For this Assignment, submit a 3 page response to the following in your paper:

Who is ultimately responsible for the security of information in an organization?

What are the disadvantages of using a VPN instead of a leased line?

If a hacker hacks into a network, copies a few files, defaces the Web page, and steals credit card numbers, identify the different threat categories encompassed by this attack?

What do VPNs do that firewalls cannot do?

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Single typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.

Remember to review the syllabus expectations for initial discussion posts and peer replies!

Discuss the following questions: 1. What are the benefits and challenges associated with public and private blockchain and which has the most potential for application in human resource management? 2. What are Smart Contracts and how might they be applied in human resource management? 3. How might Blockchain technology impact labor relations and employee safety? You are required to cite this weeks assigned readings in your paper. You may also cite prior week’s reading assignments and external sources if you wish.

Use the following headings to organize your paper: Introduction, Question 1, Question 2, Question 3, Conclusion, References.

Submit your paper as a Word attachment in the discussion forum. I provide feedback within the paper and will not grade your post unless you submit it as an attachment. Your response to the discussion prompt should contain a minimum of 500 words and it should be submitted no later than Wednesday before 11:59 pm EST.  Your response should be formatted in APA style and reference each of this week’s readings.

Writing Requirements for All Assignments:

• References MUST be cited within your paper in APA format. Your reference page and in-text citations must match 100%. Papers without in-text citations will earn failing grades.
• Always include a cover page and reference page with all submissions
• Your paper must have headings in it. For discussion posts Introduction, Prompt/Question, and Conclusion will suffice as headings.  
• Provide the EXACT web link for all online sources do not provide just the home page, but the EXACT LINK I check all sources
• No abbreviations, no contractions write formally
• Write in the third person formal voice (no first or second person pronouns)
• Write MORE than the minimum requirement of the word count assigned
• As always, the word count is ONLY for the BODY of the paper the cover page, reference page, and / or Appendix (if included) do not count towards the word count for the paper
• Indent the first line of each new paragraph five spaces
• Refer to the example APA paper in the getting started folder under the content tab if you need an example. Also, a power is provided under the information tab that addresses APA format.
• Use double-spacing / zero point line spacing, a running header, page numbers, and left justify the margins.

Prepare an 8 page APA style paper using the resources you have read in this course and at least 3 additional peer reviewed resources. Follow the writing requirements for this course. Include an introduction and conclusion in the paper. This paper should address the following questions:

(1) Does Blockchain technology have the potential to cause the paradigm shift in business practices that many experts are predicting? Explain why or why not.  Support your answer with research.

(2) Is there evidence to suggest that Blockchain technology will change the way HR is practiced? If there is, discuss that evidence. If there is not, what issues exist that impede its adoption?

(3) Which functions of human resource management could be most impacted by Blockchain technology? How might the HR functions change? Support your answer with research.

Course writing requirements:

• References MUST be cited within your paper in APA format. Your reference page and in-text citations must match 100%. Papers without in-text citations will earn failing grades.
• Always include a cover page and reference page with ALL submissions (even initial discussion posts)
• Provide the EXACT web link on the reference page citations for all online sources do not provide just the home page, but the EXACT LINK I check all sources
• No abbreviations, no contractions write formally
• Write in the third person formal voice (no first or second person pronouns)
• Write MORE than the minimum requirement of the word count assigned
• As always, the word count is ONLY for the BODY of the paper the cover page, reference page, and / or Appendix (if included) do not count towards the word count for the paper
• Indent the first line of each new paragraph five spaces
• Refer to the example APA paper in the getting started folder under the content tab if you need an example. Also, a Power Point is provided under the information tab that addresses APA format.
• Use double-spacing / zero point line spacing, a running header, page numbers, and left justify the margins.

Case Study 2: Implementation Strategies 

Your proposed information system is still a contender. The executives, however, are asking whether it is too limited to prevent the shadow IT projects that continue to take place throughout the organization. They believe that you have considered what the organization does now, but how will your system adapt to new products and processes? Read IQMS (2015) for a concrete example of what they mean. 

Youll have to quell their fears, so its time for another memo. 

Please focus on these points: 

Use the template below but incorporate the following questions.

1. Identify any significant changes that your organization might reasonably make in its product offerings in the next 3 years. Explain the competitive benefits of this change.

2. Explain how your information system addresses or can adapt to the introduction of these new product offerings. 

3. Give one reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be incorporated in the initial information system design. Justify your reason. 

This memo should be 35 pages long. Reference: IQMS. (2015). Quick Response Manufacturing Yields Lower Inventories & Improves cash flow. Retrieved from https://www.iqms.com/files/case-studies/quick-response-manufacturing.pdf.

Template to follow for the MEMO case study:

TO:

FROM:

DATE:

SUBJECT:

– APA format

– Write in Third Person

– Do not ask questions

– Text with quotes requires page or paragraph # in Citation. 

– All Papers will be checked using SafeAssign. Please focus on keeping the SafeAssign percentage to approximately 20%.

Introduction 

The Introduction is a short overview of your memo.

