Discuss how the security principles that we learned this week Diversity and Commonality can help to prevent Botnet attacks against EnergyA.

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Let us consider a company EnergyA that is a global leader in producing energy from diversified fuel sources for the U.S and U.K consumer markets with approximately 8.9 million electricity and gas consumers worldwide. Recently, the company’s website was under attack from a botnet titled fringe47. The company is under major scrutiny and is under pressure from several sources.

Discuss how the security principles that we learned this week Diversity and Commonality can help to prevent Botnet attacks against EnergyA.  Ensure to discuss why the concept of diversity and commonality is paradoxical. Discuss the challenges that are involved in implementing diversity and commonality at the national infrastructure level. Please provide examples to support your discussion.

You must do the following:

1) share your perspectives with examples and references to course material

ALL original posts and comments must be substantive

BBC DIGITAL MEDIA INITIATIVE REVISITED

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The National Audit Office (NAO) scrutinizes public spending in the United Kingdom. Its memorandum on the BBC’s DMI project reported on several key findings. First, the in-house team was severely challenged by the fact that the project was already 18 months behind schedule when they began work on the project. Second, the technology team issued releases throughout the project that did not meet end-user expectations and eroded confidence in the project. Third, the BBC focused more on the technological development rather than on encouraging organization-wide changes in workflow that would encourage adoption. Finally, the NAO concluded, the DMI lacked governance arrangements for the scale, risk, and complexity of the project.  

Do research online to identify the capabilities of digital asset management software. What are the top rated digital asset management software products? Who uses this software? 

Given the NAO’s findings and what you discover about available off-the-shelf products, would it have been wiser for the BBC to adopt a collection of these existing products? What actions would be necessary to gain the cooperation of the business units to incorporate this collection of products into their work processes?

comparing the idea of our criminal law system as adversarial to other descriptions of how a courtroom works.

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Create a 15 to 20 minute powerpoint presentation or video comparing the idea of our criminal law system as adversarial to other descriptions of how a courtroom works.

The assignment should include the following:

  1. Submissions must be thought provoking and provide a critical analysis of the criminal law system.
  2. If you select the PowerPoint presentation, it must contain a minimum of 20 slides.
  3. If you select the youtube video, it must contain 15 minutes of original dialogue. Steps on how to upload your video to youtube can be found here https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57924?hl=en
  4. Use the “notes” section of the PowerPoint to provide your analysis. The PowerPoint slide should have minimum text and graphics. The notes section will contain your analysis. (This is the information you will share with an audience.)
  5. 2-3 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia) the others must be found in the Grantham University Library. References should be located on the last slide of the PowerPoint presentation or embedded within your dialogue in the video. (Cite your references).
  6. The PowerPoint must be free of spelling and grammatical errors. The video must be free of (spoken) grammatical errors.
  7. APA format.

Johnathan Klein: Photos that changed the world

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Throughout the semester we have explored the many ways photography has been used to document and examine the world.  Please watch the following TED Talk.

Johnathan  Klein: Photos that changed the world

13 Photographs that changed the world:

Read the blog article, Thirteen Photographs That Changed the World – The author compiles a list that decidedly
favors photojournalistic approaches over fine art. The list has been hotly debated, with critics often citing
additional images that they feel should have been included in the list. 

After reading the article and watching the TED Talk you are going to create your own exhibit of Ten influential photographs that you believe can impact and perhaps change the world, they cannot be from the textbook or the power points.   You may want to consider a theme for your exhibition (think of the Family of Man exhibit).  The theme can be anything you want it to be that you believe to be thought provoking and powerful.  Some examples are the racial tensions, Ferguson, MO. and the Black Lives Matter movement, the Syrian refugee crisis, global warming, sporting events such as the Invictus Games,  LGBT issues, effects of social media, to name a few.  There is no right or wrong choice here, just whatever you find to be compelling and provocative.   There should be a cohesiveness to your exhibition. 

You are going to create your exhibition using Power Point.  (contact me if you do not have access to Power Point)  You will be including each image on a separate slide.

For the text part of the exhibit (think of a museum label) Include the photographer’s name, title and date of the photograph, and where you located them.  You may want to search for your images using the references I have provided for you in the introductory module, or search by event, topic, artists, museum collection, Library of Congress, George Eastman House, The History Place, etc.  You may use the Internet to find your images.  Please cite your sources using MLA format.

Consider what you personally believe to be powerful, inspirational and influential about these photographs and explain in 1-2 paragraphs per image why the image is important and part of the exhibition.  Do not use personal pronouns.  For example:  Do not say “I chose this image because…” You can explain why the image is included in the exhibit without using personal pronouns.  This is considered to be the “research paper” portion of the assignment. 

You can include the image and the text box on the same slide or the text can follow the image on a separate slide.  Be aware of the flow of your exhibition.  If we were walking through an actual museum exhibition, such as the Family of Man, what image would you want the audience to see first and what would you want them to see last?  Be creative with the font and background color to support the theme of the exhibition.  Have fun with it, you are the curator.   Please ask any questions about the exhibit assignment in the Exhibit Q&A.