Assignment 2: RADIUS Implementation

Due Week 7 and worth 130 points

Suppose you are a Systems Administrator, and you have been tasked with implementing RADIUS to support authentication, authorization, and accounting in your organizations Windows network environment.

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

1. Examine the most significant benefits of RADIUS in organizations and provide management with at least three (3) problems / concerns that it helps to solve / relieve in the organization’s computing environment. Provide support for your response.
2. Suggest the top-three (3) characteristics of Network Policy Server (NPS) in Windows Server 2012 that you believe make it a suitable option for implementing RADIUS in the organization’s environment. Provide support for your response.
3. Decide whether you would consider utilizing RADIUS templates. Justify your decision based on what you believe to be the most significant benefits offered to or restrictions created for systems administrators.
4. Propose whether you would consider, with no other variables or restrictions, utilizing password- or certificate-based methods for authentication. Substantiate your selection with appropriate reasoning.
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:

• Compare and contrast among different types of high-availability solutions.
• Design and plan the implementation and configuration of VPN and routing.
• Demonstrate the ability to develop server and network security configurations to include policies and patch management solutions for a large enterprise. 
• Demonstrate the ability to develop strategies that manage and configure policies on servers in networked environments.
• Develop a migration plan to address and solve a proposed business problem.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the administration of server environments.
• Write clearly and concisely about advanced network server implementation topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

• Visit Amazon’s Website, located at http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/, and read about the Amazon EC2 cloud solution. Be prepared to discuss the ways in which EC2 provides services to customers.
• Visit Microsoft Azure’s Website, located at http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/, and read about the ways in which Azure provides services to customers. Be prepared to discuss.
• Visit Microsoft Office’s 365 Website, located at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/business/office-365-small-business-premium-office-online-FX103037625.aspx, and read the ways in which Office 365 provides services for business. Be prepared to discuss.
• Many organizations are using cloud services to provide application and database services to their users and their customers.
  • Select one (1) organization from above that you visited that provides application or database support through cloud services. Explain the services that the organization provides through the cloud, and examine the business operation that is enhanced through providing these services through the cloud.
  • Explain the key ways in which the previously identified business operation would be impacted if the cloud did not provide these services. Next, explain at least two (2) advantages and at least two (2) disadvantages that the organization in question incurs by providing these services through the cloud

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As the lead for the design team project, it is time to create your first mock-up of this interface. Based off of your previously chosen organization from the Unit 1 IP, you will now begin the design. Complete the following:In a Word document of 1–2 pages, describe at least 3 interface design techniques that you will use in your interface design.  Create a mock-up interface for the project.  Use at least 3 user interface design techniques.  Ensure that the interface can track information (e.g., name, aliases, location, nationality, product, price, picture, notes, quantity, street address, etc.). Remember that these will vary based on the organization.  The screen should be able to do the following:  Open  Close  Minimize  Maximize Submit a screenshot in Word or another application (if functional), and confirm with your instructor that the file type is acceptable if it is not a Word document. Please submit your assignment.For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.Grading Rubric Project CriteriaExceeds: 90%–100%Very Good: 80%–89%Meets: 70%–79%Needs Improvement: Below 70%Content
(75%)Response covers all topics indicated in the assignment and adds additional content. Response covers most topics indicated in the assignment. Response covers many of the topics indicated in the assignment.Response covers none to some of the topics indicated in the assignment. Effective Communication
(10%)Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary application of written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates outstanding expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Audience is addressed appropriately. Language clearly and effectively communicates ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are minimal. Organization is clear. Format is consistently appropriate to assignment. Presentation and delivery are confident and persuasive (where applicable). The writing was of collegiate level with no errors in spelling or grammar.Demonstrates very good written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates sound expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Audience is usually addressed appropriately. Language does not interfere with the communication of ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are present, but do not distract from the message. Organization is apparent and mostly clear. Format is appropriate to assignment, but not entirely consistent. The writing was of collegiate level with two or less errors in spelling or grammar.Demonstrates acceptable written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates reasonable expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Sometimes, audience is addressed appropriately. Language does not interfere with the communication of ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are present and may distract from the message. Organization is a bit unclear. Format is inconsistent. The writing was of collegiate level with several errors in spelling or grammar.Demonstrates inadequate or partially proficient application of written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates inadequate or partial expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Audience is often not addressed appropriately. Language often impedes the communication of ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are frequent and often distract from meaning or presentation. Organization is inadequate, confusing, and distracting. The format is inadequate and obscures meaning. The writing was less than collegiate level with numerous errors in spelling or grammar.Supporting Analysis
(15%)Analysis exceeds minimum requirements. Sources are used to support analysis, are appropriate, and are properly referenced.Basic analysis provided to support assertions. Sources are cited, appropriate, and properly referenced.Limited analysis provided to support assertions. Some sources are cited, appropriate, and properly referenced.No or inaccurate analysis, no sources are cited when needed, analysis and/or sources are not appropriate. When sources are used, they are not properly referenced.

Understanding the Flow of Negotiations: Stages and Phases

 A.  The typical steps or flow in a negotiation can be found in the phase models of negotiation:

 1.   Initiation.

2.   Problem solving.

3.   Resolution.

Defines these three phases and give a thorough example of each.

provide two reference in APA. 

For this assignment, select an artifact  that, in your opinion, unfairly creates a negative bias or promotes a negative stereotype about one population of society. The pop culture artifact can be a media source (song, movie, television program), a product or other tangible associated with pop culture.  Provide a link to this artifact (or an image). Explain why you have selected this artifact, and why you feel that this creates a negative bias. Describe how you would re-design or re-write the script of this artifact to change the way others would view this population.

CLO#2 Analyze an artifact of popular culture from multiple perspectives.

In your paper:

• Provide a specific link to pop culture artifact used for this paper or an image of the artifact. 
• Discuss the artifact in depth.  Explain the stereotypes or biases that you see being perpetuated in the artifact. 
• Discuss the role of popular culture in communicating harmful or incorrect stereotypes or biases.  Using the concepts, terminology, and ideas within Units 1-7, recommendations for how people can identify and correct views that are incorrect or harmful.
• Re-design or re-write this artifact to change the way others could view this population without the negative bias.  Be sure to support this revised artifact with factual examples of the culture.

Specifications: 

Submit a 1200-1500 word essay addressing the questions above. 

In your essay: 

• Be sure to structure your essay with an introduction paragraph that includes a thesis statement, well-organized supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion that reiterates the main points of your argument.
• Your argument should be supported by reputable research cited in APA format both in the body of the paper and in your references section.