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This week's discussion topic: Imagine you had an app that monitors your surroundings and tells you when you are about to crash into something. In your opinion, should the use of that app while driving be legal or illegal? Explain your reasoning. Remember, there is a minimum 300-word requirement for each initial posting. Please support your position with evidence from your textbook and/or other sources. Remember, you must cite every sentence in which you use materials from a referenced source. A corresponding reference list must be included.

APA STYLE FORMAT WITH INTRODUCTION ABSTRACT MAIN BODY AND CONCLUSION  1– A 1,500-word, double-spaced  in MS Word/.docx on Top Three Issues in Providing a Secure Cloud Environment for the Enterprise based on your own research. You will use your textbook, the university digital library and online resources with proper citations. You must have three parts: Review of sources Opinion and commentary Citations 2– A four (4) slide MS PowerPoint/.pptx Executive Presentation of your paper.

Health Care Informatics presents powerful means to help meet the responsibilities and improve the standard of patient care. It’s a system that helps follow patient health data, records clinical outcomes, monitors the quality of healthcare delivery, and evaluates provider performance. The goal of health care informatics is to provide an effective tool for the healthcare team who need better ways to manage their patients’ information while providing optimal care at the same time. Health Care Informatics is a relatively new field of study that provides both clinicians and healthcare team members with the necessary skills to use information technology to improve healthcare. We have learned that Health Care Informatics provides safe patient care, as it allows for access to accurate information on the patient, such as his or her medical history, medication list, lab results, and physician team notes. In addition to QI, patient outcome data, and provides statistical information to generate QI projects. Informatics is a system of organizing and utilizing data to solve problems. With the widespread use of electronic medical records, there is a need to have access to information that can help the healthcare team assess patients more accurately and make better decisions about their care. Some examples we have learned this semester are for Example, before CPOE, nurses had to transcribe provider orders by hand, which was caused by handwriting that was hard to read and human error, resulting in medication errors, delays, and omissions. From this, you can see why healthcare informatics is essential for nurses and the entire healthcare organization. Health Care informatics can advance communication between health professionals by providing them with more accurate information about patients and their treatment plans, thus allowing better decision-making regarding medication administration or treatments that are needed for the patients. It includes a wide assortment of fields such as computer science, data management, and analysis, healthcare policy research, clinical decision support systems for nurses, design of software to assist with patient care or education. Each student will develop a scholarly presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint® to inform peers/colleagues of “the importance of informatics and health technologies in nursing practice”.  Criteria for this presentation are provided in the grading rubric. This presentation must be 15 slides long (not counting references and cover slide) and contain a minimum of 8 citations WITH SPEAKER NOTES. 

  Overview This assignment consists of two sections: a written project plan, and a Gantt chart that is created through the use of MS Project. You must submit the two sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and/or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. Tip: Review instructor feedback from all of your assignments, particularly the Planning a Software Development Project assignment from Week 6. Be sure to implement any changes based on that feedback in this assignment. Scenario Due to your extensive ability and knowledge of project management, you have been promoted to senior project manager for a national cybersecurity organization. For this role, you will be responsible for managing the launch of a new cybersecurity service that will attract new customers. This project will require: Updating cloud-based systems that interface with customers. This effort requires programmers to update databases and web interfaces that will include new cybersecurity Performing billing configurations to financial information systems. This effort includes modifying the back-end programs that calculate billing and financial reports data and include new cybersecurity service rates. Providing training on the new service for the company's customer service staff. This effort includes developing an online training manual, conducting training for customer service staff, and updating an internal website with a Frequently Asked Questions section for the new cybersecurity service. Your job is to assist in the development of each described deliverable. Your team is composed of four web-based developers, one database manager, two network specialists, two technical trainers, and one technical writer. They are devoted to operational management duties 35 percent of the time. One of the web-based developers has recently joined the team and has minimal experience with configuring cloud-based systems. The service product launch must be completed within nine months. Upper management is available to supply the necessary funding required to complete this project. Instructions Section 1: Written Project Plan Write a 10-12 page paper in which you: Select a project management framework/methodology that could be used to develop this project and ensure that project objectives are met. Provide the rationale for your selection. Evaluate the possibility of using agile project management for any deliverables of the project. Develop a WBS that meets the project scope. Provide details at the activity level for the efforts required to achieve each deliverable. Note: WBS must be in the indented format as shown in Figure 5.5B in Chapter 5 of the text. List all possible resources that would be required for completing this project. Assign resources to each activity. Describe each resource's role and the level of experience each activity would require. Utilize estimation techniques to generate estimates of costs, resources, and durations for each activity. Determine the constraints that must be observed and the basis for each estimate. Determine the monitoring and control process that will be utilized for the project. Include a discussion on how you would perform earned value analysis to provide details on project status. Determine the values that could be utilized to calculate planned costs, actual costs, and earned value. Develop a quality management plan that will minimize defects for project deliverables. Determine the frequency and metrics that will be utilized for inspections. Determine the techniques that could be used to enumerate the various risks that may exist within the project. Recommend risk management practices that will mitigate ongoing risks throughout the project. Use at least six quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources. Section 1 of your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Section 2: Gantt Chart Use Microsoft Project (or its equivalent) to create a Gantt chart in which you: Record the data generated from the estimation process. Describe your assumptions and declare the dependencies for the logical succession of each activity. Section 2 of your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Include charts or diagrams created in Excel, Visio, MS Project, or one of their equivalents such as Open Project, Dia, and OpenOffice. The completed diagrams/charts must be imported into a Word document. The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is: Plan a software development project.

