Category: Internet technology (IT)

Please address how risk management affects the way an organization implements an Information Security program.  Only use academic citations (.org or .gov for example)  

1. What part(s) of the lab did you find challenging? (This was a lab in Coursera about Installing, Updating and Removing Software for Windows & Linux)
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a clean install versus an upgrade?
3. Briefly describe one of the partitions methods used in the lab and when an organization should implement it.

Examine the architecture and configurations of computing systems by writing a brief paper describing your ideal personal computer. State your main use of the computer. For example, the following may be some of the main reason(s) you need a computer: Internet, word processing, email, graphics, or multimedia. Make sure you describe a workable computer! Include all the hardware components and software you will need to be completely functional. NOTE: This paper is a narrative with explanation of why you are selecting different features–PLEASE DO NOT JUST PROVIDE A LIST OF COMPUTER FEATURES. Your paper should be at least a page long. Use the special feature buyers guide as a reference or any of the following links: Tigerdirect, Compusa, Microcenter, and Mysuperpc.
Identify the computer purpose or use (NOTE: This paper is a narrative with explanation of why you are selecting different features–PLEASE DO NOT JUST PROVIDE A LIST OF COMPUTER FEATURES.)
Identify the computer hardware components needed to make your computer operational (NOTE: This paper is a narrative with explanation of why you are selecting different features–PLEASE DO NOT JUST PROVIDE A LIST OF COMPUTER FEATURES.).
Identify the computer system software needed to make your computer operational (NOTE: This paper is a narrative with explanation of why you are selecting different features–PLEASE DO NOT JUST PROVIDE A LIST OF COMPUTER FEATURES.).
Identify the application software needed to make your computer operational (NOTE: This paper is a narrative with explanation of why you are selecting different features–PLEASE DO NOT JUST PROVIDE A LIST OF COMPUTER FEATURES.)
Identify the computer peripherals needed to make your computer operational (NOTE: This paper is a narrative with explanation of why you are selecting different features–PLEASE DO NOT JUST PROVIDE A LIST OF COMPUTER FEATURES.).

Assignment Instructions: 
Explain KPIs what are they, as they apply to web analytics.
Explain your position if you agree or disagree with their relevance in web analytics.
Explain your position.
Class:  You may find newer and older resources listed each week in the Lessons and Assignments; however, the older resources are still relevant in content and concept.  The relevancy is noted in that they build on the structural foundation of web analytics.  We must be aware that Web Analytics is always in motion, and organizations are seeking to create actionable insights driving the decision making process 
Link: https://www.datapine.com/kpi-examples-and-templates/google-analytics
https://www.kaushik.net/avinash/best-web-metrics-kpis-small-medium-large-business/

