Identify the stakeholders and explain how this issue has an impact on them. Provide references to support the information. Describe recent and current efforts aimed at solving the human rights issue, including efforts by NGOs, national governments, and IGOs. Provide supporting references.

 
Based on Amnesty InternationalLinks to an external site., Human Rights WatchLinks to an external site., the UN human rights-related organizations (UNHCRLinks to an external site., United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human RightsLinks to an external site.), or another source that you verify with your instructor, choose a human rights policy issue.

Define the issue as a human rights issue according to concepts of human rights. Describe its causes, implications, and locations. Use the following questions to help you frame your explanation:

In what ways has a policy caused human rights violations or been enacted because of human rights violations?
Can you recognize conflicts around human rights policy that stem from divergent understandings of human rights, within a country, between countries, or between a country and an intergovernmental or non-governmental organization?
Consider the history, religion, and culture of the country where the issue is taking place in your examination of the human rights policy issue.

Identify the stakeholders and explain how this issue has an impact on them. Provide references to support the information.
Describe recent and current efforts aimed at solving the human rights issue, including efforts by NGOs, national governments, and IGOs. Provide supporting references.
Based on your analysis of the human rights issue and the policies you have described, provide your opinion on which policy would be appropriate. This can be one of the policies already in place or your suggestion. Support your opinion with references to appropriate resources.
Use four (two government and two peer-reviewed, scholarly) sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides. For this assignment, government resources may include resources from an IGO.

Open the rubric to review the grading criteria for this assignment.

Illustrate the processes of detecting rogue devices, detecting malicious connections, and viewing network topologies to identify network weakness. Explain how to interpret the output of network scans to identify weaknesses.

 Revise and submit your finalized training manual. Make sure to incorporate all of the feedback you have received throughout the course, and add your executive overview to your submission. You will also create an overview of recommended tools in section seven of the training manual. 
 
Overview
You work for Strategic Security Consulting Group (SSCG). Recently, one of your clients located in Los Angeles, North Star Software Developers (NSSD), called with a big problem. NSSD’s strategic security goals include protecting the software development process and code as well as sensitive client information from internal and external breaches. Some of its network servers were compromised, resulting in the possible loss of personal information and credit card numbers of purchasers of the company’s software products. It is not presently known whether this attack came from inside or outside of the company. NSSD is currently dealing with this problem as best as it can, but it needs your company to help prevent this from happening again in the future.
You have been assigned to create a training manual for NSSD’s IT personnel in which you test, describe, and recommend a variety of network security tools that, when used properly, will mitigate both the risk of future breaches and the effects of a breach when it takes place.
Given the above scenario, you will also create an executive overview that describes the appropriate areas of concern from your research in this course. This should be written in language that can be understood by a nontechnical audience of company management and stakeholders.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

Interpret results of network and vulnerability scans for identifying security vulnerabilities
Implement appropriate methods that protect against and address network threats and vulnerabilities using appropriate risk mitigation techniques
Categorize the severity of security incidents using industry best practices for determining the appropriate immediate response
Recommend timely countermeasures that minimize the consequences of current security incidents
Communicate response and mitigation strategies that align with an organization’s strategic goals

Prompt
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
Network Assessment and Defense Training Manual:

Executive Overview

Create a brief description of the purpose of the manual that is in consumable terms for the stakeholders. Be sure you address the company’s strategic security goals and the value of the policy changes or updates.
Assess the role of network defense methods and strategies for securing the network. Support your findings with research and experience from the lab exercises.
Evaluate the role of mitigation methods and strategies in reducing security risk. Support your findings with research and experience from the lab exercises.
Summarize the role of incident response methods and strategies in minimizing the impact of breaches. Support your findings with research and experience from the lab exercises.

Training ManualFor each section of the training manual, develop guidelines for employees to select and employ specific software, tools, and methods to address the elements of the section topic. Your guidelines serve as recommendations of specific tools and criteria for determining when to use these tools. Each section should include relevant screenshots to support the instructions.

Traffic Analysis: Based on the labs used for traffic analysis, address the tools, methods, and techniques related to traffic analysis. Be sure to provide screenshots for the output elements that support the following areas:

Create guide materials for identifying vulnerabilities and potential threats through interpreting output from packet capturing tools.
Recommend the alert response procedures required for traffic anomalies identified through monitoring network traffic and examining logs.

