Case Study 1: Computer Ethics

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Case Study 1: Computer Ethics
Due Week 3 and worth 75 points

Read the case from Deccan Herald titled “Hackers holding your PC to ransom”, dated November 25, 2013, located at http://www.deccanherald.com/content/297460/hackers-holding-your-pc-ransom.html.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

  1. Describe two (2) potential computer ethics issues associated with holding computers hostage.
  2. Propose two (2) methods that computer users could use to prevent this type of attack.
  3. Propose two (2) governmental legislations that could be enacted against this type of attack.
  4. Use at least two (2) 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:

  • Outline why the Information Assurance and Security perspective needs to pervade all aspects of information technology.
  • Evaluate the ethical concerns that information technologies raise in society, and the impact of information technologies on crime, terrorism, and war.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in information technology.
  • Write clearly and concisely about introductory information technology topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

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question

a. What do the highs and lows have in common?

b. If any plateaus what did you do to change the slope?

STudents response

 

Some of the things that my career highs and lows have in common are professional and personal growth, benefits, and leadership. I worked as a cashier at a grocery store from 2014 to 2016. As you can see in the graph, I was moderately satisfied with the job because it was my first job. I was able to develop my communication skills and customer service skills. I had a flexible schedule which helped a lot at that time since I was still going to college for my degree. My satisfaction level was moderate because there were no growth opportunities, no promotion, and no benefits. In 2015, my satisfaction level dropped because of the long hours that I was given due to turnover which caused some stress especially that I was still in college. In 2016, I received my bachelor’s degree in public health, and I was hired as a full-time case manager at a children mental health program for a big organization, Community Research Foundation (CRF). I worked for the program from 2016 to mid-2019. I was very satisfied with my position and the organization. Working for CRF provided me many opportunities to grow and develop my skills and knowledge. I had access to a high number of trainings, I received benefits, I had more opportunities to network, and I worked closely with therapists to provide support services for clients. In 2018, the program had huge management issues in which all management staff were replaced with managers from other programs. The changes in management affected all staff and the work environment. The new management had put new rules in which all employees were required to have constant meetings with management. I remember getting stressed about work every day in which I decided to look for another job. In June 2019, I was hired as a mobile assessment counselor at a different program within the same organization. I am currently very satisfied with my job as I have an excellent and supportive director, I learn new things every day, and I work in a healthy environment. However, I have not reached my goal in working in the human resources field. I am currently working on getting my master’s degree in HR and looking for internships to develop my HR skills.

            As you can see in the graph, there is a plateau in my career from 2016 to 2018. I enjoyed working with children and learned a lot about mental health. The job was very rewarding and helped me develop my skills. However, I had to look for other job opportunities for a healthier environment and more challenges as well as to develop more skills in other areas.

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CMIT312 – Week 3 Quiz

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At what layer of the TCP stack does web browsing take place?

This type of attack is usually the result of faulty programming practices. It allows an attacker to place data into a buffer that is larger than the allocated size, resulting in an overflow, overwriting, and corruption of adjacent data spaces.

IP spoofing is not difficult and can be used in a variety of attacks. However, the attacker will not see the packets that are returned to the spoofed IP address. In this case, the attacker uses ______________ and then sniffs the traffic as it passes.

Which tool helps hackers hide their activities by removing IIS log entries based on the attacker’s IP address?

This IIS vulnerability allows a remote user to view server-side scripts

Once an initial sequence number (ISN) has been agreed to, all the packets that follow will be the ____________. This makes it possible to inject data into a communication stream.

In _____________ hijacking, the attacker uses a packet-sniffer to capture the session IDs to gain control of an existing session or to create a new unauthorized session

Which of the following tools automates and takes advantage of directory traversal exploits in IIS?

Identify two vulnerabilities of Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) from the options listed below. (Select two.)

Which of the following is the best countermeasure against hijacking? (Select all that apply.)

This IIS vulnerability allows files to be accessed only when they reside on the same logical drive as the web folders

An attacker sends packets to a target host using a spoofed IP address of a trusted host on a different network. What kind of packets will be returned to the attacker? 