***This assignment utilizes Turnitin detection service. When you submit this assignment to the assignment drop box, it will automatically be submitted to Turnitin. You will receive an Originality Score along with an Originality Report that should be carefully reviewed. If revisions need to be made to your assignment, you are allowed up to three attempts. You will receive updated Originality feedback for your new attempt. Student submissions should register an originality score of 25% or below, or the assignment will receive an automatic zero grade per Galen’s policy. Please see instructions for using Turnitin in the Course Welcome module under Useful Resources.
NOTE: In the event, you must submit your assignment AFTER the due date (with approval and consent of the instructor), please note the following: Turnitin will only provide ONE attempt for Originality Feedback for late submissions. Please refer Late Assignment Policy in the Syllabus for questions related to a request to submit a late assignment.
Overview
In this unit, you will continue to practice your information literacy and database search skills while turning your attention to formatting a document in Microsoft Word. The assignment this week will relate to your topic that you first selected in the Week 5 Discussion. You will compose a Word document related to your topic for a grade this week. (USLO 7.4)
Topics and Related Subtopics
#1 How information literacy skills will help me in the healthcare setting
Nurses being able to evaluate information for credibility
Using resources to inform evidence-based practice
Retrieving peer-reviewed sources
#2 How nurses retrieve information in the workplace
Pros and cons of using databases versus internet sources
Identifying credible sources
#3 How digital literacy skills will help me in the healthcare setting
Current and emerging health technologies
Using technology as a nurse
#4 Security, privacy, and confidentiality as they relate to patient information and data integrity
Threats to security, privacy, and confidentiality
HIPAA regulation
Practices that protect information and data
Instructions
Use the article from the Galen Library database that you selected for your Week 5 Discussion. Complete the following steps in a paper using Microsoft Word:
Begin with an APA-formatted title page (be sure to use the 7th edition APA template Download 7th edition APA templateOpen this document with ReadSpeaker docReader). Insert a page break after the title page to begin your summary.
Beginning on page 2, write a 500-word article summary that includes a topic sentence.
An academic summary focuses on identifying what is most important in the article and relating those facts in APA format. You can use your Academic Writer account for help with APA format.
The topic sentence should tell readers the title of the article, the name of the author, and what you’ve determined the main point of the article to be. This paper should be an attempt at formal, academic writing using APA style. View the following sample paper to guide your APA formatting: Sample APA Style Paper (available in Canvas).
Insert a page break to create your References page. Since you’re going to be summarizing an article that has been published in an academic journal and you’re going to have found that journal in one of Galen Library’s online databases, the reference on the References page will be written as follows:
Author, A. A. (year). Title of the article using sentence capitalization. Name of Journal Using Title Capitalization, volume#(issue#), page range of entry. https://doi.org/xxx
Ex: Jackson, S. (2017). The stages of patient admission. Journal of Nursing, 7(1), 45 – 48. https://doi.org/xxx
Items of note:
For the volume and issue number, you will only list the numbers.
The volume number will be italicized, but the issue number will not be italicized.
Use sentence capitalization for the title of the article; that is, you’re only going to capitalize the first word of the title and any proper nouns.
This document should be formatted according to APA standards: Times New Roman, 12 pt. font or Calibri, 11 pt. font
Double-spaced lines
1″ margins for the entire document
First-line indent for all new paragraphs
Title page
Page numbers
Reference page with a correctly written APA reference, formatted with hanging indent
Once you’re done with your document, save it and submit it to the Unit 7 dropbox. Your submission this week will be a Word document (.doc or .docx).
Don’t forget to consult the Grading Rubric (below) before turning in your assignment.
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Find a IT Business Problem, it must be related to INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
This project involves students analyzing a real-world business problem. The business problem could be in the form of a case study or a short
video discussing a specific IT-related problem relating to an
organization. You will critically analyze the case study/video,
summarize the key ideas, discuss the IT challenges, and present your
recommendations.
This report will be organized as follows:
Introduction – Short summary of the business problem. This section will also include a background of the organization.
Challenges – Provide a brief description of the challenges that the
organization is facing and how they are planning to address them. This
section will provide the audience with a picture of how the organization
is planning to address some of the challenges.
Change Management – Discuss how change is being managed by the organization.
Recommendations – Discuss what you would have done differently and why.
Conclusions – Discuss the lessons learned and the key messages that you would like the audience to take away.

Managerial Cybersecurity Website Tutorial Assignment
Topic: Social Engineering
Managerial Cybersecurity Website Tutorial (An Individual Endeavor)
For this deliverable, you or your team will create a web-based tutorial to inform company stakeholders about your cybersecurity topic. Moreover, this site could appear on a company’s intranet and would be available to management. Thus, much of your information contained within the executive summary would be applicable to this endeavor. Furthermore, some the content could be corroborated and expanded through links to direct sources (e.g., articles, authoritative websites, industry leaders, videos, etc.).
Using the Wix website developer or another free website builder, create a web-based tutorial to present your findings developed in your cybersecurity executive summary.
For an individual endeavor, identify the format and structure of your web tutorial by researching other web tutorials. After reviewing a variety of learning tutorials on the Web, you will settle on an appropriate design to convey the information contained within the executive summary. In addition, to help in designing your website tutorial, a grading rubric will be made available for your review.      
The final version of your web tutorial is due in (Week 16) where you will post the URL in an MS Word document.
Topic: Social Engineering
https://www.wix.com/

