Designing Compliance Within The LAN-To-WAN Domain

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Assignment 4: Designing Compliance within the LAN-to-WAN Domain

Note: Review the page requirements and formatting instructions for this assignment closely. Graphically depicted solutions, as well as the standardized formatting requirements, do NOT count toward the overall page length.

Imagine you are an Information Systems Security Officer for a medium-sized financial services firm that has operations in four (4) states (Virginia, Florida, Arizona, and California). Due to the highly sensitive data created, stored, and transported by your organization, the CIO is concerned with implementing proper security controls for the LAN-to-WAN domain. Specifically, the CIO is concerned with the following areas:

  • Protecting data privacy across the WAN
  • Filtering undesirable network traffic from the Internet
  • Filtering the traffic to the Internet that does not adhere to the organizational acceptable use policy (AUP) for the Web
  • Having a zone that allows access for anonymous users but aggressively controls information exchange with internal resources
  • Having an area designed to trap attackers in order to monitor attacker activities
  • Allowing a means to monitor network traffic in real time as a means to identify and block unusual activity
  • Hiding internal IP addresses
  • Allowing operating system and application patch management

The CIO has tasked you with proposing a series of hardware and software controls designed to provide security for the LAN-to-WAN domain. The CIO anticipates receiving both a written report and diagram(s) to support your recommendations.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Use MS Visio or an open source equivalent to graphically depict a solution for the provided scenario that will:
    1. filter undesirable network traffic from the Internet
    2. filter Web traffic to the Internet that does not adhere to the organizational AUP for the Web
    3. allow for a zone for anonymous users but aggressively controls information exchange with internal resources
    4. allow for an area designed to trap attackers in order to monitor attacker activities
    5. offer a means to monitor network traffic in real time as a means to identify and block unusual activity
    6. hide internal IP addresses
  2. Identify the fundamentals of public key infrastructure (PKI).
  3. Describe the manner in which your solution will protect the privacy of data transmitted across the WAN.
  4. Analyze the requirements necessary to allow for proper operating system and application patch management and describe a solution that would be effective.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be 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. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
  • Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or an equivalent such as Dia or OpenOffice. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze information security systems compliance requirements within the Workstation and LAN Domains.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in security strategy and policy formation.
  • Write clearly and concisely about topics related to information technology audit and control using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Click here to view the grading rubric.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

 

Points: 130 Assignment 4: Designing Compliance within the LAN-to-WAN Domain
Criteria  

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

 Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

  

Fair

70-79% C

  

Proficient

80-89% B

  

Exemplary

90-100% A
1. Use MS Visio or an open source equivalent to graphically depict a solution for the provided scenario.

Weight: 30%

 Did not submit or incompletelyused MS Visio or an open source equivalent to graphically depict a solution for the provided scenario. Insufficiently used MS Visio or an open source equivalent to graphically depict a solution for the provided scenario. Partially used MS Visio or an open source equivalent to graphically depict a solution for the provided scenario. Satisfactorily used MS Visio or an open source equivalent to graphically depict a solution for the provided scenario. Thoroughly used MS Visio or an open source equivalent to graphically depict a solution for the provided scenario.
2. Identify the fundamentals of public key infrastructure (PKI).

Weight: 10%

 Did not submit or incompletelyidentified the fundamentals of public key infrastructure (PKI). Insufficiently identified the fundamentals of public key infrastructure (PKI). Partially identified the fundamentals of public key infrastructure (PKI). Satisfactorily identified the fundamentals of public key infrastructure (PKI). Thoroughly identified the fundamentals of public key infrastructure (PKI).
3. Describe the manner in which your solution will protect the privacy of data transmitted across the WAN.

Weight: 15%

 Did not submit or incompletelydescribed the manner in which your solution will protect the privacy of data transmitted across the WAN. Insufficiently described the manner in which your solution will protect the privacy of data transmitted across the WAN. Partially described the manner in which your solution will protect the privacy of data transmitted across the WAN. Satisfactorily described the manner in which your solution will protect the privacy of data transmitted across the WAN. Thoroughly described the manner in which your solution will protect the privacy of data transmitted across the WAN.
4. Analyze the requirements necessary to allow for proper operating system and application patch management and describe a solution that would be effective.

Weight: 15%

 Did not submit or incompletelyanalyzed the requirements necessary to allow for proper operating system and application patch management and did not submit or incompletelydescribed a solution that would be effective. Insufficiently analyzed the requirements necessary to allow for proper operating system and application patch management and insufficiently described a solution that would be effective. Partially analyzed the requirements necessary to allow for proper operating system and application patch management and partially described a solution that would be effective. Satisfactorily analyzed the requirements necessary to allow for proper operating system and application patch management and satisfactorily described a solution that would be effective. Thoroughly analyzed the requirements necessary to allow for proper operating system and application patch management and thoroughly described a solution that would be effective.
5. 3 references

Weight: 5%

 No references provided Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices. Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices. Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 10%

 More than 8 errors present 7-8 errors present 5-6 errors present 3-4 errors present 0-2 errors present

Does the OTR time appear to be stable? Why or why not?

