Learning About Cookies as Spyware.

Research what kind of information cookies store. You might find the following  websites helpful:

• www.allaboutcookies.org/
• www.howstuffworks.com/cookie1.htm

Using WORD, write an ORIGINAL brief essay of 300 words or more describing cookies and the way they can invade privacy.

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Note your Safe Assign score. Continue submitting until your Safe Assign score is less than 25

 How would you deliver the “Framework Findings and Recommendations” assignment findings to the ‘C-Suite’ for action in a manner that executives would both understand and dedicate resources to? 

  Provide a 50-75 word discussion reply to the following post below.  

Security when using wireless networks definitely need to be considered when owning a business. As there are many different types of threats out there, it is important for the business to identify and protect its main assets from becoming damaged, lost, or stolen. “For wireless network security, as with dial-up and DSL, your policy management should define access requirements.” (Phifer, 2003) It should be known who has access and for how long it is needed. A policy will also need to be in place for remote access for outside users. There can be a separate network in place for these travelers or guests. If you are using Wi-Fi, it would be good to only use WPA2 and not WEP. “Even though the option is still available for legacy reasons, avoid WEP encryption as it can be cracked in minutes.” (Mah, 2013) Ultimately, wired ethernet networks are better used for businesses who are extremely concerned about security.

One of the biggest cyber-attacks that happened in 2017 was an Equifax data breach that affected approximately 145.5 million United States consumers. Equifax is a huge agency that completes credit reports. The amount of business they have is tremendous as it is approximately 800 million customers and 88 million businesses across the world. “On July 29, 2017, the company detected and blocked suspicious network activity associated with a web portal used by U.S. consumers to file disputes.” (Calyptix, 2017) This attack showed that there was outdated portal application framework which caused extreme security vulnerability. Equifax was alerted prior to the breach there was a vulnerability in their application, but they failed to do anything about it. A few months after the alert, hackers breached the system and created other backdoors into the system. Ultimately, to avoid this attack, Equifax should have understood the consequences of a vulnerable web portal. The alert should have handled quickly and efficiently. “Equifax’s vulnerability scans, performed seven days after the Apache Struts flaw was public knowledge, did not identify the weakness in its web portal.” (Calyptix, 2017) This makes it extremely important to complete other scans with dissimilar tools instead of relying on only one.

Resources

Phifer, L. (2003, April). WLAN security best practices for wireless network security. Retrieved from https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/WLAN-security-Best-practices-for-wireless-network-security

Mah, P. (2013, December). 8 tips to protect your business wireless network. Retrieved from https://www.pcworld.com/article/2068442/8-tips-to-protect-your-business-wireless-network.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Calyptix. (2017, November 30). Biggest cyber attacks 2017. Retrieved from https://www.calyptix.com/top-threats/biggest-cyber-attacks-2017-happened/

 MS Project software is required for the course. MS Project 2016 or higher is preferred since the text tracks with this version.Chapter 3 (No practice files are necessary to complete the practice tasks in this chapter.)

• Create a new plan and set its start date
• Set nonworking days in the project calendar
• Enter the plan title and other properties   

Chapter 4 (For this assignment, use the SimpleBuildTaskList practice file attached). 

• Create tasks
• Switch task scheduling from manual to automatic
• Enter task durations and estimates
• Enter milestone tasks
• Create summary tasks to outline the plan
• Link tasks to create dependencies
• Check a plan’s duration and finish date
• Document task information

Chapter 5 (Use The SimpleSetUpResources practice file for these tasks attached)

• Set up work resources
• Enter the maximum capacity for work resources
• Enter work resource pay rates
• Adjust working time in a resource calendar
• Set up cost resources
• Document resources by using notes

Chapter 6 (Use the practice files for these tasks attached)

• Assign work resources to tasks
• Control work when adding or removing resource assignments
• Assign cost resources to tasks
• Check the plan after assigning resources

Objectives:

You will learn about compression utilities speed vs compression rate.

Instructions:

Time Required: 30 minutes

1. Use Ubuntu VM or Subsystem to create a new directory with the name ec4 Navigate to the new directory Take a screenshot
2. Create a new text file and name it mylargefile.txt and type your first and last name 100 times in the created text file as follows:
3. Take a screenshot then save the large text file and Exit.
4. Tar the large text file “mylargefile.txt” using the three utilities learned in lesson
   11 by typing:
   tar -czf gzarchive.tar.gz mylargefile.txt tar -cjf bz2archive.tar.bz2 mylargefile.txt tar -cJf xzarchive.tar.xz mylargefile.txt
   Take a screenshot showing all three commands above.
5. Type ls -la to get a detailed view of your files and Take a screenshot
6. What is the size of each one of the three compressed archives (gzarchive.tar.gz, bz2archive.tar.bz2, xzarchive.tar.xz) in Kilobytes ? _______________________________________________________________
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7. Run the following commands to check the compression time using the three compression utilities:
   time bzip2 -1v bz2archive.tar.bz2
   time gzip -1v gzarchive.tar.gz

time xz -1v xzarchive.tar.xz Take a screenshot

IS 552/452 Unix Operating System Principles Spring 2022

8. Rank all three utilities (gzip, bizp2, and xz) according to their compression time from faster to slower.

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What to Submit

Submit all Screenshots and answers to questions in a word document and upload your document 

Rubric

5 screenshots = 75 points
2 questions = 25 points (12.5 each)