At what layer of the TCP stack does the three-way handshake occur?

In this type of attack, an attacker uses forged ICMP packets to redirect traffic between the client and the host through the attacker’s host.

_____________ is the US government’s repository of standards-based vulnerability-management data that includes databases of security checklists, security-related software flaws, misconfigurations, product names, and impact metrics.

_____________ is an open-source development platform that allows users to configure exploit modules and test systems against attack.

By default, where are the IIS logs recorded?

What are the three steps in session hijacking? (Select all that apply.)

Which steps should be taken to increase web server security? (Select all that apply.)

 

This IIS 7 component allows clients to publish, locks and manages resources on the web, and should be disabled on a dedicated server.

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question

Jason works for a car rental agency. Part of his religious observance is to pray several times per day.  He approaches Supervisor Jan with a request for two additional 10-minute breaks per day in order to engage in prayer.

Student response

 

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in employment practices based on an individual’s race, color, national origin, sex, or religion. The term ‘religion’ includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that he is unable to reasonably accommodate an employee’s or prospective employee’s religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer’s business. (Bennett-Alexander and Hartman, 2019, pg. 544).

The law forbids discrimination when it comes to any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, pay, job assignments, promotions, layoff, training, fringe benefits, and any other term or condition of employment. Jason in this case study has not been discriminated against, but rather he is making most of his co-workers uncomfortable with his religion. This is a form of undue hardship to his co workers and the retail store as a whole. In Title VII, the prohibition against religious discrimination is not absolute. An employer can discriminate against an employee for religious reasons if to do otherwise causes the employer undue hardship. When the employer discovers a religious conflict between the employer’s policy and the employee’s religion, the employer’s first responsibility is to attempt accommodation. (Bennett-Alexander and Hartman, 2019, pg. 547). Supervisor Jan seemed like he has accommodated Jason for a while and now there is complaint from other employees of how it is introducing undue hardship. After an employee or prospective employee notifies the employer or labor organization of his or her need for a religious accommodation, the employer or labor organization has an obligation to reasonably accommodate the individual’s religious practices. A refusal to accommodate is justified only when an employer or labor organization can demonstrate that an undue hardship would in fact result from each available alternative method of accommodation. The New York Times reported that a survey of 743 human resource professionals by the Society for Human Resource Management indicated that the most common religion-related issues among employees are employees proselytizing (20 percent), employees feeling harassed by co-workers’ religious expressions (14 percent), employees objecting to job duties (9 percent), and employees harassing co-workers for their religious beliefs (6 percent).

In Vargas v. Sears, Roebuck & Company,89 the employer attempted to accommodate the Hispanic employee’s Native American religious belief involving letting his hair grow. The employee’s wearing his hair in a ponytail violated the employer’s appearance policy. The employer suggested tucking the ponytail inside the employee’s shirt or jacket, but the employee refused to even consider it and provided no suggestions of his own. The court held that the employee had not shown that the employer failed to attempt to accommodate the religious conflict and the employee’s termination was upheld. This is similar to Jason’s case in the sense that there is undue hardship to the company and other employees, also there is some form of accommodation from the employer.

There are no set rules about what constitutes undue hardship since each employer operates under different circumstances. What may be hardship for one employer may not be for another. What constitutes an undue hardship is addressed by the EEOC and courts on an individual basis. (Bennett-Alexander and Hartman, 2019, pg. 550).  Supervisor Jan should talk to Jason and let him understand that his attitude at work is bringing undue hardship to the other employees. Jan should also talk to the HR department to see if they can accommodate Jason to move his bible studies to after working hours. Unless it would be an undue hardship on the employer’s operation of its business, an employer must reasonably accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs or practices. If the accommodation is deemed an undue hardship and will substantially harm the morale of other employees, reduces efficiency in other jobs, infringes on the rights of other workers, creates safety concerns, or requires coworkers to take on extra work that is burdensome then the finally decision is to fire Jason.

Bennett-Alexander, D and Hartman, L. (2019). Employment Law for Business. McGraw Hill Education. (pg. 544,547 & 550)

U.S EEOC. (2019). Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Retrieved from www.eeoc.gov

The New York Times. (2019). Human resource management survey on religion and workplace. Retrieved from www.nytimes.com.