Instructions
Presentation #1 has several parts. The main deliverable will be a video presentation which you will post in the Discussions area. You will also upload your PowerPoint and a copy of your video file in the Assignments area. Here is a breakdown of what you need to do:
1) Create a PowerPoint presentation with at least 1 slide for each of the following:
1. Title Slide (Name of your Information System, your name, course name, and your professor’s name)
2. Purpose of the Information System
3. Users of the Information System (identify different types/categories of users, and what they use the system for)
4. Server-Side Hardware of the Information System
5. Server-Side Software of the Information System
6. Client-Side Hardware of the Information System
7. Client-Side Software of the Information System
8. Three Main Functions of the Information System (include screenshots) [This should be at least 3 slides – one per main function].
9. References (list your references in APA format)
Note: You may reuse what you posted in the Week 2 Discussion as appropriate for some of the above slides.
2) After you have prepared your PowerPoint presentation, you will need to record a 7-10 minute video presentation. You can use any video / screen recording software that you already have on your computer. If you have a Zoom account, the “Record” function in Zoom, combined with the ability to share your screen (and thus display your PowerPoint) is very handy for making videos. If you don’t have screen recording software, you should be able to find and download a free screen recording program on the internet, such as the ones in this article (16 Best Free Video Recording Software [2023] (screencapture.com)).
3) Your presentation should have two parts:
1. First, share your screen and display your PowerPoint in Slide Show mode, and discuss the topics on each of the slides in your PowerPoint. Remember that it is best to put bullet points on your PowerPoint slides, and to explain and elaborate on them verbally as you are showing the slides (rather than putting paragraphs on the slides and reading them).
2. After you finish showing and narrating your PowerPoint presentation, you should then log into your information system and give us a virtual tour of the system, showing us the main features and functions in the system and explaining what the user can do in the various areas of the system.
Note: When choosing your information system, I advised you to stay away from systems that contain confidential or personal information. Be mindful when giving us a tour of your information system to not display anything confidential or personal in your video.
4) When you have finished recording your video, upload it to a post in the “Week 3 Presentations” thread in the Discussion area. Make sure you embed the video in the post itself, rather than just a link to an external hosting site like YouTube. APUS requires all work to be submitted and archived in the classroom.
5) In the Assignments area, upload your PowerPoint and your video file to this assignment and submit it for grading.
6) Return to the Discussion thread and view some of your classmates’ videos. Reply to at least two classmates, giving them feedback on their video and telling them what you learned from them.
Grading Breakdown:
PowerPoint Slides 20%
Presentation Video 70%
Discussion Board replies to 2 Classmates’ Videos 10%

Course Textbooks:
Gamble, J., Peteraf, M., & Thompson,
A. (2023), Essentials of strategic management, McGraw-Hill Course Content
Delivery (8th ed.), New York, NY. ISBN10: ISBN13: 9781266496028.
Keller, T. (2014), Every good endeavor:
Connecting your work to God’s work, Riverhead Books, New York, NY. ISBN:
9781594632822.
Krogerus, M., & Tschäppeler, R.
(2017), The decision book: 50 models for strategic thinking., W.W. Norton &
Co. (Revised ed.), New York, NY. ISBN: 9780393652376.
Rumelt, R. (2011), Good strategy/bad
strategy: The difference and why it matters., Crown Business, New York, NY.
ISBN: 9780307886231.
Discussion Assignment Instructions
Overall
Guidance:
The first six discussions in this class will
focus on a series of questions in the areas of Process (steps to be taken),
Strategic Thinking (current theory), and Decision Models (decision making
methodology. The student should organize their main thread by using the bolded
headings provided and then respond to the question. The student will post a
reply to a single main thread and should organize their reply by using the
bolded headings provided.
Discussion Thread: External Environment, Power/Weakness, and Decision Models
Evaluating the external environment that the company does business in is critical to the process of developing a company’s strategy. When evaluating the external environment, it is important to understand key sources of power or weakness that exist. Decision models continue to impact strategy development and should continuously be evaluated, and others considered.
For your main thread, perform the following:
Discuss the process of evaluating the external environment.
Discuss a key source of power or weakness.
Discuss your current decision model(s) and others that are being considered.
Develop an Annotated Bibliography for the additional references used in your discussion.
Support all of your factual assertions with citations.
Minimum of 500 words in the body.
Minimum of 2 sources from the literature
in addition to course texts.
Use bolded headings below in the
discussion.
Current APA format must be used.
Use
the following outline:
·        
Introduction
·        
Process: Business Strategy Development – What is the
process for developing a business strategy? Discuss the process in no less than
200 words.
·        
Strategic Thinking: Key Decisions – What are the key decisions necessary
for making strategy
choices and why are they
important? Discuss the key decisions and their importance in no less than 150 words.
·        
Decision Model – What are my current decision models
and how do they aid / hinder this process. Discuss your current decision models
and how they aid / hinder the strategy development process in no less than 150 words.
·        
Conclusion
Support your
factual assertions with citations.
Include an
Annotated Bibliography, in current APA format, of the 2 additional Sources:
·        
Minimum
of 250 words in each annotation
·        
Use
the bolded headings below for each annotation
Use the following
outline:
·        
Summary of Key Points
·        
Evaluation of the Quality of the Publication
·        
Evaluation of the Quality of the Author(s)
·        
Where this fits into the discussion

