Touchstone 3.2: Draft an Argumentative Research Essay

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 Please use the attachments to complete the assignment. Read the details of the assignment and follow the instructions. At the end of the essay please answer the reflection questions. There is also a sample essay attached. Review it and  mirror in format.

ASSIGNMENT: Using your outline and annotated bibliography from Touchstones 1.2 and 2.2, draft a 6-8 page argumentative research essay on your chosen topic.

In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any recycled work will be sent back with a 0, and you will be given one attempt to redo the Touchstone.

As this assignment builds on Touchstone 2.2: Create an Annotated Bibliography, that Touchstone, as well as Touchstone 3.1, must be graded before you can submit your research essay draft.  

A. Assignment Guidelines

DIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines.

1. Argumentative Thesis Statement

❒ Have you included a thesis in your introduction that takes a clear, specific position on one side of a debatable issue?

2. Argument Development

❒ Are all of the details relevant to the purpose of your essay?
❒ Is the argument supported using rhetorical appeals and source material?
❒ Is your essay 6-8 pages (approximately 1500-2000 words)? If not, which details do you need to add or remove?

3. Research

❒ Have you cited outside sources effectively using quotation, summary, or paraphrase techniques?
❒ Are the sources incorporated smoothly, providing the reader with signal phrases and context for the source information?
❒ Have you referenced a range of at least 7 credible sources?
❒ Have you properly cited your sources according to APA style guidelines?
❒ Have you included an APA style reference page below your essay?

4. Reflection

❒ Have you answered all reflection questions thoughtfully and included insights, observations, and/or examples in all responses?
❒ Are your answers included on a separate page below the main assignment?

B. Reflection

DIRECTIONS: Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.

  1. Provide one example of a place where you have used rhetorical appeals or source material to support your argument. How does this enhance your essay? (2-3 sentences)
  2. Touchstone 4 is a revision of this draft. What kind of feedback would be helpful for you as you revise? Are there parts of your draft that you’re uncertain of? (3-4 sentences)

 

D. Requirements

The following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:

  • Composition must be 6-8 pages (approximately 1500-2000 words).
  • Double-space the composition and use one-inch margins.
  • Use a readable 12-point font.
  • All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
  • Composition must be original and written for this assignment.
  • Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
  • Submission must include your name, the name of the course, the date, and the title of your composition.
  • Include all of the assignment components in a single file.
    • Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.
  • Your annotated bibliography must be graded before your research essay draft will be accepted.

10 powerpoint slides on climate change, and its connection to Evolution Biology.

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Choose a topic that is interesting to you (it can be anything) and tie it back to Evolution course. You need to specifically connect your topic back to content from three chapters and you need to explicitly explain the content from the book and its connection to your topic. Any movie format is fine. Creativity (like writing a song or performing a play) gets you up to 15 pts bonus.

These are the chapters studied in class, connect the chosen topic back to three of the following: 

Early Evolutionary Thought

Geological Inference

Phylogenies

Genetics Review

Evo Devo

Natural Selection

Sex

Parental Care

Speciation

Macroevolution

Coevolution

Brains and Behavior

Hominid Evo & Evolutionary Medicine.

3 minutes +/- 30 seconds long for one person. For each bulleted category below, you will be graded on 1. verbal  communication (how well do you explain the topic – with your own voice?); 2. video/image quality (do you have different pictures/figures/graphs for each distinct topic you present?); 3. understanding of content (have you demonstrated mastery of the topic?)

  • Background on/explanation of topic – 33.3 pts
    • What is the topic you are interested in? Why is it of interest to you?
  • Explanation of content from three chapters from book – 33.3 pts
    • For each chapter, briefly explain the content you are selecting (i.e. explain how ardipthecus’ skeleton was modified for bipedalism)
  • Explanation of relationship between your topic and the content from the book – 33.3 pts
    • For content from the book you have selected, explain how it is related to your topic of interest.

You can not rip a video from the internet and add your own voice and text. You must assemble your own collection of pictures/videos/graphs/drawings (but you can use pictures from the internet as long as you appropriately reference them).

External content cited?

All voiceovers those of presenters? 