REPLY TO CLASSMATE’S ASSIGNMENT IN 15 HOURS

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Do you think a project can be successfully managed without following the five project management processes? Why, or why not? Do you think the scale of the project might impact whether or not the five processes are necessary?

PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY YOU AGREE WITH MY CLASSMATE RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS? (A MININUM OF 100 WORDS)

                                                          CLASSMATE’S POST

No, I do not believe that a project could be successful without the five-project management process.  With any project to be successful, the project team should formulate the five-project management process because if not used it could negatively impact the project.  Following an outline that allows the project manager to navigate each phase of the project is necessary for efficiency.  Tuner, (2016 p. 6.), suggests that for there to be quality performance in the project, the quality of the asset must be managed and performed with quality standards by the project manager.  The five-project management process includes:

· Planning which is the first step where project manages explore concepts for a new project and ascertain the scope of work needed to manage the project efficiently. 

· Organize the resources, which entail managing the utilization of the finances in addition to managing individuals and material appropriately. 

· Implementation of assigning work to people, which entails grouping the person that is most qualified to perform a task during the project. 

· Control process entails the ability to forecast and have knowledge and understanding of monitoring the projects time and cost results within the project. Using the tools described here, the project manager can communicate ideas and solutions within the team for effective management. 

· Lead and manage is the responsibility of the project manager who leads and manages the project from beginning to end.  The project manager is also responsible for the planning of the project, the team, scope, verifying ricks and resources for the project.  I believe the project manager should be competent with communicating to the them where clear objectives are outlined in addition to the ability to anticipate issues that arise and control them accordingly, so the will not affect the project.  Last, to lead and manage is the responsibility of the project manager to see the project through from the beginning to the end.

Strategic Planning and Budgeting

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Strategic Planning and Budgeting

Imagine you are considering the possibility of operating a small business or practice related to health care, either as a provider of some sort of care or as a service intended to support various provider organizations in their care-delivery activities. 

  1. Describe the kind of entity you plan to establish by stating the service or services you propose to deliver and the kinds of clients or customers you would be serving.  
  2. Write a few sentences offering compelling reasons for your proposed venture, explaining why you believe it is needed and by whom it is needed.  Also discuss any competition you foresee.  
  3. Develop an estimate of how much money you will require to become established in business, and state how you would finance your venture. Also discuss your plans for maintaining your budget.
  4. Create a mission or vision statement for your organization.
  5. Required Resources

    Required Text

  6. Management principles for health professionals (6th ed.): 
  7. Chapter 7: Budgeting: Controlling the Ultimate Resource
  9. Chapter 8: The Middle Manager and Documentation of Critical Management Process
  11. Chapter 9: Committees and Teams



  13. Recommended Resources

    Articles

  14. Caulfield, S. E.  (2007).  Health care facility ethics committees.  Human Rights, 34(4), 10-13.  Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database. 
  16. Leid, T. R.  (2001).  Small hospitals and performance measurement: Implications and strategies.  International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 14(4/5), 168-173.   Retrieved from the ProQuest database. 
  18. Loucks, C., & Bennett, R.  (2011).  The importance of committee assignment: Health care industry political action committee contributions and the House of Representatives.  Contemporary Economic Policy, 29(2), 163-177.  Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database.   

Answer all the questions

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Post your answers to the following exercise by clicking Reply.

 

Directions

Review the Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Citing reading. Read the following paragraph:

Decision making is a process by which several possibilities are considered and prioritized, resulting in a clear choice of one option over others. Decision making is a fact of life personally and in business. We make dozens of decisions each day. Some decisions are simple, while others are complex. Some are made for us while others require a great deal of analysis and thought. From what to wear to work to what computer system to choose to how to reward top performers to what movie to see, we use a variety of complex thought processes to make decisions from an array of options. Our ability to make decisions helps us to navigate through life, avoiding potential problems and expanding our horizons. Decision making plays a similar role in business. Decision making aids managers in identifying and selecting among potential opportunities, helping them solve immediate problems and make future problems more manageable. Good decision makers are those who are effective at processing information, assessing risks, and making choices that will have positive outcomes for their organization.

