· Describe the different ISS policies associated with the user domain.

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Case Study 1: Acceptable Use Policy
Due Week 2
An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is a very important policy within organizations to define acceptable employee behavior when accessing company resources. Additionally, there are also legal implications within AUPs. Use an existing AUP that you are familiar with, such as from a current or previous workplace, or search on the Internet for an example AUP to complete this case study.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the purpose of an Acceptable Use Policy you have selected and explain how the AUP helps provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the organization.

2. Critique the AUP you selected and provide recommendations for improving the AUP.

3. Explain methods that organizations can implement to help ensure compliance with the AUP, mitigate their risk exposure, and minimize liability. Describe how your selected AUP accomplishes these goals.

4. Describe methods for increasing the awareness of the AUP, and other policies, within the organization.

5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. 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:

· Analyze how security policies help mitigate risks and support business processes in various domains in the information technology (IT) infrastructure.

· Describe the different ISS policies associated with the user domain.

· Describe different issues related to implementing and enforcing ISS policies.

· Use technology and information resources to research issues in security strategy and policy formation.

· Write clearly and concisely about Information Systems Security Policy topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Food And Geography

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Introduction: For this project, you’ll choose a food, such as pizza, or a cuisine, such as Italian cuisine, and then research how four geographic concepts are related to and affect your choice. Instead of presenting your research as a traditional paper, you’ll use PowerPoint or similar presentation software to create an illustrated paper. Your presentation will be structured like a paper, including a title, introduction to the topic, main body, summary and conclusions, and references. Creative use of properly cited graphics and photos from the Internet relevant to your topic is required.

This research assignment is designed to challenge you to be creative as well as demonstrate subject matter knowledge. You are also challenged to learn a new skill/practice an existing skill in applying PowerPoint (or OpenOffice) software to your research. You will not find the “answer” for this assignment in the text or any other single location – this is an integrative assignment that requires you, the student, to create your presentation template and apply your own knowledge on the assigned topic.

You MUST stick to the topic – projects turned in that are not on the topic will not be considered for grading.  This is critical.

First, choose a food item or cuisine that interests you. Some will have more information available about them than others, so it’s worth doing some investigation before you settle on one. In general, any well known national cuisine will have adequate information available, as will widespread food items like hamburgers, pizza, and sushi. If you’re not sure if your desired topic is appropriate, please feel free to ask!

Once you have selected your topic, you will then do research to see how each of the following geographic concepts affects or is related to your topic:

1. Regions
2. Cultural Landscape
3. Diffusion
4. Distance decay

Be sure to address these specific geographic terms and concepts. You don’t need to address them in this order, but you do need to address all of them. You may use “subsets” of these definitions (e.g. contagious diffusion) if such subsets exist. Be sure to refer to your text and glossary to ensure you completely understand these concepts. You should be detailed in your treatment of these concepts – for instance, you should explain both how and why your choice varies by region, and how and why it has been affected by distance decay. Remember that geography, as an academic discipline, seeks to explain why things vary from place to place, not just describe how they do.

Your illustrated paper should be 12 to 15 slides long. You should include a title, an introduction to the topic, a main body that covers how the four geographic concepts relate to your topic, a summary, conclusion, and reference list. You should cite your sources using the citation style appropriate for your field. If you’re not sure what that is, use APA style citations.

Argumentative Essay

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Question: The news media are uniquely positioned to influence the functioning of ; democracies. Some, like Chomsky, believe that traditional news media in our country are influencing it for the worse. Sunstein argues that the Internet may only make the situation even worse, others that it will improve matters. Write an essay in which you discuss the function and the potential of the Internet.

 

Reading:

Sunstein, “Exposure to Other Views is Vital to Democracy”

https://www-chronicle-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/article/Exposure-to-Other-Viewpoints/2082

 

Horrigan, Summary Findings of “The Internet and Democratic Debate

http://www.pewinternet.org/2004/10/27/the-internet-and-democratic-debate/

 

Iyengar and Morin, “Red Media, Blue Media”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050300865.html?noredirect=on

Reflection Rough Draft

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Assignment 1: Reflection Rough Draft

We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience.
―John Dewey, 1916, Philosopher and Educator

As an adult, you bring so much life experience into the classroom, the connections between the life you’ve lived and the things you’ve learned are made through the process of reflection. Some of you might picture reflection as a time where you are seated comfortably, and your mind is free of all other thoughts. The truth is that life affords few opportunities to actually reflect and dwell on learning. The great part of being an adult in college is that you will be exposed to new voices, images, and ideas. Reflection might not be a deliberate act of sitting silently, but instead, you might find that ideas come to you while you are driving or shampooing or petting the dog. Reflection allows your mind to make the explicit connections between your lived experience and the academic content that you will encounter here at Walden.

