Policies provide the foundational requisites of a cybersecurity program. Policies are pivotal in protecting assets and shaping the procedures ultimately intended to reduce organizational risk.

In your journal, describe the purpose of an acceptable use policy, an incident response policy, and a password management policy. Explain why each is important to an organization.

Your journal entry should be three paragraphs long, one paragraph per policy.

Submit your assignment here. For details, see the assignment guidelines and rubric.

In Section 1, you will provide the specifications of your personal BYOD computing device. In Section 2, you will provide a brief description/explanation of the specifications of your device. You will learn about the specifications and capabilities of your machine in the process.

This task will require you to investigate your machine’s internals. How you locate your system information will vary by operating system.

Include a screenshot showing key system information.

How Will My Work Be Evaluated? 

For this assignment, you are asked to complete the Hudson Fisher Associates (HFA) Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Registration Form to ensure your device meets the organization’s minimum information technology (IT) baseline specifications and security requirements. The first part of the assignment requires you to access and document your machine’s specifications. In the second part, you will provide explanatory details on the specifications.

By documenting your specifications and explaining your results in an effective narrative format, you are showing how you use your technical knowledge to convey your ideas to others in a professional setting. Your ability to express your findings using the right mix of technical detail in a business context is an important workplace skill.

The following evaluation criteria aligned to the competencies will be used to grade your assignment:

• 1.4.2: Use vocabulary appropriate for the discipline, genre, and intended audience.
• 2.3.2: Incorporate relevant evidence to support the position.
• 3.1.1: Identify quantitative information that is relevant to a problem or situation.
• 10.1.2: Gather project requirements to meet stakeholder needs.
• 12.8.1: Recognize the process to obtain approval from the business process owner.

Discussion 7.1

Complete Chapter 9, C12 conceptual question (page 406 from textbook).

Discussion writing requirements

• 150 words (Excluding the references)
• List References and Citations

Case Study 7.1 – Full 3 Pages In length excluding References.

• Read the Case Study: 9.2 and 9.3
• Write a summary analysis and answer the questions. 

Case study writing requirements

• 3 pages in length  (excluding cover page, abstract, and reference list)
• Follow full APA format
• List References and Citations

Lab 5

Complete the following problems by Thursday
Chapter 9 – Problem #53 and Problem #54 (page 406 from textbook)

Lab writing requirements

• The assignment must be an APA formatted paper with embedded excel files and screenshots from excel calculation
• Follow full APA format
• List References and Citations

Weekly Summary 7.1

Each week you will write and submit a brief summary of the important concepts learned during the week. The summary will include a summary of the instructor’s weekly lecture including any videos included in the lecture.

Writing Requirements

• APA format, Use the APA template located in the Student Resource Center to complete the assignment.

Hello Class – Please post your weekly discussion here.

1. Why would using cloud storage be good during a disaster?
2. Why is testing business continuity plan important and how often should it be done?

The review is between 300-to-400 words for each question and should summarize the article. Please have at least 3 APA References.

Improve It Project 3-7

Windows   Mac

Central Sierra Insurance is a multi-office company that handles commercial and personal insurance products. In this project, you add missing data and verify that the charts are updated.

[Student Learning Outcomes 3.2, 3.3, 3.4]

File Needed: CentralSierra-03.xlsx (Available from the Start File link.)

Completed Project File Name: [your name]-CentralSierra-03.xlsx

Skills Covered in This Project

• Edit source data.
• Switch row and column data.
• Change chart colors.
• Apply a chart style.
• Add and format elements in a chart.
• Use gradient fill for a chart object.
• Change the chart type.

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1. Open CentralSierra-03.xlsx the start file workbook. The start file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the file name if directed to do so by your instructor and save it.
2. Insert a new row at row 8.
3. Type Motorcycle in cell A8. In cells B8:D8, type these values: 15, 82, and 24.
4. Change the pie chart object to a 3-D Pie and apply Style 3. Notice that a data series for “Motorcycle” has been added.
5. Switch the row and column data for the column chart. The data series for “Motorcycle” is not included.
6. Click the Select Data button [Chart Design tab, Data group] and reset the source data to show cells A5:D10.
   Click the Select Data button [Chart Tools Design tab, Data group] and reset the source data to show cells A5:D10.
7. Change the column chart color scheme to Monochromatic Palette 7 in the Monochromatic group.
8. Format chart elements.Figure 3-76a Linear Down gradient
   1. Select the Side Wall of the column chart and apply Olive Green, Accent 3 shape fill (seventh column).
   2. Use the Shape Fill button to apply the Linear Down gradient in the Light Variations group to the side wall (Figure 3-76a).
   3. Apply the same fill and gradient to the Walls element.
   4. Select the Floor element and apply Olive Green, Accent 3, Lighter 60% (seventh column) with no gradient.
   5. Select the gridlines and use the Shape Outline button to format them with Black, Text 1, Lighter 50% (second column). (To select the gridlines, select the Plot Area and then click one of the gridlines in the chart.)
9. Select the pie chart object and change the colors to Monochromatic Palette 7 in the Monochromatic group.
10. Use Olive Green, Accent 3 as shape fill (seventh column) for the pie chart area with a Linear Down gradient from the light variations.
11. Apply a 1 pt Olive Green, Accent 3, Darker 25% outline (seventh column) to both chart objects.
12. Save and close the workbook (Figure 3-76).
13. Upload and save your project file.
14. Submit project for grading.