Windows Hardening Recommendations

Scenario

As a security administrator for Always Fresh, you have been instructed to ensure that Windows authentication, networking, and data access are hardened. This will help to provide a high level of security.

The following are issues to be addressed through hardening techniques:

1. Previous attempts to protect user accounts have resulted in users writing long passwords down and placing them near their workstations. Users should not write down passwords or create passwords that attackers could easily guess, such as words founds in the dictionary.

2 Every user, regardless of role, must have at least one unique user account. A user who operates in multiple roles may have multiple unique user accounts. Users should use the account for its intended role only.

3 Anonymous users of the web server applications should only be able to access servers located in the demilitarized zone (DMZ). No anonymous web application users should be able to access any protected resources in the Always Fresh IT infrastructure.

4 To protect servers from attack, each server should authenticate connections based on the source computer and user.

Tasks

Create a summary report to management that describes a hardening technique that addresses each issue listed above. Provide rationale for each selection.

Deliverable 4 – Create a Draft of an Introduction Section for a Research Paper

Assignment Content

1. Competency
   Draft a paper that answers the research question based on findings.

   Student Success Criteria
   View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.

   Scenario
   You are a first-year graduate student. You are taking a graduate course on research and writing. In this assignment, your professor has asked you to write the introduction section of a research paper for a research question/problem in which you are interested.

   Instructions
   Write the introduction section of a research paper for your professor. This section should:

   • Clearly identify the research question/problem.
   • Pique the reader’s interest in your research paper.
   • Analyze why the research question/problem is important by reviewing studies that have addressed the question/problem. Summarize groups of studies, not necessarily individual ones. The studies that you cite should be recent, published in the last 5-10 years. Older studies may be cited if they have been widely referenced by others.
   • Evaluate the deficiencies/gaps in the studies.
   • Explain how your research paper will address the deficiencies/gaps of past studies and how it will contribute to the scholarly research.
   • Explain what you expect to find by performing research on this question.
   • What benefits will the findings have and on whom?
   • Establish the purpose and the thesis of your research paper.
   • Resources
     For writing assistance, please visit the Rasmussen University Writing Guide.
     For help with APA, visit the Rasmussen University APA Guide.
     Library databases such as the following are great resources for this project:
   • Health Sciences
   • CINAHL Plus
   • Health Sciences and Nursing via ProQuest
   • Medline
   • Business
   • Business Source Complete
   • Business via ProQuest
   • Another database that you may be interested in knowing about is ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. You can view original research, view research design, data gathering techniques, etc.

During your practicum, determine what clinical problem or issue the organization is facing. Discuss two implications for nursing.

One of the issues i have witnessed at the organisation im working with is nursing shortage which leads to the nurses who are present to possibly face nursing burnout which could directly implicate and affect nursing through lack of or reduced patient safety and satisfaction. 

In the majority of studies studied, low health and moderate to high levels of burnout are linked to poor patient care results such as medical errors and lack of standard care ( Hall et al., 2016).Burnout is a “state of critical fatigue that occurs as a result of persistent stress and being over worked. The stress could is realated to work coupled with that os life, resulting in feelings of work-related exhaustion and a reduction of personal achievement. Nurse burnout causesnurses to experience feelings of dread about their jobs, mental and physical fatigue, sleep problems, and depression causing the nurses to become disengaged from their patients.

Two biggest implications will be increase in infections and low ratings with lack of patient satisfaction. The nurses will loose some focus at some point which may potenetially lead to patient disengagement. If patients do not trust and believe their nurses then a lot will go wrong with the health care system. 

Reference

Hall, L. H., Johnson, J., Watt, I., Tsipa, A., & O’Connor, D. B. (2016). Healthcare Staff Wellbeing, Burnout, and Patient Safety: A Systematic Review. PloS one, 11(7), e0159015. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159015

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During your practicum, determine what clinical problem or issue the organization is facing. Discuss two implications for nursing.

Working in mental health hospital has been challenging as well as rewarding for me. After discussing practicum topics with my preceptor and understanding the clinical issues the organization is facing, I have decided to work on patient safety concerns for my capstone course.

Patient safety has been one of the major concerns working with patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. This program is newly started in our organization, treating patients with major depressive disorder, dissociative identity disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Here patients are treated a little differently than other departments of the child, adolescent, adult, and eating disorder unit. Restrictions are not much as of others units. Here, patients are helped to work on their coping skills, internal work, and commitment to safety in the community. Safety concerns for self and others are considered a major priority in our trauma science program. According to World Health Organization (2021), public health issues are widespread: 450 million people worldwide suffer from mental or behavioral disorders, and almost one million people commit suicide each year. Depression, alcoholism, anxiety, and bipolar disorder are among the top ten causes of disease worldwide. In most countries, nurses are the largest group of professionals providing mental health care in both primary and specialist health services.

