Part 1:

Question 1. Explain what is meant by denial of service and provide an example to support your answer.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 2. Define threat, vulnerability, safeguard, and target. Support your answer with examples.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Information Systems Management Class

Part 2: Research Paper

Utilizing the unit lessons, textbook, CSU Online Library, and other outside sources,
write a two-page (not including title and reference pages) Research Paper identifying the key components of information systems management discussed throughout this course. Provide a description of anorganization you are familiar with (possibly a company you have worked for in the past or are currently working for) and describe briefly what services they contribute. Then, select threeout of the six questions below, and provide detailed answers, supporting those answers by referencing any sources used. Be sure to use examples from your research
to strengthen your argument as needed.

• What personal knowledge management tools does this organization utilize?

• What steps has this organization taken in securing their information and knowledge?

• What has this organization done to gain and sustain an advantage over their competitors?

• Describe in detail how this organization manages the components of its IT infrastructure.

• In what ways does the organization demonstrate successful collaboration?

• Identify at least twotypes of hardware and twotypes of software used by this organization.

Party 3: Journal Assignment

As you journey through this unit, and are honing in on your critical thinking skills, you might have recognized the information regarding the Game Plan. To help in your critical thinking process, the Game Plan, located on pages 38-42 in your textbook, consistingof 10 strategies, was created to help assist you in making critical decisions. One of the 10, Keep an Intellectual Journal, will be the main focus of this assignment, however, other strategies will be included. Throughout the week you are to keepa journal. Within this journal, list at least threesituations that have occurred during the week that are emotionally significant to you (meaning things you deeply care about). From your list, accomplish the following, while keeping each situation separate from the rest:

1.Describe each situation and explain why each was important to you.

2.Describe how you behaved, with precise details, in each situation.

3.Formulate at least Twoquestions that ask what was going on during the situation, and explain your answer to each question as a means of self-assessment.

4.Of the ninestrategies remaining, remember youarekeeping an intellectual journal, choose twoand explain how using them will help you in decision making to solve each situation you listed. Your journal needs to be a minimum of two pagesin length, double spaced, and typed using 12-point Times New Roman font. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA citations.