On-screen text limited to bullet points that are verbally elaborated? (do not put multiple sentences of text on the screen at once, do not just read from the screen)

case study project

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You have a successful cowboy boot business that you started in Tarrant County, but you’ve arrived at a point where you want to export your product.  Your boots are handmade, top-quality calf-skin, ostrich, alligator, and other leathers.  Because you once lived for a period of time in Canada with a previous job, you’ve decided to export to begin your exports there.  

In a concise, organized format, write a research paper answering the following questions:  

  • What benefits do you think you will realize from exporting?  
     
  • What type of distribution system do you think you will be using? 
     

    • Straight to your end-user? 
       
    • Sales agent(s) or representative(s)? 
       
    • An authorized distributor(s)?
       
  • How will your product be classified according to the HTS/Schedule B? 
     
  • What duties and tariffs are on your product?  How does this affect your profitability? 
     
  • Do you have any intellectual property concerns that must be addressed?  How will you address these? 
     
  • What are your shipping concerns?  How will you go about getting your product from the U.S. to its destination? 
     
  • What packaging issues must be dealt with concerning your product and its destination, its mode of travel, etc.  
     
  • When dealing with customs, both here and in the importing country, what steps are you taking? 
     
  • What paperwork are you filling out to be in compliance with customs regulations?  (Include some completed examples as attachments.)
     
  • Do you have any language or cultural issues to contend with? 
     

Requirements:  

  • I want your paper to focus on export- and international trade-related subject matter.  I don’t care about your marketing plan unless it is very much related to what we’ve covered in class.  In other words, I don’t need to know about your logo, your slogan, etc.  Focus on material we’ve covered in the chapters, assigned readings, exams, etc.  
     
  • Your paper needs to include information you get from doing research, so you will have to use footnotes, endnotes, or some sort of citations.  Use MLA format like you would in English class.  (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_general_format.html) 
     
  • Needless to say–but I’ll say it anyway–spell-check, grammar-check, and otherwise make sure everything is perfect before you submit your paper.  It counts for 20% of your final grade.  
     
  • Not counting your cover page, your paper should be at least three pages.  12 point type, Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, double spaced.  
     
  • THIS IS A ONE-PERSON ASSIGNMENT, NOT TEAMWORK.  WORK ALONE.  The only assistance you should get is from someone else proofreading your work for spelling and grammar errors.  
     
  • I do NOT want you to take the list of questions above, copy-paste them, and answer them one-by-one.  I want a paper. I will be grading on the following:
     

    • Demonstration that you can read and follow directions. 
       
    • Writing clearly, concisely, and professionally.  This isn’t about your sense of humor or your glowing personality.  Leave out your personal branding.  Write it like you would for a business assignment.  
       
    • Use of outside sources, i.e., articles, readings, and so forth other than the text book or what I have assigned during the course.  DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA–IT IS FROWNED UPON FOR ACADEMIC WRITING.   
    • For access to books used in class use this link TCC Library “Libguides”– with the password SPRING2021

The Legal Environment of Business

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1) watch one of the following six (6) options:

  1. “The Men Who Built America” – (Season 1, Episode 7 “Taking the White House” on Amazon.  On regular television, it was originally Ep. 3 where Congress begins to regulate the titans of industry; free with Amazon prime, $1-2 to rent an individual episode)
  2. “Dark Waters” – (the 2019 version starring Mark Ruffalo – available for a fee on Amazon ($14.99) or Redbox (DVD $1.80 and on-demand $14.99); possibly on Showtime).
  3. “The Post” (2018/19 version with Meryl Streep; on Amazon for $3.99 rental; Redbox rent on demand $2.99; also on cable tv occasionally)
  4. Any episode of “Dirty Money” on Netflix.
  5. Any episode of “The Profit” on MSNBC (regular tv)
  6. Any other program of your own choosing that involves a conflict of business and legal issues.

2) Write a 1-2 page report about what you watched in the EXACTLY following format: a) Para 1 – identify the program and generally describe the storyline (10 pts)b) Para 2 – describe the business decisions made in the story (10 pts.)c) Para 3 – describe the impact of the law on those business decisions (or lack of impact) (10 pts)d) Para 4 – describe your own thoughts on those business decisions and how they positively or negatively impacted those described in the story (10 pts)e) Be sure to proofread your sentence structure, punctuation, and grammar (10 pts) 3) Upload on BB Assignments BEFORE Noon on Wed 4/28/21.

