Discussion 

Topic: We all had the unfortunate experience of seeing how computers can, at times, make life’s journey abit more difficult. This is especially true in knowledge centric workplaces. Describe an example of a very poorly implemented database that you’ve encountered (or read about) that illustrates the potential for really messing things up. Include, in your description, an analysis of what might have caused the problems and potential solutions to them. Be sure to provide supporting evidence, with citations from the literature. As with the first discussion topic, it is not enough for you to simply create a own posting. You must read the postings of the other members of the class and comment on each of them.

Instructions

Write a program and flowchart. The program should store the ages of  six of your friends in an array. Store each of the six ages using the  assignment operator. Print the ages on-screen using a “for” loop.

Here is what the output looks like.

PLEASE READ ALL ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING THE ATTACHED GRADING RUBRIC BEFORE AGREEING TO DO THE WORK. THANK YOU.

Advanced persistent threats (APTs) have been thrust into the spotlight due to their advanced tactics, techniques, procedures, and tools. These APTs are resourced unlike other types of cyber threat actors.

Your chief technology officer (CTO) has formed teams to each develop a detailed analysis and presentation of a specific APT, which she will assign to the team.

This is a team assignment, and the team members that were selected by the instructor in the previous assignment will work together. It is up to the team members to decide who is responsible for contributing to the sections of the paper. Remember, if a member fails to complete his or her part of the work, the team is still responsible for all sections.

Note that you are required to complete a peer review for yourself and for each member of the team. The peer review template is provided in the Activities folder.  

Your team’s report should use the Week 5 and 6 Assignment Template to cover the following five areas:

Part 1: Threat Landscape Analysis

o Provide a detailed analysis of the threat landscape in 2018.

o What has changed since 2017?

o Describe common tactics, techniques, and procedures to include threat actor types.

o What are the exploit vectors and vulnerabilities threat actors are predicted to take advantage of?

Part 2: APT Analysis

o Provide a detailed analysis and description of the APT your group was assigned. Describe the specific tactics used to gain access to the target(s).

o Describe the tools used. Describe what the objective of the APT was/is. Was it successful?

Part 3: Cybersecurity Tools, Tactics, and Procedures

o Describe current hardware- and software-based cybersecurity tools, tactics, and procedures.

o Consider the hardware and software solutions deployed today in the context of defense-in-depth.

o Elaborate on why these devices are not successful against the APTs.

Part 4: Machine Learning and Data Analytics

o Describe the concepts of machine learning and data analytics and how applying them to cybersecurity will evolve the field.

o Are there companies providing innovative defensive cybersecurity measures based on these technologies? If so, what are they? Would you recommend any of these to the CTO?

Part 5: Using Machine Learning and Data Analytics to Prevent APT

o Describe how machine learning and data analytics could have detected and/or prevented the APT you analyzed had the victim organization deployed these technologies at the time of the event. Be specific.

Notes

· Use additional sources of information but also describe the concept in layman’s terms.

· Use visuals where appropriate.

Now that you have conceptualized your papers, developed a clear argument outline for your paper, conducted research on your topic and provided your annotated bibliographies, now it is time to create your final papers. 

Overall Comments:

You must do the “thinking through” of the paper before you simply start writing your final paper: 

• It was clear that many of you still struggle with the difference between presenting information and creating an argument that uses literature to substantiate the argument that YOU are making.
• Just because you are doing a literature review does not mean that presenting literature is sufficient. Many of students’ literature reviews read like expanded annotated bibliographies and there was no clear direction or argument embedded in the review.
• Please make sure that your final papers are properly edited for clarity, syntax, flow and transitions.
• Speaking of transitions, many of students fail to provide the reader with sufficient transitional statements between paragraphs and sections of the paper. In many of students’ papers, it was unclear the rationale for the order of the paper and how and why it was organized in a particular way. Remember the structure and form of the paper helps with building the argument for your paper and helping the reader “follow” your logic and intention throughout the paper.
• It was also clear that many of students felt like just “giving literature” is sufficient to substantiating a claim or making an argument. It is not. You must have a reason and rationale for EVERYTHING that you put in your work and this reason must be clear to you and the reader.

This assignment must be YOUR OWN WORK!  This is an individual assignment. Plagiarism detected in your work will result in a grade of zero for the entire paper. 

Here are a few details about the overall research paper.

• Please look at the attached rubric for details on how the paper will be graded.
• You must reference at least two (2) peer-reviewed articles or papers that support your thesis statement and overall you need to include at least 7 resources for the whole paper.
• The final paper must be at least 500 words in length (but NOT longer than 1000 words, DO NOT exceed 500 words by a material amount. Excessive words or too many references will NOT impress me.) 
• Most of your references may be from your annotated bibliography assignment. Please check the attached file for Synthesizing Multiple Sources to write a literature review.

If you are not sure how to identify peer reviewed papers or articles, please visit the following resources:

• http://diy.library.oregonstate.edu/using-google-scholar-find-peer-reviewed-articles
• http://libguides.gwu.edu/education/peer-reviewed-articles