The CIO asked you to read Connelly (2016) to think about what resources youll need to get your new information system up and running. Please also review the five case studies in (Basu 2015, p. 32-35) so you can recommend a change management pattern for your company to follow.

Identify Change

Changes in its product offerings that your organization might reasonably make over the next 3 years. Explain the competitive benefits of this change.

To earn an A in this section you must (From Grading Rubric):

Predicted significant changes in product offerings

Figure 1 Include source if applicable, (include diagram) 

Product Offerings

Explain how your information system addresses or can adapt to the introduction of these new product offerings.

Figure 2 Include source if applicable, (include diagram/chart)

Capabilities 

Give one reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be incorporated in the initial information system design. Justify your reason

Evaluated the capabilities of each product offering

Reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be incorporated into the initial system design. Justified the reason.

Provided more than one reason why capabilities for the new product offerings should or should not be incorporated into the initial system design. Justified the reasoning.

References

 describe an IT or similar business project you have done or are currently doing. In your discussion, provide information on the following:

1.  What is that project? Provide complete description. Consider using PPM.

2.  What was the scoop, deliverable, and results of the project?

3.  What constraints did you experience and how did you handle them?

4.  If you had to do the same project again, what changes will you recommend?

Read and respond to at least 2 of your classmates posts. Read posting/discussion requirements.

Please use APA throughout in your main post and responses to other posts.

Below are additional suggestions on how to respond to your classmates discussions:

Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.

Share an insight from having read your colleagues postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research.

Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.

Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.

Expand on your colleagues postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.

Important Note: You need to participate in class discussions and activities each week. Your participation is an evidence that you are attending classes in order to continue to maintain your F1 visa status. Simply logging in and do nothing is not enough to meet this requirement. Consistent absence and lack of participation will result to automatic withdrawal from the course.

The approach Intuit uses to measure the effectiveness of their ERM, and chapter 15 presented the process the City of Edmonton employed to develop and deploy their ERM. You are an ERM consultant, retained by Intuit to re-implement their ERM. They have decided to start over and develop a new ERM for their current organization. Would you recommend that the base their new ERM on PM2 Risk Scorecard or ISO 31000? Explain why you would choose one over the other. 

3-4 pages with references

1.  What is the difference between statistical randomness and unpredictability?

2.  List important design considerations for a stream cipher.

3.  Why is it not desirable to reuse a stream cipher key?

4. What primitive operations are used in RC4?

Data representation is the act displaying the visual form of your data. The process of identifying the most effective and appropriate solution for representing our data is unquestionably the most important feature of our visualization design. Working on this layer involves making decisions that cut across the artistic and scientific foundations of the field.Here we find ourselves face-to-face with the demands of achieving that ideal harmony of form and function that was outlined in Chapter 6, Data Representation. We need to achieve the elegance of a design that aesthetically suits our intent and the functional behavior required to fulfill the effective imparting of information.According to Kirk 2016, in order to dissect the importance of data representation, we are going to “look at it from both theoretical and pragmatic perspectives.” Choose three of the storytelling techniques (Pages 161 – 209) in which data is presented and stories are being interpreted. Discuss the importance and the advantages of using these techniques. Provide an example of each technique.

 Assignment Content

1. As a final project requirement, the executive staff requested recommendations to address the following:
   
   • Strategy for staff awareness
   • Strategy for ongoing security maintenance
   • The best way to get the message across is to have a solid mission statement to share with the organization. You decide to create an awareness campaign for the organization to address the executive staff member’s request. Your campaign consists of the following three items:
   • Mission statement
   • Poster campaign
   • Message to organization via the intranet
   • Create an approximate 90-word security policy mission statement for Dayton Soft Products.
     Develop a poster campaign consisting of 3 posters for security awareness to display in the workplace and to distribute virtually. Each poster must include the security policy mission statement. Highlight at least 5 legal and ethical issues across the 3 posters. You may use any program to create your posters.
     Write a message for the company’s internal website to a diverse workforce announcing the cybersecurity awareness material. You will need to submit a draft of your announcement message to the executive staff in the form of a Microsoft Word document.
     Provide the following elements in your announcement message:
   • The reason the corporate security policy was established
   • Mission statement
   • Employees’ role to meet the mission
   • Announce launch of the poster campaign
   • Large images of the three posters
   • Strategies and tools for ongoing monitoring and enforcement of security policy

   • Note: The page assignment length requirement applies to the content of the assignment. Start the assignment with an APA formatted title page and add a reference section with at least two professional references. Use the references in the text of the assignment. Make sure to check the SafeAssign originality score. Individual assignments can be submitted multiple tie to correct content, quality, and originality issues.

 Your company, “Security Consultants Incorporated” has been engaged to perform a wireless and remote connectivity assessment and deliver a proposal for Sanford University.  

A Summary of the challenge is attached:

Your proposal should include:

• Cover page
• Brief overview (two paragraph max) of the problem or current state.
• Proposed Network design Diagram
• Proposed Design description and reasoning one to two pages
• Implementation approach one to two pages
• Equipment pricing and implementation costs one page
• References one page

The paper should be double spaced and 12pt. font. This does not include a cover or reference page.

APA format is encouraged.