APA-1 PAGE-Strategy planning – due 23 feb

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Review  AirAsia: The World’s Lowest Cost Airline (Attached)

and discuss the concept of cost advantage. Review textbook Figure 7.10, Using the

value chain in cost analysis.

A case study is a puzzle to be solved, so before reading and answering the specific

questions, develop your proposed solution by following these five steps:

1. Read the case study to identify the key issues and underlying issues. These issues are the

principles and concepts of the course area which apply to the situation described in the case

study.

2. Record the facts from the case study which are relevant to the principles and concepts of the

course area issues. The case may have extraneous information not relevant to the current course

area. Your ability to differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information is an important

aspect of case analysis, as it will inform the focus of your answers.

3. Describe in some detail the actions that would address or correct the situation.

4. Consider how you would support your solution with examples from experience or current real-life

examples or cases from textbooks.

5. Complete this initial analysis and then read the discussion questions. Typically, you will already

have the answers to the questions but with a broader consideration. At this point, you can add the

details and/or analytical tools required to solve the case.

Case Study Questions:

1. Discuss how AirAsia achieves a cost advantage. Provide an in-depth analysis for AirAsia

Construct and use a value chain to show how AirAsia achieves its multiple cost advantages.

2. Are AirAsia’s cost advantages imitable by other airlines? Why or why not?

3. Can AirAsia effectively compete in long-haul air travel given the nature of its existing strategy and

the nature of the cost advantages that underpin AirAsia’s existing strategy?

Part 2 Determine Training Outcomes

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Use the TNA to identify performance gaps and to establish specific training outcomes. This assignment builds on the previous Assignment #1  and will complete your TNA. Use at least three classroom resources in this assignment. 

For this assignment, you will work on the TNA items 6 – 8 only (outlined below)

1. Provide a summary from Assignment #1 (include a short summary from Assignment #1 as an introduction)

2. TNA Item #6. Include at least three training outcomes, based on the TNA.

Think of training outcomes in a larger context:  how will the training solve the problem (or address the need) at an organizational level?  Think of this as a justification for your training. How you would “sell” the training to the organization’s leadership team.  Why should they invest in the training. What’s in it for them (AKA, the organization)? Remember, this should be as tangible as possible!

3. TNA Item #7. Identify the expected performance of the group or individuals as a result of the training.

This is where you will focus more on the individual level. Think in terms of learning objectives.  As a result of the training, what will the target audience do (or not do) that will improve their performance? 

4. TNA Item #8. Identify performance gaps and detail how training can help close those gaps.

Here you will essentially validate your proposed training. What performance gaps (or needs) is the training intended to address and how do your training recommendations achieve this? There needs to be a clear connection between what you are proposing and what you are trying to address.

5. Provide a conclusion regarding your Training Needs Assessment.

6. References: Students must use at least 3 class resources for each assignment to support your position with course evidence.

Outcome Measures, Issues, and Opportunities

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Draft a 6-page report on outcome measures, issues, and opportunities for the executive leadership team or applicable stakeholder group.

Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

SHOW LESS

As a nurse leader, you may be called upon to submit a detailed report to your executive leadership team and key stakeholders that describes a quality or safety problem and its effects on outcomes, fully supported by relevant and credible data.

This assessment provides an opportunity to draft such a report in which you can call attention to quality and safety issues and opportunities, effectively support your position, and lay out a plan for change.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 1: Analyze quality and safety outcomes from an administrative and systems perspective.
    • Identify typical quality and safety outcomes and their associated measures.
  • Competency 3: Determine how specific organizational functions, policies, processes, procedures, norms, and behaviors can be used to build reliability and high-performing organizations.
    • Analyze organizational functions, processes, and behaviors in high-performing organizations.
    • Determine how organizational functions, processes, and behaviors support and affect outcome measures for an organization.
    • Identify performance issues or opportunities associated with particular organizational functions, processes, and behaviors and the quality and safety outcomes they affect.
  • Competency 4: Synthesize the various aspects of the nurse leader’s role in developing, promoting, and sustaining a culture of quality and safety.
    • Outline a strategy for ensuring that all aspects of patient care are measured and that knowledge is shared with the staff.
  • Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
    • Write coherently and with purpose, for a specific audience, using correct grammar and mechanics.
    • Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

  

Questions to Consider

As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.

