As we read in our lectures this week, philosopher John Locke asked: “If a man in the state of nature is free, if he is absolute lord of his own person and possessions, why will he give up his freedom? Why will he put himself under the control of any person or institution?”

John Locke’s answer was: “that the rights in the state of nature are constantly exposed to the attacks of others. Since every man is equal and since most men do not concern themselves with equity and justice, the enjoyment of rights in the state of nature is unsafe and insecure. Hence each man joins in society with others to preserve life, liberty, and property.”

In at least 500 words answer the following questions:

• In your own words, what is freedom? (*Note: dictionary definitions of the word freedom will not be accepted)
• In your own words, what is liberty? (*Note: dictionary definitions of the words liberty will not be accepted)
• Does your definition of freedom agree with Locke’s definition of freedom? Why or why not?
• Does your definition of liberty agree with Locke’s understanding of liberty? Why or why not?
• John Locke argues that freedom and liberty are very different things. Do you agree or not? Why or why not?
• Finally, how did these ideas of liberty and freedom connect to the creation of the Constitution?

Please note: APA formatting and citations rules apply to this and all essays in this course.

As with all weekly written assignments, submit your work as an attached file. Double-space your paper and use 12 point Times New Roman as your font.

Initial Self-Assessment

According to the American Psychological Association:

Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. The study of personality focuses on two broad areas: One is understanding individual differences in particular personality characteristics, such as sociability or irritability. The other is understanding how the various parts of a person come together as a whole. (para 1) In this course, you will explore seven well-known models that explain the development of personality. However, you probably already have some ideas and opinions about how personalities develop based on your prior learning and life experiences. This first assignment is meant to provide you with a baseline of your thinking about personality that you can compare and contrast to the theories we will be studying. This paper will also be integrated into a section of your final assignment.

This is not a research paper; that will come later. In this assignment, you will reflect on your current assumptions defining personality as they relate to your understanding of your own behaviors. Describe your personality, including your typical style, your main traits, the way you interact with others, and how you handle stress. Explain what it is that makes you uniquely “you,” and how you think you became the person you are today. Describe the social and/or psychological factors you can point to that help support your explanation as well as any genetic factors you believe affect your unique personality. 

The assignment:

• Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including the title page and references page) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must document any sources used in this assignment in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center if sources are used.

The following scenario is based on an actual attack deconstructed at a seminar I attended earlier this year. The names and locations have been removed to preserve the privacy of the organization in question.

Background:

No-Internal-Controls, LLC is a mid-sized pharmaceutical company in the Midwest of the US employing around 150 employees. It has grown over the past decade by merging with other pharmaceutical companies and purchasing smaller firms.

Recently No-Internal-Controls, LLC suffered a ransomware attack. The company was able to recover from the attack with the assistance of a third party IT Services Company.

Attack Analysis:

After collecting evidence and analyzing the attack, the third party was able to recreate the attack.

No-Internal-Controls, LLC has a number of PCs configured for employee training

These training computers use generic logins such as “training1”, “training2”, etc. with passwords of “training1”, “training2”, etc.

The generic logins were not subject to lock out due to incorrect logins

One of the firms purchased by No-Internal-Controls, LLC allowed Remote Desktop connections from the Internet through the firewall to the internal network for remote employees

Due to high employee turnover and lack of documentation none all of the IT staff were aware of the legacy remote access

The main office has only a single firewall and no DMZ or bastion host exists to mediate incoming remote desktop connections

The internal network utilized a flat architecture

An attacker discovered the access by use of a port scan and used a dictionary attack to gain access to one of the training computers

The attacker ran a script on the compromised machine to elevate his access privileges and gain administrator access

The attacker installed tools on the compromised host to scan the network and identify network shares

The attacker copied ransomware into the network shares for the accounting department allowing it spread through the network and encrypt accounting files

Critical accounting files were backed up and were recovered, but some incidental department and personal files were lost

Instructions:

You have been hired by No-Internal-Controls, LLC in the newly created role of CISO and have been asked to place priority on mitigating further attacks of this type.