This week you will begin a draft of the Week 6 Reflection Assignment using your weekly journal entries, your self-assessment scores, insights you’ve gained about what you need to be successful as a learner as you move through your program and this technological world, and by reviewing everything you have done and learned so far in this course to inform your written narrative. The purpose of this assignment is to reflect on your journey over the past few weeks and in this course.

To prepare for the Assignment:

  • Return to the Montante article, Thinking on Paper, from Week 3.
  • Review your weekly journal entries.
  • Review all Self-Assessment results, Discussion posts, and Assignments.
  • Read through the specific parts that are required in your paper described below.
  • Use the Week 4 Reflection: Rough Draft Worksheet in this week’s Learning Resources to guide the development of your rough draft.
  • Review the Week 4 Reflection Assignment Rubric.

Assignment Instructions:

By Day 7

Submit a 2- to 3-page rough draft of your Reflection Assignment.

Assignment Instructions:

As mentioned above, you are working through a writing process where you will compose the first draft of the ReflectionAssignment paper. This week you will begin with actually writing and submitting a rough draft.

During Week 6, you’ll be guided through a revisions and proofreading process that will help you further develop and improve your rough draft by adding more thoughts, incorporating any feedback received, and ensuring you’ve followed Academic Writing Expectations. Your final draft will be due at the end of Week 6.

The required elements for both weeks are the same, but the expectations are slightly different. The grading rubrics for Weeks 4 and 6 demonstrate this. For example, this week’s rough draft represents a first attempt at putting your thoughts down on paper and only covers four weeks. By Week 6, your final paper should be longer, include obvious improvements to the rough draft, and include aspects from the entire six weeks.

Your paper should include four sections. Be sure to review all four sections before starting. Remember to include an introductory and a concluding paragraph, and to support your ideas with specific examples and resources whenever possible.

Include the following parts:

Part 1: Today I am…

The first and longest section of your essay should describe who you are today as a result of this first-term course and starting your educational journey. Specifically consider your personal plan for success at Walden. Answer these questions to develop this section:

  • Who are you as a Walden student?
  • What tools has Walden provided?
  • How do the tools and available support play into achieving your goals?
  • What did you learn about yourself through the assessments? How is that going to feed into your plan for success?
  • What has this first course done for you? What might this course do for you moving forward?

Think about some of the course themes and big ideas we discussed and connect them to the way you will approach learning and future classes.

Make sure to get specific and point to course examples to support your ideas.

Part 2: I promise to…

In the second section, make a promise to yourself and the classmates who might need your support during the program. Think about your reasons for being here and why you are promising to work towards success. Consider the following:

  • Here is why I am not going to walk away
  • Here’s how I will help myself
  • Here’s how Walden will help me get there
  • Here’s how I will be part of positive change

Part 3: How I will become part of the Walden Community

In the third section, explain how you might identify a mentor (colleague with different professional skills, someone in your profession, or a Walden Faculty Member) to support your educational efforts. Share how a mentor would have a positive impact on your education and the role you would like him/her to take. How you might become a mentor to others in the program?

Part 4: Visual Representation [This step will be due by Week 6]

After you have completed your Reflection, find or create a visual artifact that shows your aspiration and hang it above your desk. Think of something that will motivate you and keep you engaged and focused as you complete each Discussion and Assignment as you move through your coursework toward graduation. Be sure to include a picture or copy of this visual representation with your reflection paper by copying and pasting it into your paper or attaching it as a separate file.

By Day 7

Submit a 2- to 3-page rough draft essay of your Reflection Assignment using the guidelines above. Your rough draftshould demonstrate use of the Academic Writing Expectations, such as proper grammar and sentence structure, and address the parts described above. It should also include an introduction and conclusion. Make sure to support your ideas with specific evidence and class examples. If you used the worksheet from the Week 4 Learning Resources, you may submit the completed worksheet as your rough draft.