Organizational functions, processes, and behaviors can include leadership practices, communications, quality processes, financial management, safety and risk management, interprofessional collaboration, strategic planning, using the best available evidence, and questioning the status quo on all levels.

  • What are some examples of organizational functions, processes, and behaviors related to the outcome measures and performance issues discussed in your executive summary?
  • How would you implement change in addressing particular issues and opportunities?
  • In what ways do stakeholders support outcome success?

Assessment Instructions

This assessment is based on the executive summary you prepared in the previous assessment.

Preparation

Your executive summary captured the attention and interest of the executive leadership team, who have asked you to provide them with a detailed report addressing outcome measures and performance issues or opportunities, including a strategy for ensuring that all aspects of patient care are measured.

Note: Remember that you can submit all or a portion of your draft report to Smarthinking for feedback before you submit the final version for this assessment. However, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback, if you plan on using this free service.

Requirements

Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Outcome Measures, Issues, and Opportunities Scoring Guide. Be sure that your written analysis addresses each point, at a minimum. You may also want to read the Outcome Measures, Issues, and Opportunities Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions: Outcome Measures, Issues, and Opportunities (linked in the Resources) to better understand how each criterion will be assessed.

Drafting the Report
  • Analyze organizational functions, processes, and behaviors in high-performing health care organizations or practice settings.
  • Determine how organizational functions, processes, and behaviors affect outcome measures associated with the systemic problem identified in your gap analysis.
  • Identify the quality and safety outcomes and associated measures relevant to the performance gap you intend to close. Create a spreadsheet showing the outcome measures.
  • Identify performance issues or opportunities associated with particular organizational functions, processes, and behaviors and the quality and safety outcomes they affect.
  • Outline a strategy, using a selected change model, for ensuring that all aspects of patient care are measured and that knowledge is shared with the staff.
Writing and Supporting Evidence
  • Write coherently and with purpose, for a specific audience, using correct grammar and mechanics.
  • Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.

Additional Requirements

Format your document using APA style.

  • Use the APA paper template linked in the resources. Be sure to include:
    • A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
    • A running head on all pages.
    • Appropriate section headings.
    • Properly-formatted citations and references.
  • Your report should be 6 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page.
  • Add your Quality and Safety Outcomes spreadsheet to your report as an addendum.

Grading Rubric: 

1-  Analyze organizational functions, processes, and behaviors in high-performing organizations. 

Passing Grade:  Analyzes organizational functions, processes, and behaviors in high-performing organizations, and identifies knowledge gaps, unknowns, missing information, unanswered questions, or areas of uncertainty (where further information could improve the analysis). 

2-  Determine how organizational functions, processes, and behaviors support and affect outcome measures for an organization. 

Passing Grade:  Determines how organizational functions, processes, and behaviors support and affect outcome measures for an organization, and identifies assumptions and reasons on which determination is based. 

3-  Identify typical quality and safety outcomes and their associated measures. 

Passing Grade:  Identifies typical quality and safety outcomes and their associated measures, and evaluates the quality of the data. 

4-  Identify performance issues or opportunities associated with particular organizational functions, processes, and behaviors and the quality and safety outcomes they affect. 

Passing Grade:  Identifies performance issues or opportunities associated with particular organizational functions, processes, and behaviors and the quality and safety outcomes they affect, and identifies knowledge gaps, unknowns, missing information, unanswered questions, or areas of uncertainty. 

5-  Outline a strategy for ensuring that all aspects of patient care are measured and that knowledge is shared with the staff. 

Passing Grade:  Outlines a strategy, using a selected change model, for ensuring that all aspects of patient care are measured and that knowledge is shared with the staff, highlighting opportunities for interprofessional collaboration. 

6-  Write coherently and with purpose, for a specific audience, using correct grammar and mechanics. 

Passing Grade:  Writes coherently and with purpose. Grammar and mechanics are error-free. 

7-  Integrate relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style. 

Passing Grade:  Integrates relevant, credible, and convincing sources of evidence to support assertions. Sources are current, and citations and references are error-free. 

discussion about research essay introduction

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1. The remarkable development of technology provides comfort to us. As technology developed, there were many platforms that helped the population. We can watch television anywhere, anytime. There is a lot of information and knowledge that we can get through watching television, but there is also something that we lose from it. Although technology has brought convenience to people, it also has influenced obesity negatively. The further technology improves, people’s health suffers through obesity. Technology’s convenience is the key that affects children and adult obesity. Technology allows people to obtain whatever he or she wants on demand. With all these applications that allow people to get whatever they want or need with a touch from the screen, people naturally got lazier over time.

