A network topology is the shape, or pattern, of the way nodes on the network are connected to each other.

Please respond to the following in a post of 150 – 200 words:

• Compare/contrast the basic network topologies: point-to-point, bus, ring, star, and mesh.
• Select an industry and recommend which network topology best supports this industry’s business needs.
  • Support your rationale with examples.

Part 1: Research Security Policy Frameworks (0/2 completed)

Note: In this part of the lab, you will review internet resources on security policy frameworks in order to form a basis for their purpose and usage. Understanding the reason behind a security policy framework is key to understanding the component policies and procedures. Please take the time to review the research thoroughly and think through the concepts behind the framework itself.

1. In your browser, navigate to https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/policyissues/information-security-policy-development-guide-large-small-companies-1331.

2. Read Sections 1-5 of the SANS Policy Development Guide.

3. Summarize the Policy Development Guide’s recommendations for organizing a policy hierarchy and selecting policy topics.

Note: It is important to understand how and why a policy differs from a standard, a procedure, and a guideline. From the top down, the policy should not change or need modification unless a major shift in corporate values or business process occurs. On the contrary, guidelines should be reviewed, and possibly changed, often.

Similarly, even though a policy should be written clearly and concisely, it is a high-level document answering the “why” questions. Standards are also high level, but they answer the “what” questions. Finally, the procedures and guidelines provide the “how.”

Examples of security policy and guideline templates are available from the SANS Institute at https://www.sans.org/information-security-policy/.

In the next steps, you will learn about COBIT 2019, a popular industry-standard policy framework.

4.  In your browser, navigate to https://www.cio.com/article/3243684/what-is-cobit-a-framework-for-alignment-and-governance.html.

5. Describe the core principles and objectives of COBIT 2019.

Part 2: Define a Security Policy Framework (0/2 completed)

Note: Understanding both unique and universal risks to your organization’s IT infrastructure is essential to developing an appropriate IT security policy framework for your organization. In this part of the lab, you will review a list of risk, threats, and vulnerabilities and define appropriate policies to mitigate them. Next, you will organize your policies into a policy framework.

1. Review the following list of risks, threats, and vulnerabilities at the fictional Healthwise Health Care Company.

• Unauthorized access from public Internet
• Hacker penetrates IT infrastructure
• Communication circuit outages
• Workstation operating system (OS) has a known software vulnerability
• Unauthorized access to organization-owned data
• Denial of service attack on organization’s e-mail
• Remote communications from home office
• Workstation browser has software vulnerability
• Weak ingress/egress traffic-filtering degrades performance
• Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access points are needed for Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity within a warehouse
• User destroys data in application, deletes all files, and gains access to internal network
• Fire destroys primary data center
• Intraoffice employee romance gone bad
• Loss of production data
• Need to prevent rogue users from unauthorized WLAN access
• LAN server OS has a known software vulnerability
• User downloads an unknown e-mail attachment
• Service provider has a major network outage
• User inserts a USB hard drive with personal photos, music, and videos on organization-owned computers
• Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunneling between the remote computer and ingress/egress router

2. For each risk, threat, or vulnerability in the list above, select an appropriate security policy that might help mitigate it. You can select one of the SANS policies or choose one from the following list.

Security Policies

• Acceptable Use Policy
• Access Control Policy
• Business Continuity—Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Policy
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Policy
• Data Classification Standard and Encryption Policy
• Internet Ingress/Egress Traffic Policy
• Mandated Security Awareness Training Policy
• Production Data Backup Policy
• Remote Access Policy
• Vulnerability Management and Vulnerability Window Policy
• Wide Area Network (WAN) Service Availability Policy

3. Organize the security policies you selected so that they can be used as part of an overall framework for a layered security strategy.

Challenge Exercise (0/2 completed)Note: The following challenge exercise is provided to allow independent, unguided work – similar to what you will encounter in a real situation.

A user at Digital Innovation Products has been using company network resources to download torrent files onto a USB drive and transfer those files to their home computer. IT tracked down the torrent traffic during a recent network audit. Unfortunately, the company does not have a current policy that restricts this type of activity.

Identify at least two appropriate policies that should be in place to define this type of behavior and the consequences thereof.

Write a brief overview for C-level executives explaining which policies should be added to the company’s overall security policy framework, why they should be added, and how those policies could protect the company.

Your final project will be to design a training presentation to the client’s IT staff. 

If you haven’t already done it last week,:

• Download the Client Presentation Template to get started.
• Review the Presentation Resources which may help you get started. 

The presentation must meet the following requirements:

• 11 to 15 slides of writing-to-understand content (text and visuals). Remember, your audience is the IT team within an accounting firm.
• voice annotation for every slide (excluding the reference slide)
• at least two references

The presentation can incorporate screenshots from Project 2 along with additional screenshots as needed. Content should include work that needs to go into making the upgrade successful, how to improve security using two or three of the Windows 10 built-in features, and how-to backup and restore Windows 10 data using some of the tools available in Windows 10.

