IT Policies & Procedures

1. What is the difference and relationship between policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards?

2. Why is IT policy important? 

3. Think of a situation that could have been or can be prevented had an IT policy been in place; please explain.

4. List and briefly describe five features for structuring good policy?

5. Identify and explain elements should be contained in your policy outline?

6. Why is it important to have a policy waiver process established?

7. Explain the difference between IT policy dashboard and reference matrix. Secondly, explain the importance of each in effectively managing IT policies.

8. Outline the core steps involved in creating a procedures?

9. Describe the three types of administrative, technical, and physical controls (9-Total) that an auditor would evaluate? Secondly, provide an examples of each control and relevance to protecting corporate assets?

The task is to summarize an article, the details of the assignment and the article (Autonomous Driving) are included in the uploaded files. 

Chapter 10 – Review the section on the IT leader in the digital transformation era.  Note how IT professionals and especially leaders must transform their thinking to adapt to the constantly changing organizational climate.  What are some methods or resources leaders can utilize to enhance their change attitude? (Information Technology and Organizational Learning)

The above submission should be one-page in length and adhere to APA formatting standards.

**Remember the page length does not include the APA cover page or any references**

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length, and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers. 

How-To Teaching Tips

This week’s discussion consists of two parts. Both parts are required:

Part One: Re-read one of the how-to essays in the textbook and identify as many of the Eight Teaching Tips as you can. List any tips the essay doesn’t use.

You may use the same essay you picked last week or one of the others from the following list:

• “Your First Kill” by Aaron Kenedi (p. 232)
• “The Semi-Sweet Science” by Oscar Villalon (p. 234)
• “How to Feed a Fish” by Isabelle Wattenberg (p. 237)
• “How to be Younger” by Laura Kate James (p. 352)
• “Scratch that Itch” by Bennett Lindsey (p. 355)
• “The Sprout Route” by Winston Bell (p. 356)
• “Why Falling in Love Feels so Good” by Judy Krause (p. 358)

Alternative: Go to YouTube and look up a “How to” video (type “How to” in YouTube’s search engine, and many will pop up). Watch a short video—no more than 10 minutes–and identify as many of the Eight Teaching Tips as you can. Note any of the tips not used in the video. Include a link to your video or embed the video in your post.

Part Two: Tell the class the topic of your how-to essay and ask them to generate every possible question they would like answered or that other readers might like answered in your essay.

In your responses, did you notice any other teaching tips present or absent (Part 1)? Also, generate as many questions as you can for your classmates’ essays (Part 2).

The vast majority of the population associates Blockchain with cryptocurrency Bitcoin; however, there are many other uses of blockchain; such as Litecoin, Ether, and other currencies. In this discussion, please describe at least two cryptocurrencies with applicable examples. Discuss some similarities and differences. Lastly, discuss if you have any experience using any cryptocurrencies.

Be sure to use information from your readings and other sources from the UC Library in your initial thread. Use proper citations and references in your post.

Then, respond to at least two of your classmates stating an opposing view to their post with proper justification and examples in your posts. Each response post should be at least one full paragraph.

Please make your initial post and two response posts substantive. A substantive post will do at least TWO of the following:

• Ask an interesting, thoughtful question pertaining to the topic
• Answer a question (in detail) posted by another student or the instructor
• Provide extensive additional information on the topic
• Explain, define, or analyze the topic in detail
• Share an applicable personal experience
• Provide an outside source (for example, an article from the UC Library) that applies to the topic, along with additional information about the topic or the source (please cite properly in APA)
• Make an argument concerning the topic.

At least one scholarly source should be used in the initial discussion thread. Be sure to use information from your readings and other sources from the UC Library. Use proper citations and references in your post.
The paper should be 600 words with two citations