The daily television viewing time for American children and adults. On average, children ages 8-12 in the United States spend 4-6 hours a day watching or using screens, and teens spend up to 9 hours. And Estimates suggest that in 2020 U.S. adults will spend an average of two hours and 46 minutes watching TV each day. Children and adolescents spend a lot of time watching screens, including smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, TVs, and computers. Watching television is the third most time-consuming activity after sleep and work. Also, while people watch TV, physical activity tends to be  minimal and snacking is prevalent. Our activity ceases and time for exercise is reduced significantly.Television may not be the biggest factor that correlates to increase in obesity, but it does play a part. Obesity is not just being overweight, it potentially comes with different health problems for the future. 

2. “I knew this whale had died due to plastic ingestion,” Marine biologist Blatchley said when he saw a young fifteen-foot-long whale floating on the water. The autopsy revealed how the whale died. More than eighty eight pounds of plastic rubbish, such as plastic bags and rice sacks, were found in the stomach of the whale. It was not the only case that plastic garbage caused the death of a whale. Throughout the years, D’ Bone Collector Museum has found fifty seven marine mammals that died from consuming plastic waste. Plastics are an indispensable material in human’s modern life, variously used from packaging to transportation, due to its ease of production and durability. However, production and management of plastics are now out of our control. Not only ingestion of waste from animals, plastic waste has shown to cause multiple problems, such as threatening human health and the ecosystem. Now, urgent action is needed. All the countries in the world should decrease their plastic production through regulations that decrease the amount of plastic production and of plastic waste dumped into nature.

Plastics are not biodegradable but a number of countries keep producing plastic without any appropriate plan to get rid of plastics and just dump out waste, causing contamination of the ecosystem. The definition of ‘biodegradable’ is an ability to be decomposed by living organisms such as fungi and bacteria. If a material is non-biodegradable, it remains and may pollute an environment. Plastic is one of the most known, used non-biodegradable materials. Many scientists have tried to find a way to decompose plastics completely and have ‘almost’ found a way by incorporating them with organic compounds but plastic itself at a molecular level still remains in the environment (“Biodegradable Substances” 553). In a landfill, plastics may have multiple negative effects on soil, such as blocking waterways and causing environmental pollution, especially when plastics are not filtered in composts (Esan, Ebenezer Oluwaseun, et al e0214376). By 2015, roughly 6300 metric tons, which is equivalent to 14,000,000 pounds, of plastics have been made and only nine percent was recycled, twelve percent was burned and the rest of it is predicted to be in landfills or in a nature (Geyer, Roland, et al). Now, the size and mass of plastic rubbish floating in the Pacific Ocean is approximately the same size of Mongolia. Additionally, the World Economic Forum has predicted that the amount of plastic waste would outweigh the amount of fish in the ocean by 2050 (“Plastic waste”). As series of evidence has shown, the amount of plastic waste is difficult to overlook and will stack up quickly without proper plans to remove plastics. If littering of plastic continues, the earth will be completely covered with plastic waste.

3. With many ideas and with courage I have decided that the topic I’ll write about is LGBTQ+ rights. This topic is important to me, because not only does it represent me but others as well. It’s a topic that is very sensitive to many people who don’t agree with this lifestyle. I have struggled in the past and I am still struggling to find out who I am. This essay will take part in helping me express some part of me that I would like to share.  

There were many topics that I would have chosen to avoid this one such as the current pandemic, Black lives matter and much more. Writing about the pandemic is a difficult but exciting topic to write because it’s new. It’s difficult because it doesn’t have enough resources to make a two page paper but it’ll make an amazing cliffhanger. After thinking of many topics that I could have chosen I realized that if I were to write about any topic I wouldn’t be writing it with passion. The reason I chose Lgbtq rights is because although we are more flexible than we were centuries back we still face discrimination.  

Please respond to these three classmates as the questions listed in the picture. Please make it as simple as possible. Thx!