  A software development project has many stakeholders. How would you identify and manage stakeholders for your software development project? Justify your response.

    Project #1: Cybersecurity Strategy & Plan of Action Your Task: You have been assigned to support the Padgett-Beale Merger & Acquisition (M&A) team working under the direct supervision of Padgett-Beale’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). The M&A team is in the planning stages for how it will integrate a new acquisition, Island Banking Services, into the company as its financial services arm (PBI-FS). Initially, PBI-FS will function as a wholly owned subsidiary which means that it must have its own separate cybersecurity program. Your first major task (Project #1) will be to help develop a Cybersecurity Strategy & Plan of Action for PBI-FS. Island Banking Services never had a formal cybersecurity program so you’re starting from scratch. You will need to research best practices as well as relying heavily upon what you learned in your undergraduate studies in Cybersecurity Management and Policy. The CISO has provided detailed instructions for this task. (These appear after the Background section below.) Background After five years of operation, Island Banking Services -- a non-U.S. firm -- was forced into bankruptcy after criminal money laundering charges were filed against the company and its officers. Padgett-Beale, Inc. purchased the digital assets and records of this financial services firm from the bankruptcy courts. The purchased assets include licenses for office productivity software, financial transactions processing software, database software, and operating systems for workstations and servers. Additional assets included in the sale include the hardware, software, and licensing required to operate the company’s internal computer networks.  Figure 1. Island Banking Services IT Infrastructure Purchased by Padgett-Beale, Inc. Padgett-Beale’s legal counsel successfully negotiated with the bankruptcy court and the criminal courts for the return of copies of the company’s records so that it could restart Island Banking Service’s operations. The courts agreed to do so after Padgett-Beale committed in writing to reopening the customer service call center (but not the branch offices) on the island. Reopening the call center will provide continued employment for 10 island residents including 2 call center supervisors. Padgett-Beale intends to relocate the call center to a company owned property approximately 10 miles away from the current location and adjacent to a newly opened Padgett-Beale resort.  Padgett-Beale’s Risk Manager has recommended that the Merger & Acquisition plan be amended such that Island Banking Services would be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary for a period of 5 years rather than being immediately and fully integrated as an operating element of Padgett-Beale. The company’s attorneys agreed that this would be the best approach given the potential for additional legal troubles related to the actions of the previous owners and employees. The Board of Directors has signed off on this amendment to the M&A plan and stipulated that the new subsidiary will be named PBI Financial Services (PBI-FS). The company officers and senior managers for PBI-FS will be named at a later date. For now, the leader of the M&A Team will serve as the Chief Operating Officer. Padgett-Beale’s Chief Information Security Officer will be loaned to PBI-FS while a search is conducted for a dedicated CISO for the subsidiary. CISO’s Detailed Instructions to You The CISO has given you and your team mates a set of instructions (below) which you should follow as you complete this task.  Task #1: Read and Analyze the Background Materials If you have not already done so, read the Background information in this file. Next, review the Padgett-Beale M&A Profile 2020 which was posted to the LEO classroom. You should also review all materials from the classroom for Weeks 1 – 4 as these provide needed information about the Financial Services industry and the legal and regulatory requirements which apply to this industry. Task #2: Perform a Gap Analysis & Construct a Risk Register Using the information available to you, determine the most likely information technology/security gaps which existed at Island Banking Services prior to its being acquired by PBI. Next, determine which of these, if not addressed, will likely exist in the newly formed subsidiary PBI-FS. Document your analysis and evaluation in a Gap Analysis. Your Gap Analysis should address operating issues relating to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) of information, information systems, and information infrastructures owned or used by PBI-FS. Your analysis should also consider and use the People, Process, and Technology framework. Step 1: Identify 10 or more significant cybersecurity issues/challenges/risks which the background information and M&A profile indicate currently exist at PBI-FS / Island Banking Services. You are allowed to “read between the lines” but must be able to map your analysis and findings to specific statements from these documents. These items will become your “Gaps” for the Gap Analysis. Use one or more cybersecurity frameworks or standards (e.g. NIST CSF; People, Processes, and Technologies; Confidentiality, integrity, availability) to organize your analysis.  Note: there was significant criminal behavior found at Island Banking Services. Your analysis must address internal weaknesses which allowed this to occur without being discovered by the employees who were not involved in the crimes. Step 2: Using your Gap Analysis (step 1) create a Risk Register (see Table 1 at the end of this file) in which you list 10 or more specific and separate risks. For each risk, assign a category (confidentiality, integrity, availability, people, process, technology) and a severity (impact level using a 1 – 5 scale with 5 being the highest potential impact).  Step 3: Review the laws and regulatory guidance which apply to the Financial Services industry and companies like Island Banking Services. For each entry in your risk register, identify and record the laws, regulations, or standards which provide guidance as to how the identified risks must be addressed or mitigated. Record this in your risk register. Step 4: Review laws and regulations which apply to all companies, i.e. Sarbanes Oxley, IRS regulations for Business Records, SEC regulations and reporting requirements, etc. Review your Risk Register and either map these requirements to existing entries in your risk register or insert new entries for significant legal or regulatory requirements which you were not able to map to your previously identified risks. (Include risk related to non-compliance.) Step 5: Review section 1.2 Risk Management and the Cybersecurity Framework in the NIST Cybersecurity Framework v1.1 (https://?nvlpubs.nist.gov/?nistpubs/?CSWP/?NIST. ?CSWP. ?04162018.pdf)  Using this information, determine the best strategy for addressing (“treating”) each of your identified risks. Remember the four types of risk mitigation strategies (accept, avoid, control, transfer).  