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Due in Week 6 and worth 30 points

 

 

 

The data in below table lists country code and the order to remittance (OTR) time for hardware / software installations for the last 76 installations (from first to last). OTR is the time it takes from an order being placed until the system is installed and we receive payment (remittance). Because this company does business internationally, it also notes the country of installation using a country code. This code is listed in the first column.

 

 

 

Table: Country Code and OTR Cycle Time for Software Systems Installation

 

Country Code Cycle Time Country Code Cycle Time
1 20 5 29
1 24 6 40
1 46 7 157
1 26 8 19
14 38 5 24
1 15 1 81
1 15 7 53
17 23 7 26
1 31 1 28
1 31 1 34
6 64 1 34
5 29 7 50
5 44 1 52
1 32 1 19
1 15 1 44
7 11 14 150
7 14 7 29
1 89 17 23
17 41 6 79
7 41 17 13
1 36 6 32
8 43 7 61
17 21 8 42
8 28 8 46
7 18 7 88
8 47 14 24
6 26 7 7
6 47 1 33
5 9 5 129
7 42 17 41
5 5 17 43
6 27 14 42
6 27 14 42
1 33 7 53
7 44 7 53
1 21 7 48
1 22 5 21
1 50 1 19

 

 

 

 

 

Use the date in table above and answer the following questions in the space provided below:

 

1.     Does the OTR time appear to be stable?  Why or why not?

 

2.     If you were to use a control chart to evaluate stability, which chart would you use?  Why?

 

3.     What can you learn about the distribution of the installation process?

 

4.     Does it appear that the country has an impact on installation time? Why or why not

Determine the major trade-offs made between the policy for proper funding and the practice of proper funding to prevent recidivism.

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o to the Department of Corrections’ Website for your state, and research two (2) of your state’s correctional facilities. Next, use the Internet and Strayer Library to research the budgetary constraints that correctional officials must adhere to in order to operate correctional facilities.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Determine whether diversion programs are only beneficial to offenders charged with misdemeanors and non-violent felonies or whether they are also beneficial to offenders charged with felonies and violent crimes. Recommend whether or not the two (2) correctional facilities that you researched would benefit from diversion programs. Provide a rationale for your response.
  2. Take a position as to whether or not privatized correctional facilities are better alternatives to public correctional facilities. Support your position with one (1) successful example what you believe to be the better alternative.
  3. Examine the budgetary constraints that correctional officials work with as they operate correctional facilities. Determine the major trade-offs made between the policy for proper funding and the practice of proper funding to prevent recidivism. Provide a rationale for your response.
  4. Use at least four (4) peer-reviewed sources. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be 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. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Recommend improvements to selected areas of corrections.
  • Analyze various issues in corrections, including effective community corrections programs, probation and parole, and reentry strategies.
  • Analyze the operational components of prisons, jails, and alternative correctional placements.
  • Propose specific components of an institutional facility model based on effective management policies and procedures for a specified group of inmates.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in correctional facility policies.
  • Write clearly and concisely about correctional facility policies using proper writing mechanics.

What number of workers appears to be most efficient in terms of pizza product per worker?

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Problem 1:

William is the owner of a small pizza shop and is thinking of increasing products and lowering costs. William’s pizza shop owns four ovens and the cost of the four ovens is $1,000. Each worker is paid $500 per week.

Workers employed Qty of pizzas produced per week
0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

 0

75

180

360

600

900

1140

1260

1360

Show all of your calculations and processes. Describe your answer for each question in complete sentences, whenever it is necessary.

  1. Which inputs are fixed and which are variable in the production function of William’s pizza shop? Over what ranges do there appear to be increasing, constant, and/or diminishing returns to the number of workers employed?
  2. What number of workers appears to be most efficient in terms of pizza product per worker?
  3. What number of workers appears to minimize the marginal cost of pizza production assuming that each pizza worker is paid $500 per week?
  4. Why would marginal productivity decline when you hire more workers in the short run after a certain level?
  5. How would expanding the business affect the economies of scale? When would you have constant returns to scale or diseconomies of scale? Describe your answer.

Problem 2:

The Paradise Shoes Company has estimated its weekly TVC function from data collected over the past several months, as TVC = 3450 + 20Q + 0.008Q2 where TVC represents the total variable cost and Q represents pairs of shoes produced per week. And its demand equation is Q = 4100 – 25P. The company is currently producing 1,000 pairs of shoes weekly and is considering expanding its output to 1,200 pairs of shoes weekly. To do this, it will have to lease another shoe-making machine ($2,000 per week fixed payment until the lease period ends).

Show all of your calculations and processes. Describe your answer for each item below in complete sentences, whenever it is necessary.

  1. Describe and derive an expression for the marginal cost (MC) curve.
  2. Describe and estimate the incremental costs of the extra 200 pairs per week (from 1,000 pairs to 1,200 pairs of shoes).
  3. What are the profit-maximizing price and output levels for Paradise Shoes? Describe and calculate the profit-maximizing price and output.
  4. Discuss whether or not Paradise Shoes should expand its output further beyond 1,200 pairs per week. State all assumptions and qualifications that underlie your recommendation.