Discussion Guidelines

Remember that plagiarism includes copying and pasting material from the internet into assignments without properly citing the source of the material. Copying from an internet source and pasting is strictly forbidden.

All work must be organized and formatted consistent with the APA 6th edition style format (double spaced and references indented accordingly). All citations and references must be in the hanging indent format with the first line flush to the left margin and all other lines indented.

This is a scholarly post and your responses should have more depth than “I agree” and should demonstrate critical reflection of the problem in order to promote vigorous discussion of the topic within the forum.

For the discussion, students are expected to make a minimum of three posts on three days for EACH Topic.  Your initial post will be your answer to the Question and is to be 300 – 400 words with at least two references.  The remaining two posts will be comments engaged with your classmates in meaningful discussion, more than affirmation, on their post and the subject matter and be between 150 – 250 words.

Initial post will be graded on length, content, grammar and use of references. The initial post must be submitted by  11:59 PM EST, to allow students the opportunity to respond to it.

Using APA in discussion posts is very similar to using APA in a paper. And it helps to think of your discussion post as a short APA paper without a cover page. You need to cite your sources in your discussion post both in-text and in a references section. If you need help forming in-text citations, check out our in-text citation page on the APA guide.

Case 1:

          Application Case 1.1: Sabre Helps Its Clients through Dashboards and Analytics

1. What is traditional reporting? How is it used in organizations?
2. How can analytics be used to transform traditional reporting?
3. How can interactive reporting assist organizations in decision making?

Discussion GuidelinesRemember that plagiarism includes copying and pasting material from the internet into assignments without properly citing the source of the material. Copying from an internet source and pasting is strictly forbidden.

All work must be organized and formatted consistent with the APA 6th edition style format (double spaced and references indented accordingly). All citations and references must be in the hanging indent format with the first line flush to the left margin and all other lines indented.

This is a scholarly post and your responses should have more depth than “I agree” and should demonstrate critical reflection of the problem in order to promote vigorous discussion of the topic within the forum.

For the discussion, students are expected to make a minimum of three posts on three days for EACH Topic.  Your initial post will be your answer to the Question and is to be 300 – 400 words with at least two references.  The remaining two posts will be comments engaged with your classmates in meaningful discussion, more than affirmation, on their post and the subject matter and be between 150 – 250 words.

Initial post will be graded on length, content, grammar and use of references. The initial post must be submitted by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST, to allow students the opportunity to respond to it.

Using APA in discussion posts is very similar to using APA in a paper. And it helps to think of your discussion post as a short APA paper without a cover page. You need to cite your sources in your discussion post both in-text and in a references section. If you need help forming in-text citations, check out our in-text citation page on the APA guide.

Case 1:

          Application Case 1.1: Sabre Helps Its Clients through Dashboards and Analytics

1. What is traditional reporting? How is it used in organizations?
2. How can analytics be used to transform traditional reporting?
3. How can interactive reporting assist organizations in decision making?

Discussion GuidelinesRemember that plagiarism includes copying and pasting material from the internet into assignments without properly citing the source of the material. Copying from an internet source and pasting is strictly forbidden.

All work must be organized and formatted consistent with the APA 6th edition style format (double spaced and references indented accordingly). All citations and references must be in the hanging indent format with the first line flush to the left margin and all other lines indented.

This is a scholarly post and your responses should have more depth than “I agree” and should demonstrate critical reflection of the problem in order to promote vigorous discussion of the topic within the forum.

For the discussion, students are expected to make a minimum of three posts on three days for EACH Topic.  Your initial post will be your answer to the Question and is to be 300 – 400 words with at least two references.  The remaining two posts will be comments engaged with your classmates in meaningful discussion, more than affirmation, on their post and the subject matter and be between 150 – 250 words.

Initial post will be graded on length, content, grammar and use of references. The initial post must be submitted by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST, to allow students the opportunity to respond to it.

Using APA in discussion posts is very similar to using APA in a paper. And it helps to think of your discussion post as a short APA paper without a cover page. You need to cite your sources in your discussion post both in-text and in a references section. If you need help forming in-text citations, check out our in-text citation page on the APA guide.

Case 1:

          Application Case 1.1: Sabre Helps Its Clients through Dashboards and Analytics

1. What is traditional reporting? How is it used in organizations?
2. How can analytics be used to transform traditional reporting?
3. How can interactive reporting assist organizations in decision making?

• Download CS47ProjectI.zip  and unzip it.
• Assemble proj-auto-test.asm and execute. Make sure to turn on ‘Assembles all files in directory‘ and ‘Initialize program counter to global main if defined‘ option in MARS tool. It should generate the following output:

Total passed 0 / 40
*** OVERALL RESULT FAILED ***

• Complete the following two procedures in CS47_proj_alu_normal.asm and CS47_proj_alu_logical.asm. You may include your required macros (those you write) in the cs47_proj_macro.asm. Do not update proj-auto-test.asm or cs47_proj_procs.asm or cs47_common_macro.asm.
  • au_normal (in CS47_proj_alu_normal.asm): It takes three arguments as $a0 (First operand), $a1 (Second operand), $a2 (Operation code ‘+’, ‘-‘,  ‘*’, ‘/’  – ASCII code). It returns result in $v0 and $v1 (for multiplication $v1 it will contain HI, for division $v1 will contain remainder). This procedure uses normal math operations of MIPS to compute the result (add, sub, mul and div).
  • au_logical (in CS47_proj_alu_logical.asm):  It takes three arguments as $a0 (First operand), $a1 (Second operand), $a2 (Operation code ‘+’, ‘-‘,  ‘*’, ‘/’  – ASCII code). It returns result in $v0 and $v1 (for multiplication $v1 it will contain HI, for division $v1 will contain remainder). The evaluation of mathematical operations should use MIPS logic operations only (result should not be generated directly using MIPS mathematical operations). The implementation needs to follow the digital algorithm implemented in hardware to implement the mathematical operations.
• Assemble proj-auto-test.asm and execute. It should generate the following output. 

