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Identify a set of possible alternative e-business models that could be considered for a textbook exchange site.
In the fall of 2008, the Washington, D.C., Office of the Chief Technology Officer asked iStrategyLabs how it could make DC.gov’s Data Catalog.
Entrepreneur and e-tailing pioneer Jeff Bezos envisioned the huge potential for retail sales over the Internet and selected books for his e-tailing venture.
Explain why cars, appliances, and other devices not commonly associated with hacking can be hack targets.
Many firms concentrate on the wrong questions and end up throwing a great deal of money and time at minimal security risks.
Threats, exposure associated with each threat, risk of each threat occurring, cost of controls, and assessment of their effectiveness.
What did the Chamber do to increase cybersecurity after learning of the intrusion and cybertheft?
Explain how the botnet works and what damage it causes. What preventive methods are offered by security vendors?
Access the Anti-Phishing Working Group Web site and download the most recent Phishing Activity Trends Report.
Research vendors of biometrics. Select one vendor, and discuss three of its biometric devices or technologies. Prepare a list of major capabilities.
The U.S. government’s most IT-security sensitive organizations are the Army and National Security Agency (NSA).
An auction is a competitive process in which either a seller solicits bids from buyers or a buyer solicits bids from sellers.
Assume that the daily probability of a major earthquake in Los Angeles is .07 percent. The chance of your computer center being damaged during such a quake.
Managers need to determine how much their companies need to invest in cybersecurity to meet their legal obligations.
Should an employer notify employees that their computer usage and online activities are being monitored by the company? Why or why not?
An improved firewall that is 99.9988 percent effective and that costs $84,000, with a life of 3 years and annual maintenance cost of $16,000, is available.
Comment on the value of such applications to users. How can the benefits be assessed? Prepare a list of capabilities of each network.
Describe the potential value of sharing maps online and synching maps with other computers or devices.
Do you believe that Google can reduce its carbon footprint beyond zero, as they claim? Explain your answer.
Brainstorm a few other ways in which an IT network could help to reduce global gridlock. Do not limit yourself to current mobile network capabilities.
Advocate Health Care became one of the top health care systems in the U.S. by creating innovations in the medical community.
According to this 9th annual survey of almost 10,000 security executives from 138 countries, only 72 percent of respondents.
When Kenneth G. Lieberthal, an expert at the Brookings Institution, travels to other countries, he follows a routine that seems straight from a secret agent.
QoS technologies can be applied to create two tiers of traffic. What are those tiers? Give an example of each type of traffic.
Which of the current mobile computing limitations do you think will be minimized within two years? Which ones will not?