• Suggest one or more policies that would help mitigate against attacks similar to this attack
• Suggest one or more controls to support each policy
• Identify each of the controls as physical, administrative, or technical and preventative, detective, or corrective.
• Keep in mind that No-Internal-Controls, LLC is a mid-sized company with a small IT staff and limited budget
• Do not attempt to write full policies, simply summarize each policy you suggest in one or two sentences.
• Clearly indicate how each policy you suggest will help mitigate similar attacks and how each control will support the associated policy
• 3-5 pages in length.
• APA format.. citations, references etc…

using the scripture James 1:1-8 for everything. Contexts- 1 page identify and describe anything to the historical context of their passage.

1 page identify and describe anything important to the culture-social context of their passage.

1 page describe the immediate literary context of their passage.

Central Meaning and Key details- 1 page identify what they understand to be the central meaning or main message of their passage. State this in one sentence then highlight it further with supporting sentences.

1 page identify 3-4 key details from the passage(e.g., key words phrases, features), discuss why they are important and show how they help communicate the central meaning.

QUESTION 1:

Consider that for much of this semester we will be talking “Object Oriented” (O-O) primarily in the form of “Object Oriented Analysis” and “Object Oriented Design”.

To answer the following questions, use any available resource, including YouTube, Google, Google Scholar, Researchgate.net, HU Library resources or other selected sources. Researchthe topics of “Object Oriented Analysis” and “Object Oriented Design”. Answer the following specific questions:

1a. What is the definition of “Object Oriented (O-O)”?

1b. How is “Object Oriented” related to (same, different?) the technique called “Structured Methods”?

Compare and contrast these two methods. (Hint: Structured Methods came first. It is possible that dissatisfaction with Structured Methods and the resulting software products led to some of the motivation for O-O).

1c. What are the key characteristics / attributes of O-O? (Hint: Characteristics such as “Inheritance” and “Encapsulation” should be identified). Please

1) Identify each key characteristic / attribute that you find,

2) Define each key characteristic, and

3) Explain each key characteristic.

1d. What is the History of O-O?

How / where / when did it start?

Who were the original authors of the idea?

What was the original motivation for O-O?

How did an interest in Object-Oriented Programming lead to O-O Analysis and Design?

How did we get to O-O Analysis and O-O Design, which are the primary focus of the ISEM 530 course?

QUESTION 2:

Find a definition of “System” other than from your textbook and explain it in your own words. Provide a reference to the source of the definition.

QUESTION 3: What is the difference between a “System” and a “Subsystem”?

QUESTION 4: Find a definition of “System Analysis” other than from your textbook and explain it in your own words. Provide a reference to the source of the definition.

QUESTION 5: Find a definition of “System Design” other than from your textbook and explain it in your own words. Provide a reference to the source of the definition.

QUESTION 6: What is a “System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)”?

QUESTION 7: Describe the similarities and differences between “Predictive” SDLC and an “Adaptive” SDLC. What do they have in common, and what are key differences?

QUESTION 8:

Please “fill in the blanks” on the following table, summarizing in your own words the key definitions of Methodologies, Models, Tools and Technique. Please try to highlight the relationships and differences between each.

Terminology	Definition (Please put your answers table format like this)
Methodology
Model
Tool
Technique
The difference between “Methodology” and Technique is:

QUESTION 9: Research “Work Breakdown Structure” (WBS), which is mentioned in Chapter 9. Please research and provide a formal definition for WBS. (Note: please provide your references).

QUESTION 10: What is “Project Management”?

QUESTION 11: What are the primary responsibilities of a “Project Manager”?

QUESTION 12:

12a Who are the primary Stakeholders in a typical Project?

12b Find a sample project and then identify the stakeholders.

QUESTION 13: Go online and find the “PMBOK”. What is the PMBOK? What are its primary contents?

Your Homework #1 Deliverable:

1. Use your APA Template built in the first Executive Class, to start word document.

2. Fill in your information on the Title page, Abstract, and pages in the APA format style. For your TITLE OF YOUR DOCUMENT, you should use “ISEM 530-Homework 1”

a. Remember the Abstract is a summary of what you will discuss in this paper.

3. Populate your MS Word file with your answers to all questions. Post your completely populated HW #1 report