Article Writing Homework Help

 Question 1 

Research paper

Your research paper assignment is to write a research paper that explains how defense-in-depth (chapter 6) and awareness (chapter 10) are complimentary techniques to detect emerging threats and strengthen countermeasures. 

Remember that your list of sources must be in APA format, and you MUST cite your reference in the body of the paper using APA in-text citation format. A source is any paper or article that you will reference in your paper.

This assignment must be YOUR OWN WORK!  This is an individual assignment. Plagiarism detected in your work will result in a grade of zero for the entire paper. 

One of these papers may be from your annotated bibliography assignment. The final paper must be at least 500 words in length.

So in summary, here are the research paper requirements:

2 peer reviewed resources (articles or papers) (1 may be from your annotated bibliography assignment)

Paper MUST address:  How defense-in-depth (chapter 6) and awareness (chapter 10) are complimentary techniques to detect emerging threats and strengthen countermeasures

Cited sources must directly support your paper (i.e. not incidental references)

At least 500 – 550 words in length 

Reference Docs for this question:

Cyber attacks: protecting national infrastructure.pdf

Question 2 

Chapter 7 discusses situational awareness. Much of the security efforts of the past have been centered around prevention and protection. The increasing sophistication of cyber-attacks have shown that no controls are 100% effective, and some compromises do occur. There is a rising realization that in addition to considering prevention and protection, controls that address detection and response are necessary to improve security posture. Please describe how situational awareness is a driver for detection and response controls. At least 250 – 300 words in length 

Reference Docs for this question:

Cyber attacks: protecting national infrastructure.pdf

Question 3

Different kinds of environments need different scheduling techniques.  A high-volume environment is typically done through line design and balancing. A low-volume environment typically involves the use of priority rules. In addition, scheduling executes a company’s strategic business plan to include:

· Accounting relies on schedule information and completion of customer orders to develop revenue projections

· Marketing focuses on competitive advantage with effectiveness measurements for lead times, flow time, deliveries

· Information Systems maintains databases, routings and processing times

· Operations is concerned with priorities and providing customer service

Wiki Topic & Detail Instructions 

· Each student will create a new Wiki entry from peer-reviewed articles that pertain to this week’s assigned reading: chapter 15 Workforce Scheduling & Strategic Business Plan.

Conduct your own research and ensure to focus on selecting a high volume or low-volume organization of your choice. Explain their scheduling techniques in relation to the above four strategic business plans. At least 500 – 550 words in length.

· Apply Level 2 and 3 headings to capture the themes

· Support your ideas and research with at least three (3) outside sources within the last five years.

Reference Docs for this question:

Operational Excellence.pdf