Total passed 40 / 40
*** OVERALL RESULT PASSED ***

• NB: Please check each operation result manually from output. Your implementation of normal and logical ALU will be compared against a reference normal and logical ALU result. Therefore it is possible that you may see 40/40 of pass, but in our test it will not be so.
• Write a project report including the following sections. It is recommended to write report in IEEE format
  [Template and Instructions on How to Create Your Paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. ]. A report written in IEEE format will earn 10% extra credit on top of overall project credit. The final report uploaded 
  • Include clear diagrams for requirement and design
  • Include code snippet to explain implementation
  • Include screen shots of testing results
  • Introduction containing objective.
  • Requirement
  • Design and Implementation
  • Testing
  • Conclusion
  • Make sure to
• Upload two files in Canvas (No evaluation will be done if both of them are not uploaded)
  • cs47_proj_report.pdf : Project report
  • cs47_proj_source.zip: This zip file needs to contain updated CS47_proj_alu_normal.asm, CS47_proj_alu_logical.asmand cs47_proj_macro.asm. No need to upload other files.

Learning Objectives – Identify the major components of information assurance.

Assignment Requirements:

• Download and read Extending the McCumber Cube to Model Network Defense.
• Write an analysis paper that describes and contrasts Five Pillars of IA, the McCumber Cube, the Extended McCumber Cube, and the Parkerian Head.
• Recommend one of the assurance models to your organization. Justify your recommendation.

Submission Requirements:

• Format: Microsoft Word
• Font: Arial, 12-point, Double-spaced
• Citation Style: APA
• Length: 1-2 pages

Part 1: Install Windows Server 2019

The recommended format is to provide screenshots incorporated within the written narrative. No external sources are required for this phase of the project; however, the screenshots must be your own. Screenshots from external sources are not permitted. 

Feel free to use Hyper-V, Oracle Virtualbox, or VMware workstation to install Windows Server 2019 as a virtual machine. To request VMware, please email your professor. 

Note: It is not necessary to provide screenshots of the installation or configuration of virtualization software.

Plan: Windows Server 2019 Active Directory 

1. Step 1 – Windows Server 2019 Screenshot

2. Step 2 – Select the operating system to install (Choose the Standard Desktop Experience version)

3. Step 3 – Applicable Notices and License Terms Screenshot

4. Step 4 – Installing Windows Screenshot 

Part 2: Install and Configure Active Directory

The recommended format is to provide screenshots incorporated within the written narrative. No external sources are required for this phase of the project; however, the screenshots must be your own. Screenshots from external sources are not permitted. 

Plan: Install Active Directory and Create Accounts

1. Step 1 – Change the computername to FirstNameInitialLastNameInitial-CurrentDate (i.e John Smith with the current date of 10/09/2020 would be JS-20201009) using PowerShell (Rename-Computer). Provide a screenshot of the PowerShell.

2. Step 2 – Computer Systems showing Domain Name Screenshot 

3. Step 3 – Screenshot of PowerShell showing the creation of 10 user accounts.

Part 3: Install and Configure Azure Active Directory

The recommended format is to provide screenshots incorporated within the written narrative. No external sources are required for this phase of the project; however, the screenshots must be your own. Screenshots from external sources are not permitted. 

Plan: Install and Configure Azure Active Directory Connect

1. Step 1 – Screenshot of user accounts in Azure AD.

Part 4: Azure AD Connect Health

The Opportunity: Azure AD Connect Health 

· Write a few paragraphs on the what is Azure AD Connect Health and its importance. There are additional tasks that be completed when configuring Azure Active Directory Connect (see screenshot below). Choose two options available and explain their importance.

Discuss in 500 words, how much redaction is necessary to anonymize an electronic health record. Is it enough to redact the name? The name and address? Is a medical record like a finger print?

Cite your sources. Do not copy. Write in essay format not in bulleted, numbered or other list format. 

Reply to two classmates’ posting in a paragraph of at least five sentences by asking questions, reflecting on your own experience, challenging assumptions, pointing out something new you learned, offering suggestions.   You should make your initial post by Thursday evening so your classmates have an opportunity to respond before Sunday.at midnight when all three posts are due. 

It is important that you use your own words, that you cite your sources, that you comply with the instructions regarding length of your post and that you reply to two classmates in a substantive way (not ‘nice post’ or the like).  Your goal is to help your colleagues write better. Do not use spinbot or other word replacement software. It usually results in nonsense and is not a good way to learn anything. Please do not use attachments unless requested. 

Note:-

Please use my prompts as a starting point for your discussion posts.  What I am looking for is for each student to find something different to say not to recycle the same pablum. This is a graduate program so simply writing definitions is not what we are after. Use your higher order cognitive skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation, etc).  A solution is to find something that happened at work to explore and write about (You could, for example, explore the ransomware attack that happened at one student’s office. His solution was to encrypt the data but is that really a protection against that sort of attack? And, how did they get hacked, anyway? I wanted to know as soon as I read it ).  You could also find something at work that you want to know more about and explore that. Or, maybe, something specific in your reading or in the news attracts your eye. For example, the Russian hacking of election systems or the Chinese hack of the US navy. Lately, I’ve been intrigued by stories of people hacking the hackers. Find something that makes you want to do the research and writing.