Firewalls: Based on the labs associated with firewalls, address the tools, methods, and techniques related to perimeter defense using firewalls. Be sure to provide screenshots for the output elements that support the following areas:

Illustrate the process of rule creation and firewall configuration.
Outline the steps for segmenting networks. Be sure to describe the benefits of the segmenting strategies.
Explain the process and criteria for blocking, allowing, and filtering traffic.
Create guidelines for the implementation of methods for detecting attacks.

Intrusion Detection: Describe the configuration of intrusion detection systems, specifically addressing the following:

Whitelisting and blacklisting
IDS placement
Summarize the key aspects of monitoring, logging (auditing), and alerting using intrusion detection systems

Vulnerability Assessment

Illustrate the proper implementation of port scanning, device scanning, and penetration testing and detection for conducting vulnerability assessments.
Explain how to interpret the output of a vulnerability scan to identify weaknesses.

Network Assessment

Illustrate the processes of detecting rogue devices, detecting malicious connections, and viewing network topologies to identify network weakness.
Explain how to interpret the output of network scans to identify weaknesses.

Auditing and Log Collection

Recommend appropriate company-approved tools that minimize the consequences of incident events, and include appropriate rationale and justification.

Tools Overview: Provide a brief summary of the key company-approved tools, represented by those used in the lab exercises. In your summary, identify the importance of and rationale for selecting these tools.

What to Submit
Make sure to incorporate all of the feedback you have received throughout the course, along with adding your executive overview to your submission. For this assignment, you must follow these formatting guidelines: 12-point Times New Roman font, and APA references and citations.

Is Turings test the right way to approach the idea of intelligence? In other words, if you have a conversation with a computer and you believe that you are talking with a human, would that computer be intelligent? Why or why not?

Is Turing’s test the right way to approach the idea of intelligence? In other words, if you have a conversation with a computer and you believe that you are talking with a human, would that computer be intelligent? Why or why not?

I do not believe that Turing’s test is the right way to approach the idea of intelligence. While I would agree that certain computer systems can do extraordinary things, I do not think it should be considered intelligence. This is because as far as my knowledge on computers goes, they are only able to do as much as we code them to do. Meaning, computers are nothing without human interference. If I were to have a conversation with “someone” online and it turned out to be a computer, I would think the computer possessed less “intelligence” than that of a real person I could have a conversation with. This is because I think a crucial part of intelligence is the human factor. When I have conversations with coworkers, for example, they are hearing my words for the first time and actively dig from their own personal memories and experiences to formulate a unique response to what I am saying. So while I think computers are highly advanced systems that can perform certain “roles” very well, I do not think they are the way we should really measure intelligence. 

How are human thinking and machine computing similar in function of memory? How are they different?

I think human thinking and machine computing are similar in function of memory, because both systems work to pull data/memories that would be relevant to the question or topic at hand. These systems operate very differently at the same time, because while I use personal experiences as a base for my own intelligence, computers use whatever data is given to them. Another major difference is that I will recall past experiences with a certain bias or subjective way of thinking. This is because my memory may take into account body language, tone, and other underlying factors that only I would know. A computer cannot take into account these factors, so it will often have a pretty objective, blunt response to whatever data it is trying to receive. 

Do you think it’s possible for computers to ever think or be as intelligent as humans? Why or why not?

I don’t think it is possible for computers to ever be as intelligent as humans, because computers will never be able to feel genuine human emotion. It is a very unique experience that cannot be transferred into a technological system or any form of artificial intelligence. Emotion serves as motivation for most of our perspectives/opinions, and I think it would be impossible to assume that computers would ever be able to account for that factor. Artificial intelligence may be able to act as such through pre-written dialogues, but these systems will never be able to form their own opinions. Therefore, they will never be as intelligent as humans. 

How do either of the concepts of human intelligence or artificial intelligence apply to any of the following programmatic course themes:

I think the topic of human intelligence really applies to emotional intelligence. This is because we often draw upon our own empathy and other emotional skills we’ve learned in order to tackle certain issues during our day to day lives. I think that in order to have human intelligence, we must first have a strong sense of emotional intelligence.
Remember to respond to two peers while being respectful of and sensitive to their viewpoints. Consider advancing the discussion in the following ways:

Post an article, video, or visual to reinforce a peer’s idea or challenge them to see their point from a different perspective.
Engage in conversation with your peers around the topic of intelligence. Consider asking a question or sharing your own personal experience.