Course Textbooks:
Gamble, J., Peteraf, M., & Thompson,
A. (2023), Essentials of strategic management, McGraw-Hill Course Content
Delivery (8th ed.), New York, NY. ISBN10: ISBN13: 9781266496028.
Keller, T. (2014), Every good endeavor:
Connecting your work to God’s work, Riverhead Books, New York, NY. ISBN:
9781594632822.
Krogerus, M., & Tschäppeler, R.
(2017), The decision book: 50 models for strategic thinking., W.W. Norton &
Co. (Revised ed.), New York, NY. ISBN: 9780393652376.
Rumelt, R. (2011), Good strategy/bad
strategy: The difference and why it matters., Crown Business, New York, NY.
ISBN: 9780307886231.
Discussion Assignment Instructions
Overall
Guidance:
The first six discussions in this class will
focus on a series of questions in the areas of Process (steps to be taken),
Strategic Thinking (current theory), and Decision Models (decision making
methodology. The student should organize their main thread by using the bolded
headings provided and then respond to the question. The student will post a
reply to a single main thread and should organize their reply by using the
bolded headings provided.
Discussion Thread: Setting Direction, Advantage/Disadvantages, and Decision Models
Strategy is critical to the process of charting a company’s direction in the business environment. When evaluating strategic choices, it is important to understand key advantages and disadvantages of the various options under consideration. Decision models continue to impact strategy development and should continuously be evaluated, and others considered.
For your main thread, perform the following:
Discuss the process of setting the company’s direction with strategy.
Discuss a key advantage or disadvantage created by strategic choices.
Discuss your current decision model(s) and others that are being considered.
Develop an Annotated Bibliography for the additional references used in your discussion.
Support all of your factual assertions with citations.
Minimum of 500 words in the body.
Minimum of 2 sources from the literature
in addition to course texts.
Use bolded headings below in the
discussion.
Current APA format must be used.
Use
the following outline:
·        
Introduction
·        
Process: Business Strategy Development – What is the
process for developing a business strategy? Discuss the process in no less than
200 words.
·        
Strategic Thinking: Key Decisions – What are the key decisions necessary
for making strategy
choices and why are they
important? Discuss the key decisions and their importance in no less than 150 words.
·        
Decision Model – What are my current decision models
and how do they aid / hinder this process. Discuss your current decision models
and how they aid / hinder the strategy development process in no less than 150 words.
·        
Conclusion
Support your
factual assertions with citations.
Include an
Annotated Bibliography, in current APA format, of the 2 additional Sources:
·        
Minimum
of 250 words in each annotation
·        
Use
the bolded headings below for each annotation
Use the following
outline:
·        
Summary of Key Points
·        
Evaluation of the Quality of the Publication
·        
Evaluation of the Quality of the Author(s)
·        
Where this fits into the discussion