Consider the business impact for each of your mitigation strategies (e.g. if you applied an “avoid” strategy across the board, the company would not be able to operate in the financial services industry because it would need to shut down all operations).  Record your risk mitigation strategy for each risk in your risk register. For each of your “control” entries, include the corresponding control category and subcategory (if applicable) from the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (see Tables 1 and 2 in version 1.1). Examples: ID.AM Asset Management or PR.AC Identity Management and Access Control. Remember to cite your sources. Step 6: Develop a Cybersecurity Strategy that presents five or more specific actions (strategies) that the company should take to implement your recommended risk mitigations. Include information from your gap analysis, legal and regulatory analysis, risk analysis and proposed risk mitigations. Under each strategy include information about how the strategy will affect or leverage people, policies, processes, and technologies (hardware, software, infrastructure). Include examples and other pertinent information about Island Banking Services and Padgett-Beale. You should have at least one technology related strategy which includes an updated Network Diagram. This diagram must show the to-be state of the IT infrastructure including recommended mitigating or “control” technologies, e.g. intrusion detection, firewalls, DMZ’s, etc. (start with the diagram provided in this assignment file).  Note: Your strategy will be presented to the Board of Directors by the executive who is leading the Merger & Acquisition Team so make sure that you write in appropriate language and include sufficient detail to explain your recommended strategy. Step 7: Develop and document a proposed plan of action and implementation timeline that addresses each element of the cybersecurity strategy that you identified previously (in step 6). Provide time, effort, and cost estimates for implementing your recommended actions (include appropriate explanations of your reasoning). Include the resources (people, money, etc.) necessary for completing each task in the timeline. Step 8: Develop a set of 5 or more high-level summary of recommendations regarding the next steps to take in mitigating the risks that you identified in steps 1-7. These recommendations should logically flow from your analysis and be supported by your Cybersecurity Strategy and Plan of Action. Putting It All Together 1. Format your work for Steps 1-7 as a Cybersecurity Strategy and Plan of Action. The six major elements listed below should appear in this order in a single file. Your MS Word format document file must include: · Introduction (what is in this document and to what organization does it apply) · Gap Analysis (Step 1) · Legal & Regulatory Requirements Analysis (Steps 3, 4) · Risk Analysis & Risk Register (Steps 2, 3, 4, 5) · Cybersecurity Strategy (Step 6) · Plan of Action and Implementation Timeline (Step 7) The Cybersecurity Strategy and Plan of Action is a comprehensive MS Word document that includes a separate title page followed by the six major elements (see list under step 7) and ending with a reference list. Your document must include a reference list and appropriate citations throughout. You will need 10 – 12 pages to fully document your strategy and plan. Use section headings and sub headings to organize your work. You may use internal title pages (section titles) to make it clear where each of the major elements begins and ends. Title pages and reference pages are not included in the recommended length. 2. Format your recommendations from Step 8 as a Cover Letter / Recommendations Memo to accompany your Security Strategy document.  The Recommendation Memo is a 2 page, professionally formatted memorandum addressed to the Merger & Acquisition Team. This cover letter / memo should summarize why this package is being forwarded to the M&A team for “review and action.” The memo should introduce and provide a brief summary of the purpose and contents of the Cybersecurity Strategy and Plan of Action (name and describe each of the major sections). Use a professional format for your memo (consider using one of the MS Word templates). The memo does not include citations or references but, you may need to name laws or regulations. Notes on Constructing Your Network Diagram (for step 6): Your diagram must be based upon the provided network diagram with additions or deletions that are clearly your own work. You may use MS Word’s drawing tools, Power Point, or other drawing program. When you have completed your diagram, you may find it helpful to take a screen snapshot and then pasted that into your deliverable file(s).  You may use commercial or “free” clip-art to represent individual end point devices or network appliances such as routers, firewalls, IDPS, etc.) Clip art does not need to be cited provided that it is clip art (not screen captures from another author’s work). Additional Information 1. Consult the grading rubric for specific content and formatting requirements for this assignment. 2. Your paper should be professional in appearance with consistent use of fonts, font sizes, margins, etc. You should use headings and page breaks to organize your paper.  3. Your paper should use standard terms and definitions for cybersecurity.  4. The CSIA program recommends that you follow standard APA formatting since this will give you a document that meets the “professional appearance” requirements. APA formatting guidelines and examples are found under Course Resources. An APA template file (MS Word format) has also been provided for your use CSIA_Paper_Template(TOC+TOF,2021).docx.   5. All submission files must begin with a cover page with the assignment title, your name, and the due date. Your reference list must be on a separate page at the end of your file.   6. You are expected to write grammatically correct English in every assignment that you submit for grading. Do not turn in any work without (a) using spell check, (b) using grammar check, (c) verifying that your punctuation is correct and (d) reviewing your work for correct word usage and correctly structured sentences and paragraphs.   7. You are expected to credit your sources using in-text citations and reference list entries. Both your citations and your reference list entries must follow a consistent citation style (APA, etc.).    Table 1. Risk Profile Table (example) See attached file for full details. Rubric also attached