The presentation should address your recommendations for the following items:

• Version Summary
  • Recommended version of Windows 10 (e.g., Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, Pro Workstation) and specific reasons for your choice (e.g., security features, technical and business requirements).
• Installation Methods
  • Explain Windows 10 deployment methods. Which method or methods you think will be appropriate for the upgrade? Consider the hardware specifications outlined in the project scenario.
• Security Features
  • Windows Security, BitLocker, Defender, Local Security Policy
• Backup and Recovery Overview
  • Discuss the importance of backing up and recovery of Windows 10. This can include explaining what types of files and data that can backed up and restored. This should address:
    • the problems encountered when Tetra Shillings Accounting fell victim to a ransomware attack that resulted in the loss of critical data.
    • the concerns that Tetra Shillings Accounting has concerning recovering data that is lost due to deletion, corruption, or media failure.
    • the ability to restore system files and settings without affecting the user’s personal files and data.
    • the concerns that the client has about recovering systems that are negatively impacted by an operating system update.
• Backup and Recovery Tools
  • You will need to explain how to use Windows 10 backup and recovery tools to meet these objectives. Provide a brief overview of each tool and how it can be used to address the company’s concerns. Use screenshots to demo how to configure backups that address the firm’s need to recover from a ransomware attack and restore the system to a state before a Windows update, driver, or application was installed.
• Backup to Recover from Ransomware Attack
  • Describe how to back up and restore individual files using the utilities available in Windows 10. This should provide the client the ability to restore files lost due to ransomware attacks or other potential risks.
• Backup and Recover a Restore Point
  • Research how to protect backup data that is stored on the network. Based on your research, you need to present a strategy to protect backup data that is compromised during a ransomware attack. This will most likely require a strategy to store, copy, or move backups to an offsite location. In this slide, you will need to explain the risks of only having only having a single copy of a backup stored on the network. Think about if the client suffers another ransomware attack and the corrupted data cannot be restored because the backups were also compromised during the attack.

For your development project, you will imagine you are in charge of managing a zoo’s computer infrastructure. There are many aspects of a zoo that need to be in place to keep it running. One of those aspects are monitoring animal activities in exhibits. This option requires at least two classes and for the design to be broken into multiple methods. 

This project represents an authentic demonstration of competency because it involves application of real-world Java programming. 

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

 Implement appropriate variables, operators, methods, and classes as they are used in object-oriented programming for developing successful programs

 Utilize appropriate syntax and conventions in terms of their best practice and use in programming

 Debug coding errors by testing existing code, identifying errors, and correcting errors for improved functionality

 Assemble basic, working programs that effectively integrate essential elements of object-oriented programming

Monitoring System

As a zookeeper, it is important to know the activities of the animals in your care and to monitor their living habitats. Create a monitoring system that does all of the following:

 Asks a user if they want to monitor an animal, monitor a habitat, or exit

 Displays a list of animal/habitat options (based on the previous selection) as read from either the animals or habitats file

o Asks the user to enter one of the options

 Displays the monitoring information by finding the appropriate section in the file

 Separates sections by the category and selection (such as “Animal – Lion” or “Habitat – Penguin”)

 Uses a dialog box to alert the zookeeper if the monitor detects something out of the normal range (These will be denoted in the files by a new line starting with *****. Do not display the asterisks in the dialog.)

 Allows a user to return to the original options

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Process Documentation: Create process documentation to accompany your program that addresses all of the following elements:

A. Problem Statement/Scenario: Identify the program you plan to develop and analyze the scenario to determine necessary consideration for building your program.

B. Overall Process: Provide a short narrative that shows your progression from problem statement to breakdown to implementation strategies. In other words, describe the process you took to work from problem statement (your starting point) to the final product. Your process description should align to your end resulting program and include sufficient detail to show the step-by-step progress from your problem statement analysis.

C. Pseudocode: Break down the problem statement into programming terms through creation of pseudocode. The pseudocode should demonstrate your breakdown of the program from the problem statement into programming terms. Explain whether the pseudocode differs from the submitted program and document any differences and the reason for changes.

D. Methods and Classes: Your pseudocode reflects distinct methods and classes that will be called within the final program. If the pseudocode differs from the submitted program, document the differences and reason for changes.

E. Error Documentation: Accurately document major errors that you encountered while developing your program.

F. Solution Documentation: Document how you solved the errors and what you learned from them.

II. Program: Your working program should include all of the specified requirements. The comments within your program will count toward the assessment of the documentation aspects of your submission.

A. Functionality

1. Input/Output: Your program reads input from the user and uses system output.

2. Control Structures: Your program utilizes appropriate control structures for program logic.

3. Libraries: Your program utilizes standard libraries to pull in predefined functionality.

4. Classes Breakdown: Your program is broken down into at least two appropriate classes.

5. Methods: Your program utilizes all included methods correctly within the classes.

6. Error Free: Your program has been debugged to minimize errors in the final product. (Your program will be run to determine functionality.)

B. Best Practices: These best practices should be evident within your working program and process documentation.

1. Formatting Best Practices: Provide program code that is easy to read and follows formatting best practices as defined by the industry, such as with indentation.

2. Documentation Best Practices: Include comments where needed within the program in appropriate detail for communicating purpose, function, and necessary information to other information technology (IT) professionals.

3. Coding Best Practices: Ensure your program supports clean code through descriptive variable names.

Guidelines for Submission: Your process documentation should be approximately 2 to 4 pages double-spaced and in 12-point Times New Roman font. Any resource citations should adhere to the most current guidelines for APA formatting. You will submit the code for your working program in a separate file from your process documentation, though the two will be graded together by your instructor. Submit all files as a ZIP file to Blackboard for grading.

 Project topic ( Linux Database File System)

Prepare and submit a 1-2-page statement of work (SOW) to describe the need to create, design and implement the database that you are proposing for your project.  

Please Please follow requirements on attachment!!!! 

Attached is also a sample of  SOW.

This will be part one of four parts to this project. 

Ask questions if you need clarity!