variable should be marked private.

The variable should have no special access modifier.

The variable should be marked protected.

 

 

Question 6.6. (TCOs 1–8) Which of the following statements is for terminating the program when closing the frame? (Points : 3)

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(null)

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.STOP_ON_CLOSE)

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE)

frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.TERMINATE_ON_CLOSE)

 

 

Question 7.7. (TCOs 1–8) The default layout out of a contentPane in a JFrame is _____ (Points : 3)

GridLayout.

None

FlowLayout.

BorderLayout.

 

 

Question 8.8. (TCOs 1–8) The default layout out of a JPanel is _____ (Points : 3)

BorderLayout.

FlowLayout.

GridLayout.

None

 

 

Question 9.9. (TCOs 1–8) What is best to describe the relationship between a container and a layout manager? (Points : 3)

Composition

Inheritance

Aggregation

Association

 

 

Question 10.10. (TCOs 1–8) Swing components that don’t rely on native GUI are referred to as _____ (Points : 3)

heavyweight components.

GUI components.

non-GUI components.

lightweight components.

 

 

 

information security systems response hpk

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In the current digital world, security is the most important aspect for an organization or individual. As the number of cyber-attacks is increasing day by day, Security Awareness Training (SAT) is the most priority for all the companies. 

The SAT provides a great way to educate employees and keep the organization’s security policy fresh in their minds. There are different stages involved in this process.

Forming Security Team: This is the first step to develop the guidelines, policies, and delivery. It’s a great advantage having a specialized team ensure the success of the SAT program. The team size will depend on the organization needs and culture. 

Determine Roles: The organization can provide training personnel at the appropriate levels based on the roles. The idea is to help organizations deliver the right training to the right people. Every organization has different teams and all of them may not require the same training. For example, the network team required more training on security, but the business team or Testing team may not require. So, it’s very important to provide SAT based on the role. The manager role required different SAT training than a team member.

              General Security Training:  All personals

              Intermediate Security Training: Managers, Some Specialized Roles

              In-Depth Security Training: Specialized Roles, Higher Management

Passwords: All passwords must contain letters, numerical, capital letters and special characters and length should be more than 15 characters. Also, need to avoid keeping the first name, last name and month names. All the passwords must be changed on monthly basis.

Clean Desk Policy:  Its always better to implement clean desk policy. All the employees should not list the passwords on paper or system. It’s always better to memorize and keep a unique password which is easy for you not others.

Security Audit: It’s one of the most important and needs to perform this task on quarterly. Based on the audit results an organization can update the security guidelines and policies.

References:

1.  Jan Killmeyer. Information Security Architecture: An Integrated Approach to Security in the Organization, Second Edition

2.  https://www.enterprise-cio.com/news/2016/jan/22/importance-security-awareness-training-enterprise-it-governance/

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Social Engineering Attacks are the most common form of cyber-attacks as it mainly deals with manipulating users over online by sending different text messages, links and files over the Internet. The hacker will wait for the user to make a mistake by clicking them and gains access, steals the data accordingly (Conklin, White, Williams, Davis, & Cothren, 2010). One of the examples of Social Engineering victim is the Ubiquiti Networks Company related to computer networking Industry operates from the United States. In the year 2015, the company had lost about $46.7 million due to the phishing attack by the hackers who mainly targeted the employees, managers by impersonating them and making fake messages and requests through emails (Hackett, 2015). The phishing worked well for the hackers and they were able to transfer the money into their accounts by gaining the access whenever the manager or employees access the fake messages. It made a huge impact on the company as they were only able to recover only $8.1 million.

There are certain measures that could have prevented the Ubiquiti networks company against such social engineering attacks. The first measure would be the implementation of two-factor authentication for each system that is utilized by the employees. The phone-based verification is very popular using OTP’s and it should be linked with every system that helps in restricting majority of the attacks. Goyal et al. suggested to adopt the hash functions and random number generating techniques at sender and receiver for secured connection while dealing with both the mobile and desktop systems (Goyal, Vakil, Parmar, Jain, & Jinwala, 2015).  Software’s for spam filters and firewalls will be appropriate to restrict such attacks further. 

References

Conklin, A., White, G., Williams, D., Davis, R., & Cothren, C. (2010). Principles of Computer Security; Second Edition. New York: Tata McGraw-Hill Education.

Goyal, T., Vakil, A., Parmar, D., Jain, R., & Jinwala, D. C. (2015). Preventing Phishing Attacks: A Novel Approach. International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol. 121, No. 14, 8-12.