  Identify and assess at least three professional skills that would be required to be a successful database administrator. Give your opinion on what the critical nature of a database administrator's role is to IT industry organizations. Support your answer with specific examples of functions and responsibilities database administrators perform.

  Defining relationships within a database can improve search capabilities and optimal performance of the database in the long run. Identify at least two relationship strength types that can be used within the entity relationship model. Provide a real-world scenario that demonstrates each relationship strength classification, using the classifications.

Article Review Big Data has undoubtedly played a role in the way business is conducted. For many industries, when a product is created, especially a Website, mobile application, or enterprise system, there is a desire to understand how data is presented in the environment. Data has in fact become a usability measurement whether it is under the scope of information, system, or service quality. For this assignment, you’ll find ONE SCHOLARLY ARTICLE that discusses data in the context of a usability evaluation. Your article should review data from the perspective of an industry vertical (i.e., healthcare, education, supply chain, etc.). You’ll submit a three-page synopsis of the article that answers the following questions: Article Title Article Subject Area Type of Data Set Used/Evaluated Synopsis of Article Three business takeaways on how data impacts the industry in respect to usability Source Citation

  The development of a database requires thorough methodology that ensures quality within the solution. Imagine you have been contracted to develop a finance database that will help an organization track monthly expenditures by departments. Discuss the various activities that you would have to achieve each phase, using the DBLC. Assess possible challenges that may exist within each phase. Suggest actions that one can perform in order to overcome these possible challenges.