Jacque’s case studies for attachment domains and defenses domains | SOWK 7300 | Valdosta State University

Defenses and Defensive Maneuvers Domain 5

Defenses and Defensive Maneuvers Combined Directions and Template

Because of the nature of
defenses and
defensive maneuvers – it is
not possible to put all of them in dimensional form. Thus, some of the responses will be presented in dimensional form as we did with Jacque 1, but the remainder will be put in the form of ratings/rationale that we used on other domains.

Question 1.
Identify the situation-specific defensive mechanisms that Jacque uses. I suggest that you write a paragraph which describes each defense mechanism that you believe she uses. Provide your rationale for believing that she uses a particular defense. Note: Jacque uses many defensive mechanisms.

Question 2. One you have completed Question 1, assess the following dimension of Jacque’s defense mechanisms (considering those that you identified in Question 1).
Assess the strength and rigidity of her defenses.

Clients vary greatly in the strength or rigidity of their defenses. Come clients are quite well-defended, and they have no awareness of their defenses. Further, their defenses don’t appear to cause them any type of discomfort or distress. Their defenses are said to be “ego-syntonic” because they seem to be “consistent with the person’s fundamental personality and beliefs”. Conversely, some clients are uncomfortable and quite bothered by their defenses, and they experience them as “inconsistent with their basic personality and beliefs”. Additionally, some clients use a wide range of defenses from sophisticated to mid-range to very primitive while others use only primitive defenses, others mainly mid-range, and others mainly sophisticated. The patterns vary greatly. The more primitive defenses that are used, however, the more distortion of reality that occurs. People also differ in their awareness of their defenses and how comfortable they are with their defenses. Some clients are so bothered by their defenses that they choose to give them up by seeking help. Considering what you know about Jacque, decide where to rate the Strength/Rigidity of her Defenses, and provide a rationale for this rating.

Strength/Rigidity of Defenses

Ego-Syntonic Defenses

Ego-Dystonic Disorders

Person is extremely rigid and well- defended; massive protection. No cracks in person’s defensive armor

Rigid and well –defended, but person is occasionally dissatisfied with results of his/her actions

Some cracks in defense; they do not block anxiety consis-

tently; client is feeling

some anxiety.

Substantive cracks in defenses in specific areas of the person’s life. Defensive behavior is no longer working in many cases. Client is dissatisfied, but is

unsure of what to do

Defensive behavior is no longer working. Client aware that change is necessary & client and is dissatisfied. Client motivated to explore defenses/change his/her

Behavior.

Rationale for your assessment of the strength/rigidity of her defenses:

Question 3. Look at the list of defenses you generated in Question 1. Consider whether these defenses are mainly sophisticated? Mainly Mid-range? Mainly Primitive? In other words, what type of defenses are they? Evaluate the
range of Jacque’s defenses (that you identified in Question 1) according to the categories below, and identify whether you think that Jacque has “much” or “minimal” reality distortion.

Range of Defenses

Much Reality Distortion

Minimal Reality Distortion

All primitive

Mostly primitive;

Some mid-level

defenses

Mix of primitive

and mid-level

defenses;

an occasional

sophisticated

defense

Mostly mid-level

defenses with

some primitive

defenses

Mid-level defenses

with a few

sophisticated defenses

Mix of mid-level defenses & sophisti-

cated defenses. Occasional

primitive defenses

Mostly sophisticated defenses with some mid-level & occasional primitive defense

Sophisticated defenses with occasional mid-level & primitive defense

Rationale for your rating:

Question 4. How aware is Jacque of her defenses and do they appear to be problematic for her? In other words, is Jacque aware of her defense mechanisms and do they appear to be a problem for her? Indicate a rating and provide a brief rationale for your response.

Awareness of Problematic Nature of Defenses

No awareness, not motivated to

understand

Minimal awareness. Rarely sees defensive behavior as a problem & is not motivated to understand them

Basic awareness. Occasionally sees defensive behavior as problematic, but is resistant to understand

them

Increasing awareness. Often sees defensive behavior as problematic, but is resistant to understand or change anything

Substantive awareness; often sees defensive behavior as problematic and is willing to explore what is going on

Rationale:

5. We have talked about Jacque most of the semester and have talked about how painful a client’s
Core Conflict actually is. The closer one gets to his/her
core conflict, the person begins to experience painful anxiety – and often at the center of a person is a core issue that is surrounded by feelings of shame and self-hatred (contempt). What do you believe is Jacque’s Core Conflict is that she hides under her defensive maneuvers and defense mechanisms? This Core Conflict would simply be too painful for her to face openly at this time. In other words, what happened to her in her early childhood interactions with her parents that is too painful for her to face openly?

