Denial Of Service Attacks

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Learn About Defending Against DDoS

Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more:

  • Find a DoS attack that has occurred in the last six months
  • You might find some resources at www.f-secure.com.
  • Note how that attack was conducted.
  • Write a brief explanation of how you might have defended against that specific attack.

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BE DIS – 8

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 Explain the impact of private equity firm acquisition of manufacturing and retail firms.

Post your Initial response to the Discussion question. This posting should be at least 250 words. Respond to at least 2 other students responses. Your primary posting can end with a “tag- line” or a related question of your own. 

REPLY – 1 (nagaraju lingampally)

 

Private equity firms can be described as a company specializing in financial activities, funding businesses and acquiring companies that are not listed publicly in The Marketplace. Such companies fund businesses that are not traded publicly by supplying them with financial resources to improve their operations and sometimes by firms that fail, run them and bring them back to their operating strength and from there they can decide to sell the firms for benefit. Such companies purchasing manufacturing and retail firms have an influence on the newly acquired business. The impact of buying from them a manufacturing firm can vary from the effect they have when acquiring a retail company. This is because a manufacturing company is concerned with bulk distributors while the retail company is working with the individual customer on the marketplace.

Because of their investment capacity, these firms can run and bring manufacturing companies to a higher return point when a private equity firm acquires a manufacturing company. A strong asset base allows private equity firms to engage in purchases of raw materials, while increasing the efficiency of the production business. After a manufacturing company has been acquired by a private equity firm, it becomes the duty of private equity firms to ensure that the manufacturing company gets the best out of the brand’s position, thereby using their financial resources to promote such a manufacturing entity, thereby raising awareness of the presence of such a manufacturing entity.

REFERENCES

“Bloom, N., Sadun, R., & Van Reenen, J. (2015). Do private equity-owned firms have better management practices?. American Economic Review, 105(5), 442-46.”

“Cao, X., Chan, K., & Kahle, K. (2018). Risk and performance of bonds sponsored by private equity firms. Journal of Banking & Finance, 93, 41-53.”

REPLY – 2 (vinod kumar nomula)

 

Private Equity Acquisition in Manufacturing and Retail Firms

            Private equity firms are involved in buying controlling shares of public or private companies with the hope of using its controlling position to restructure the company and thereby increasing its value and later selling them to other companies in an effort to attain profit from the transaction or taking them public. In order to achieve this, the private equity firms lend money from banking institutions or other lenders and add more from its own to ensure that it is able to attain a majority stake in the shares of a company. Private equity can invest in retail and instead of creating profits incur losses in the operations and thereby leading to the closure of the retail companies in the long run (Bernstein, Lerner, Sorensen, & Strmberg, 2016). 

Already struggling retail firms have been complicated through the efforts and the role that is played by private equity firms following the fact that private equity management of retail companies may play a major role in catalyzing them towards bankruptcy in that the management change may have even more negative and diverse impacts on the organizations that before.

            Private equity firms also contribute to the downfall of retailers in that it acquires their debt obligation through a Leveraged Buyout and thereby collecting dividends from the company on the basis of those obligations in addition to charging the company fees for the services that are offered by the private equity management. In response, the retail company in efforts to minimize the debts is forced to close some of its stores, decrease inventory, terminate leases and even reduce on its labor force (DePamphilis, 2019). 

Private equity also impacts greatly on the performance of manufacturing firms in terms of profitability margins.

References

Bernstein, S., Lerner, J., Sorensen, M., & Strmberg, P. (2016). Private equity and industry performance. Management Science, 63(4), 1198-1213.

DePamphilis, D. (2019). Mergers, acquisitions, and other restructuring activities. Academic Press.

Assignment(Computer Security)

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Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more:

Find a DoS attack that has occurred in the last six months

You might find some resources at www.f-secure.com.

Note how that attack was conducted.

Write a brief explanation of how you might have defended against that specific attack

Nursing Paper

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1.  PART 1: The medical application selection for this assignment will be LactMed medical App.

o  Use the Google Play Store for Android devices or the Apple iTunes App Store for Apple devices to search for the medical application as determined by the table above.

o  In order to complete the following guided appraisal, download the app to a mobile device (smartphone or tablet). The apps are free and do not require purchase to complete this assignment.

2.  PART 2: Answer the Medical App Critical Appraisal questions thoughtfully and comprehensively. Use the criteria headings on this outline as the headings on your properly APA- formatted paper.

o  NAME: What is the name of the app?

o  AUTHOR: Who created, developed, or maintains the app? Explain.

o  ENDORSEMENT: Is the app licensed by the Food and Drug Administration, other government agency, or endorsed by an academic institution or medical professional organization? Explain.

o  OPERATION: Which platform (mobile or web-based) is suitable for the app and why?

o  AESTHETICS: Is the information displayed in a way that is easy to navigate? Is it easy to use? Can you use it without instructions? Explain.

o  PURPOSE: What is the intended purpose or use of the app?

o  CLINICAL DECISION MAKING: What influence does the app have on clinical decision making? Explain.

o  SAFETY: Is there potential for patient harm? Explain.

o  PRIVACY/SECURITY: Does the app have privacy statement or setting? Is there a clear privacy policy stating information will be encrypted and not shared with third parties? Does the app share information on social networks? Are users notified in the event of a breach of privacy and health information? Explain.

o  USER: For whom is the app intended (providers, patients, or others)? Explain.

o  DISTRIBUTION: Is it designed for local use or wider distribution? Explain.

o  CREDIBILITY: How credible are the sources of information? How do you know? Explain.

o  RELEVANCE: How current is the information in the app? When was the last update? Is the content consistent with evidence-based literature or best practices/standards of care? Explain.

3.  PART 3: Provide one example of an appropriate patient or clinical scenario for this app. The example should include the following details:

o  Patient Age-population (Pediatric, Adult, Geriatric)

o  Clinical Setting (Hospital, Private Practice, Extended Living Facility)

o  History of Present Illness and Diagnosis or Condition

o  Provide a detailed description of the app in your example. When will the app be implemented (at the Point-of-care or elsewhere)? Who will use the app? What potential impact will it have on the scenario? Incorporate the critical appraisal information from Part 2. Provide one evidence-based scholarly article as a reference to support clinical decision making.

4.  This assignment will be graded on the quality of the information, inclusion of one evidence-based scholarly resource, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, and organization based on the required components (see the paper headings and content details in Part 1).

5.  The length of the paper is to be between 1,200 and 1,500 words, excluding title page and reference list.

6.  Create this assignment using Microsoft (MS) Word. You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word document because it will end in “.docx.”

7.  APA format (6th edition) is required in this assignment, explicitly for in-text citations and the reference list. Use 12-point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins and double spacing. See the APA manual for details regarding proper citation. See resources under Course Resources, “Guidelines for Writing Professional Papers” for further clarification.