Risk Assessment Tools Response

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Provide (2) 150 words substantive response with a minimum of 1 APA references for RESPONSES 1 AND 2 below. Response provided should further discuss the subject or provide more insight. To further understand the response, below is the discussion post that’s discusses the responses. 100% original work and not plagiarized. Must meet deadline.

RESPONSE 1:

1. What software applications or “tools” would you use? 

The first tool in my kit would be Cacti. Cacti is a very well know network monitoring software. After searching the web this product was found in most articles concerning network monitoring. Monitoring the network is half the battle. The second half is interpreting and visualizing the information. Cacti provides the user to present that information on charts and graphs they can customize to their personal preference. To help mitigate risk I would also add Avast for online protection. This antivirus is excellent in protecting from viruses and malware. It also disperses information to users when new fixes for threats and vulnerabilities are found.

Windows would be the incorporated platform. Windows is the most universally used OS in the private and commercial sectors. Familiarity with the OS leads to less chance of human error, the toughest element to mitigate in a risk assessment plan.  

I would use AirMagnet for wireless network monitoring. It is a more proactive tool to use, which helps with identifying and combating threats. Total AV is a good antivirus I would user for the assessment. This product actively monitors and and some cases remove threats.

-ANDREW

RESPONSE 2:

What software applications or “toolkit” would you use?

Right off the bat I would start to look for the best vulnerability scanner. I chose this because before I start to do any deep digging I want to know where I should start. This will also help me determine the scope of my assessment. The software I would choose for this would be Network Configuration manager due since it automatically finds issues across your network.

What platform (Operating System) would you use?

As far as the operating system I would probably go with windows. Although I could probably do just fine on a Mac I think windows would work best for me. 

How does this toolkit differ from that you would use for an application security assessment, wireless security assessment? You can list other types of related assessments if you know how you might adjust for the given scenario.

For an application assessment I would tailor my tools more toward applications and the rights they access within the computer. With a network assessment I would focus more on security of the network. 

-WINFRED

Designing Compliance within the LAN-to-WAN Domain

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Designing Compliance within the LAN-to-WAN Domain

Note: Review the page requirements and formatting instructions for this assignment closely. Graphically depicted solutions, as well as the standardized formatting requirements, do NOT count toward the overall page length.

Imagine you are an Information Systems Security Officer for a medium-sized financial services firm that has operations in four (4) states (Virginia, Florida, Arizona, and California). Due to the highly sensitive data created, stored, and transported by your organization, the CIO is concerned with implementing proper security controls for the LAN-to-WAN domain. Specifically, the CIO is concerned with the following areas:

  • Protecting data privacy across the WAN
  • Filtering undesirable network traffic from the Internet
  • Filtering the traffic to the Internet that does not adhere to the organizational acceptable use policy (AUP) for the Web
  • Having a zone that allows access for anonymous users but aggressively controls information exchange with internal resources
  • Having an area designed to trap attackers in order to monitor attacker activities
  • Allowing a means to monitor network traffic in real time as a means to identify and block unusual activity
  • Hiding internal IP addresses
  • Allowing operating system and application patch management

The CIO has tasked you with proposing a series of hardware and software controls designed to provide security for the LAN-to-WAN domain. The CIO anticipates receiving both a written report and diagram(s) to support your recommendations.

Write a three to five page paper in which you:

  1. Use MS Visio or an open source equivalent to graphically depict a solution for the provided scenario that will:
    1. filter undesirable network traffic from the Internet
    2. filter Web traffic to the Internet that does not adhere to the organizational AUP for the Web
    3. allow for a zone for anonymous users but aggressively controls information exchange with internal resources
    4. allow for an area designed to trap attackers in order to monitor attacker activities
    5. offer a means to monitor network traffic in real time as a means to identify and block unusual activity
    6. hide internal IP addresses
  2. Identify the fundamentals of public key infrastructure (PKI).
  3. Describe the manner in which your solution will protect the privacy of data transmitted across the WAN.
  4. Analyze the requirements necessary to allow for proper operating system and application patch management and describe a solution that would be effective.
  5. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
  • Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or an equivalent such as Dia or OpenOffice. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze information security systems compliance requirements within the Workstation and LAN Domains.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in security strategy and policy formation.
  • Write clearly and concisely about topics related to information technology audit and control using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.