  • Source 
    • Authors: S. C. De Janasz, K. O. Dowd, & B. Z. Schneider
    • Date: 2002
    • Title of book: Interpersonal Skills in Organizations
    • City of publication: New York, NY.
    • Publisher: McGraw-Hill.
    • Page number: 372

Complete the following:

  1. Write a brief summary of the main ideas of the paragraph. Create an in-text citation for your summary.

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  1. Paraphrase a specific point or points made by the author within the paragraph. Create an in-text citation for your paraphrase.

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  1. Identify a direct quote from the paragraph. Create an in-text citation for your direct quote.

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  1. Create a reference for your paragraph.

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Post your response to the following discussion question by clicking Reply.

Review the Resources to Prevent Plagiarism reading, and respond to the following question: Suppose one of your classmates asks you to proofread a paper before he or she submits it for a grade. When reviewing the document you begin to suspect that some portions are plagiarized. How would you approach your classmate about your concerns? What advice could you offer and what tools would you recommend to help that classmate avoid plagiarism?

 

Directions

Use the source information and the paraphrase portion of your Exercise 2 assignment to create citations in the Center for Writing Excellence Citation Generator. Save the paraphrase and citation as a Microsoft Word document and submit it to the Center for Writing Excellence Plagiarism Checker. After submission, post a 150- to 300-word summary of what you learned from using these resources and how you can use them in the future.

 

 

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question

Please answer the following questions:

  1. What are some advantages of a person-focused pay system at Mitron?
  2. What are some disadvantages?
  3. What approach would you recommend for Holly to take in designing a person-focused pay system?

STudents response

 

If Mitron transitioned to a person focused pay the advantages would that they would have more flexible workforce as they would be paying their people for their skills that they can effectively use verse the hourly rate based on the computers that they are building.  Paying for the skills would prompt or enable employees to gain more skills without risking pay being cut.  This gives them job security and enrichment in the job (Martocchio, p110).  As an employer, it helps to create a leaner force as your people will be able to fill in where there are staffing gaps (Martocchio, p110).  The cost and ability to transition to a person focused may not be feasible.  The initial cost of training is sometimes higher for the organization.  The way compensation is currently being done may not work with the person-focused pay so that would have to be evaluated prior to transitioning (Martoccio, p 113).  A good thing would be first to look at would person-focused be possible with current compensation programs.  If it is not then to see if there are things to do that would be cost-effective that can be changed to make it possible.  Then I would also see if others in the market have done this kind of compensation and see if they have transitioned.  Knowing how others were able to do it could be helpful in knowing what they had issues with so you don’t repeat those mistakes.  If the leadership wishes to proceed forward with the transition, I would get employee buy-in and have them be part of the transition.  This will make it smoother and help in troubleshooting any issues that may come up.

Martocchio, J. (2017). Strategic Compensation: A human resource management approach (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

CIS 517 Case Study 1 Green Computing Research Project – Part 1 ( CIS517 Case Study 1 Green Computing Research Project – Part 1 )

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CIS/517 Case Study 1 Green Computing Research Project – Part 1 (***** 4 Pages + APA Format + Answered All Parts + Matrix + References *****)

 

Read the Green Computing Research Project, Part 1 in Appendix C. Assume the project budget is $500,000 and will take six months to complete and that you must select the project team as soon as possible. Use project charter examples from Chapters 3 and 4 as support in your answer.

 

Prepare a project charter for the Green Computing Research Project.

 

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you include the following:

 

1. Project title and date of authorization

2. Project manager name and contact information

3. A summary schedule

4. Project budget summary

5. Brief description of the project’s objectives

6. Project success criteria

7. Summary of planned approach for managing the project

8. Roles and responsibilities matrix

9. Use at least two (2) quality resource

Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

 

CIS517 Case Study 1 Green Computing Research Project – Part 1

CIS/517 Case Study 1 Green Computing Research Project – Part 1

CIS 517 Case Study 1 Green Computing Research Project – Part 1