The two main nursing implications in mental health are building a professional nurse-patient relationship wherein the clear-cut boundaries are set for both patient and nurses, what can be discussed and what is not healthy for a therapeutic relationship. Because many times patients get so attached to particular nurses, based on how they deal with patients and become so dependent on these nurses to have them functioning their daily lives. Another essential nursing implication in inpatient care and especially in mental health nursing is effective communication, both verbal and nonverbal. For example, our patients have multiple triggers, so the right choice of words are crucial in developing a bond with these patients. They can read your body language very well, and they can very well manipulate things to work for them. Therefore, it is essential to establish a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship to help them in their treatment planning.

Reference

World Health Organization (2021), Developing Nursing Resources for Mental Health. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/mnh_nursing/en/

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Drama Discussion

By the due date assigned, post your response of at least 150-200 words to the Discussion Area. By the end of the week, comment on at least two of your classmates’ submissions.

Before beginning this assignment, read Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie.

Prompt: You may choose to discuss a character or the setting of the play. Choose ONE of the following:

Option 1: In one or two well-developed paragraphs, analyze a character, explaining the person’s actions, conflicts, and motivations. Include examples and at least one quotation from the play as supporting evidence.

Option 2: In one or two well-developed paragraphs, discuss some aspect of the setting (space, place, and time) and how it forms the backdrop and defines the atmosphere for the play. Setting can include props, as well. If you would like to focus on the symbolism of some of these stage elements, you may do so. In your response, include examples and at least one quotation from the play as supporting evidence.

Resource: Refresher on Character
A reader or viewer of a play can learn about a character in a number of ways. Here are some questions to think about before drafting your response:

• Dialogue/monologue – How do the words the character says reveal information about who he/she is? Does the character have a noticeable speech pattern? Does the character’s use of language reveal his/her emotional state? What is revealed through what others say about the character?
• Action – What is shown through the character’s actions or lack of action?
• Stage directions/movement/props – What is revealed through the character’s placement on the stage, movements, and use of props?
• Relationships/interactions – What is understood about the character through relationships and interactions with other characters?
• Development – Does the character grow and change during the play, or is the character static and unchanged? How developed or round is the character?
• Role – Is this character the narrator? If so, is he/she reliable or unreliable?

Resource: Refresher on Setting

• Settings can symbolically present character issues. For example, a locked door could represent an obstacle within a character’s life. At other times, the setting can limit or allow the characters’ actions.
• Setting can be the physical space in which the story is placed (confined or open, small or large, limited to one place or not).
• Setting can be the cultural and social landscape in which the story is situated, including the time in which the action takes place (time of day, year, era, or century).
• Setting can include the stage directions, including lighting, music, and placement of props.

Tips: Remember to provide evidence for your claims in the form of quoted passages from the play. Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries should be cited according to APA rules of style, including in-text and reference citations. Quoted material should not exceed 25% of the document.

Check grammar and spelling before posting.

Your replies to classmates should be at least a paragraph in length and made with an eye to expand, clarify, defend, and/or refine their thoughts. Consider asking questions to further meaningful conversation. Participation must be completed by the end of the third week to earn credit.

Post directly to the discussion; do not attach a document.

Example APA Reference
Williams, T. (1945). The glass menagerie. Cengage: Gale College Collection. https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GCCO&u=gale_9827877&id=GALE|TMWDGZ498086686&v=2.1&it=r&sPage=7936105&sid=mindtap-embedView&asid=1f889cb9

Here is the link: https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GCCO&u=soc1&id=GALE%7CTMWDGZ498086686&v=2.1&it=r&sid=mindtap-embedView&asid=7737448f&sPage=7936105

If the link doesn’t work, go to YouTube and search for The Glass Menagerie

The purchasing manager has provided the following information for your use:

Spend Category

Amount Thousands US$

Number of Suppliers

Production Machinery

170

2

Maintenance

20

10

Hardware

3

10

Sheet Metal

23

7

Electronic Components

288

5

• Assuming that the amounts shown represent the total annual spend (Amount/Total Amount) calculate the percent of spend for each category.
• Classify each spend category as either low or high complexity and summarize your reasoning.
• Create a 2×2 Risk/Value matrix showing each of the five spend categories placed in either “High” or “Low” Risk group.
• Explain why you placed each item in the selected category.

Submit your assignment as an MS Word document.

Your assignment

• Must be 600-900 words (excluding title page and references page) in length, double-spaced and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. Contextual (Level One) headings must be used to organize your paper and your thoughts. Must include a title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must utilize a minimum of one scholarly and/or peer-reviewed source from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library in addition to the textbook. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Writing Center.
• Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Writing Center.
• Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.