Security Assessment

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 Assignment Content

Refer to NIST SP 800-53 (Rev. 4) [https://nvd.nist.gov/800-53] for the 18 candidate security control families and associated security controls.

Security Assessment must be incorporated into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in order to be a secure, integrated process. Testing of selected security controls ensures that applications meet business requirements, function as planned, and protect associated data securely from attack. A security assessment of the targeted environment identifies vulnerabilities that may cause a security breach and specifies the security controls that mitigate the vulnerabilities.

For this assignment, use the organization you choose.

Part I: Mapping Vulnerabilities to Security Controls

Choose 5 distinct security control families as specified in NIST SP 800-53 (Rev. 4) that are most applicable to your organizations known vulnerabilities.

Create a 1-page spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel that identifies the following criteria for each family:

Control ID

Control Name

Vulnerability

Recommended mitigation (refer to your Week 3 assignment; refine them for this mitigation)

Part II: Security Controls Testing

Provide a 2- to 3-page table in Microsoft Word including each family, and describe the testing procedure that will mitigate the vulnerability. Annotate whether the testing procedure is an interview, observation, technical test, or a combination.

Example of Security Controls Testing Table:

Part III: Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Scanning

Provide a 1-page description of penetration testing and vulnerability scanning processes.

Describe how they are used as part of the organizations testing and assessment strategy.

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

Assignment: Research Design And Sampling – SOCW 6301 Week 7

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See the attachment for ALL of the requirements and the week 5 source document  

Using the empirical research article that your instructor approved in the Week 5 assignment, ask yourself: Is this a quantitative research article or a qualitative research article? Remember, in quantitative research, the emphasis is on measuring social phenomenon because it is assumed that everything can be observed, measured, and quantified. On the other hand, in qualitative research, it is assumed that social phenomenon cannot be easily reduced and broken down into concepts that can be measured and quantified. Instead, there may be different meanings to phenomenon and experiences. Often in qualitative research, researchers use interviews, focus groups and observations to gather data and then report their findings using words and quotations.

Consider how these different methods affect the sampling design and recruitment strategy, and ask yourself how the recruitment of research participants will affect the findings.

For this Assignment, submit a 3-4 page paper. 

Complete the following:

Read your selected empirical research article, and identify whether the study is a quantitative or qualitative study. Justify the reasons why you believe it is a quantitative or qualitative study. (Your instructor will indicate to you if you are correct in identifying the research design. This will point you to whether you will use the Quantitative Article and Review Critique or the Qualitative Article and Review Critique guidelines for the final assignment in week 10.)

Using the empirical research article, focus on the sampling method in the study and begin to evaluate the sampling method by answering the following:

o Describe the sampling methods in your own words (paraphrase, do not quote from the article).

o Describe the generalizability or the transferability of the research finding based on the sampling method.

o Discuss the limitations the article identified with the sample and how those limitations affect the reliability or credibility.

o Explain one recommendation you would make to improve the sampling plan of the study that would address these limitations in future research.

Module/Week 8 — Lex Talionis

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Discussion Board Forum 2

Thread: Charles Colson and Daniel Benson argue in Restitution v. Imprisonment that programs of restitution by offenders to their victims should be instituted on a wide scale as the primary means of dealing with criminal behavior. Is this argument persuasive to you? Explain why you do or do not believe that such a system would work. Consider the biblical model of restitution in your explanation.

Replies: Respond to 2 classmates threads and state why you agree or disagree with them. Be sure to use specific examples from the course material and textbook.

Global Health Nursing

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Instructions

In a 2 page paper, select a developing global
community and describe the role of the nurse in
improving/facilitating health care services to this
vulnerable diverse population.

Use APA format & include Headings. Cover and reference pages were not
included  in the paper count  and must be included as part of the paper.
Due by Sunday at 11:59PM
EST. Review the rubrics