Hackett, R. (2015, August 10). Fraudsters duped this company into handing over $40 million. Retrieved from fortune.com: http://fortune.com/2015/08/10/ubiquiti-networks-email-scam-40-million/

discussion reply minimum 50 words, in own words please

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1: I typically use the 6 digit password protect on my Iphone as well as using my finger print. I also us the feature to that you can use to find your phone as well as wipe it just in case. I am not sure if you can stop people from stealing your stuff though. I think all of the new features are great but what if someone is smart enough to keep the phone off the network. If they were smart they could remove the battery right away or even the sim card if your phone is GSM. If there is no network then how would the feature find your phone and erase it? Does anyone know of any other type of security that would be more risk free?

 

2:Timothy your post was on target you made some good points about chapter 11 fencing technique. Safety methods to protect a castle is what our view point should be . The chapter text points to using layers of safety as the best plan of strategy . Let me use my cell phone as an example , and lets say i had a crazy girlfriend who likes to check my phone an illegal search laws do not apply in her crazy world . Would i use just the lock screen option or would i set the password id , then the pattern swipe , and the eye scanner ti unlock my screen plus password entry prompts after every 60 seconds would keep her out of my call history log. Safety 1st.safe

equals security. So like timothy said the lock methods helps ?

 

 

 

 

3:

 Timothy, great advice!! A “safety officer” would definitely understand what needs to be included.  Also where would you find a safety officer?  And Michael, you make a great point about “cameras and how inexpensive they have become.”  Class, how would cameras help with an escape plan andwhat would you include in your home escape plan?

 

 

 

 

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Read the case study “McRoy Aerospace” answer questions below

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1) APA FORMATE 

2) ADD REFERENCES

3)350 TO 400 WORDS

QUESTIONS 

  1. What should Mark have done if Jack still was not able to resolve the problem?
     
  2. Would it make sense for Mark to assign this problem to someone else now, after Jack
    could not solve the problem the second time around?
     

    

McRoy Aerospace was a highly profitable company building cargo planes and refueling tankers for the armed forces. It had been doing this for more than fifty years and was highly successful. But because of a downturn in the government’s spending on these types of planes, McRoy decided to enter the commercial aviation aircraft business, specifically wide-body planes that would seat up to 400 passengers, and compete head on with Boeing and Airbus Industries. 

During the design phase, McRoy found that the majority of the commercial airlines would consider purchasing its plane provided that the costs were lower than the other aircraft manu- facturers. While the actual purchase price of the plane was a consideration for the buyers, the greater interest was in the life-cycle cost of maintaining the operational readiness of the aircraft, specifically the maintenance costs. 

Operations and support costs were a considerable expense and maintenance requirements were regulated by the government for safety reasons. The airlines make money when the planes are in the air rather than sitting in a maintenance hangar. Each maintenance depot maintained an inventory of spare parts so that, if a part did not function properly, the part could be removed and replaced with a new part. The damaged part would be sent to the manufacturer for repairs or replacement. Inventory costs could be significant but were considered a necessary expense to keep the planes flying. 

One of the issues facing McRoy was the mechanisms for the eight doors on the aircraft. Each pair of doors had their own mechanisms which appeared to be restricted by their location in the plane. If McRoy could come up with a single design mechanism for all four pairs of doors, it would significantly lower the inventory costs for the airlines as well as the necessity to train mechanics on one set of mechanisms rather than four. On the cargo planes and refuel- ing tankers, each pair of doors had a unique mechanism. For commercial aircrafts, finding one design for all doors would be challenging. 

Mark Wilson, One of the department managers at McRoy’s design center, assigned Jack, the best person he could think of to work on this extremely challenging project. If anyone could accomplish it, it was Jack. If Jack could not do it, Mark sincerely believed it could not be done. 

The successful completion of this project would be seen as a value-added opportunity for McRoy’s customers and could make a tremendous difference from a cost and efficiency stand- point. McRoy would be seen as an industry leader in life-cycle costing, and this could make the difference in getting buyers to purchase commercial planes from McRoy Aerospace. 

The project was to design an opening/closing mechanism that was the same for all of the doors. Until now, each door could have a different set of open/close mechanisms, which made 

 

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the design, manufacturing, maintenance, and installation processes more complex, cumber- some, and costly. 

Without a doubt, Jack was the best—and probably the only—person to make this happen even though the equipment engineers and designers all agreed that it could not be done. Mark put all of his cards on the table when he presented the challenge to Jack. He told him wholeheartedly that his only hope was for Jack to take on this project and explore it from every possible, out-of- the-box angle he could think of. But Jack said right off the bat that this may not be possible. Mark was not happy hearing Jack say this right away, but he knew Jack would do his best. 

Jack spent two months looking at the problem and simply could not come up with the solu- tion needed. Jack decided to inform Mark that a solution was not possible. Both Jack and Mark were disappointed that a solution could not be found. 

“I know you’re the best, Jack,” stated Mark. “I can’t imagine anyone else even coming close to solving this critical problem. I know you put forth your best effort and the problem was just too much of a challenge. Thanks for trying. But if I had to choose one of your co-workers to take another look at this project, who might have even half a chance of making it happen? Who would you suggest? I just want to make sure that we have left no stone unturned,” he said rather glumly. 

Mark’s words caught Jack by surprise. Jack thought for a moment and you could practi- cally see the wheels turning in his mind. Was Jack thinking about who could take this project on and waste more time trying to find a solution? No, Jack’s wheels were turning on the sub- ject of the challenging problem itself. A glimmer of an idea whisked through his brain and he said, “Can you give me a few days to think about some things, Mark?” he asked pensively. 

Mark had to keep the little glimmer of a smile from erupting full force on his face. “Sure, Jack,” he said. “Like I said before, if anyone can do it, it’s you. Take all the time you need.” 

A few weeks later, the problem was solved and Jack’s reputation rose to even higher heights than before. 

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Message expanded.Message readRedesign

posted by MELISSA SAMPSON , Oct 07, 2015, 9:38 AM

1:   Some of the reasons a website would need to be redesigned is the management system or technology may be out of date, the web designs are probably look old or outdated, website is not mobile friendly, not getting the result you are seeking for, or the business focus change. Technology is always changing  and one way to keep the  website from being hacked or breached is to keep the website updated. Making sure that the web designs are fresh, contemporary, and looks fresh is the best way to get the user’s attention. Having the website improved for mobile devices so that it is easy for the user’s to use is important. When people use their mobile devices to browse the internet they want to be able to get to the website quick and easy. When the focus on the business is changing then the website need to change also. I think that it is important to always be planning the next site redesign is because of growth. The way society is growing and changing today it is always best to be prepared.

 

2:   I totally agree that it is necessary for continuous planning of new designs and technologies, as you stated ” It’s important to make sure your website can be viewed on different devices, such as laptops, desktops, smart phones, and tablets.” and this is true, since we’ve been reading about web design it has caused me to focus a little more on targeted audiences, what appeals to certain groups such moms, teens, other students and various businesses as well as what’s trending. And as our needs grow and change so should our designs.

 

 

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1:    I have a type of local area network called a home area network in my residence. The high speed internet capabilities we have are provided by our local cable provider. While I have the option to for a wired connection to the modem, it is connected to a router which allows for wireless connectivity to the network on multiple devices as long as the user provides a password to access the network. This is the standard type of network that is installed in one’s one private home. It allows for anyone within a reasonable distance from the router to have high speed wireless internet access, which allows for one person to work from home while another person uses the internet from another device without the simultaneous usage interfering with each other. It can also be used to include printers, allowing for content to be printed without a wired connection to the printer, or a shared network storage system that can be accessed by all devices on that particular network.

 

 

2:A LAN connects network devices over a (compared to other things) short distance. A networked office building, school, or home usually contains a single LAN, though sometimes one building will contain a few small LANs maybe one per room, and (every once in a while) a LAN will span a group of nearby buildings. In TCP/IP networking, a LAN is often but not always put into use as a single IP subnet. As the term hints, a WAN spans a large physical distance. The Internet is the largest WAN, spanning the Earth. A WAN is a (related to where mountains, rivers, cities, etc., are located)-broke up and moved away collection of LANs. A network device called a router connects LANs to a WAN. In IP networking, the router maintains both a LAN address and a WAN address. A WAN is different from a LAN in (more than two, but not a lot of) important ways. Most WANs (like the Internet) are not owned by any one organization but rather exist under total (of everything or everyone) or distributed ownership and management. In my household our network is LAN, we have it set up this way because my kids all like to play there games online and it seems to work better using it this way. LAN seems to be the general setup when you first install a router to your Internet modem.

More Info:http://ccm.net/contents/266-types-of-networks