Rationale:

6. Because of the intensity of Jacque’s core conflict and the intensely painful feelings surrounding the conflict, Jacque has erected a “false self” that is composed of broad, rigid defensive
maneuvers (“Rising Above”
Interpersonal Coping Strategies for dealing with others) and
Intrapersonal Pathological Schemas in which she has turned against herself through splitting (“Turning Against the Self” Strategies). These elaborate defensive
maneuvers are so extensive that the “real little-girl Jacque” has gotten covered up by a “false Jacque” with a “false sense of self, others and the world”. In other words, she has lost herself and her voice in the process of trying to protect herself. This happens to individuals with Insecure Attachments and difficult childhood experiences. Write a detailed paragraph explaining how Jacque’s defensive mechanisms protected her from feeling anxiety associated with her core conflict.

How can project risk management help improve project performance? What do you think are the most important factors to keep in mind and manage when managing risk? Some examples might be communication, schedule management, stakeholder management, etc. What will you be focusing on to manage the risks that you identify in your project?

 Assignment1：
Discussion Questions
Read pages 96 -103 of your textbook (Meredith et al., 2021), and discuss the following questions: How can project risk management help improve project performance? What do you think are the most important factors to keep in mind and manage when managing risk? Some examples might be communication, schedule management, stakeholder management, etc. What will you be focusing on to manage the risks that you identify in your project?
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Assignment2 ：

 
Week 3 – Personal Assessment of Skills (12 points)
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Complete the Complete Project Manager Assessment Survey Instrument
Actions found in the Reading area.  This is a good way to assess the "talent gap" referred to by Mark Langley in the "Are You Ready?" video last week.
Use the Excel spreadsheet TCPM survey short22.xlsx Download TCPM survey short22.xlsx(or Survey Tables from the Discussion area) to record and post your results.
(NOTE:  It is important to use numerical formatting, not images or text, so the scores may be cut and pasted into a benchmark database).
Post the spider diagram that depicts your skill set (e.g. Excel radar chart). Copy and paste or scan the diagram and insert it in your posting.  Discuss how this assessment may be helpful for determining your readiness to lead and manage technical projects and compare your skills with team mates.  How might it then guide you on a personal development plan?  Cover how assessment and diagramming tools like these can be helpfully deployed on technical projects.

Assignment 3：
 
Week 3 Discussion – Motivating Behaviors (12 points)
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Pick a current, previous [or hypothetical] team of five people who have different motivators for success — describe how they are motivated, based on your observations or discussions with the individuals. How did you determine these motivating factors–what clues, statements, or behaviors were evident?
Prepare an announcement to the team, just prior to starting a technical project.  Describe your approach to meeting each person’s needs, as well as motivate the group as a whole.  Include relevant examples from personal experiences.   Include a communications plan, such as in a spreadsheet, that lists individuals, their traits, and suggested approaches.
It is important to ensure that team members or employees feel they have a good fit between themselves and their job, that they feel comfortable talking to their project manager or supervisor, that communications are clear, and that they are appropriately recognized for their performance or achievements.
To practice effective stakeholder management, what do or would you do to make sure that, regardless of individual job descriptions, the needs of your team members are being honored? Be specific about how you would set clear expectations, taking into account the different needs and personalities of team members.

TCPMsurveyshort22.xlsx

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Leadership/Management–interact with others and achieve results

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Personal–able to motivate and influence others

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Humor–commitment to creating fun working environments

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Project management–competent with people and processes to deliver results

5
Environment–creating people friendly operating conditions

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Organization–structure and culture to support "green" relationships

7
Negotiations–engage with others to reach agreements

8
Politics–effective in using power and influence

9
Conflict management–able to work through disagreements

10
Sales–secure necessary commitments to ideas, plans, or actions

11
Change management–willing to guide alternate approaches

12
Market/customer–knowledgeable about clients, end-users, and market forces

13
Integration–able able to apply complete set of people, organizational, and technical skills

14
Success–project met all objectives and achieved desired outcomes

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What does the term plural executive mean? Who is in the plural executive? Why does Texas use the plural executive? ?Is it an effective way to govern Texas? ?(10 points) 2. ?What are

Directions:  Answer each of the following questions. Be sure to use complete sentences when answering the questions.  Cite your sources as appropriate. Your answer to each question should be several paragraphs.  Please double space your answers.  
1.  What does the term plural executive mean? Who is in the plural executive? Why does Texas use the plural executive?  Is it an effective way to govern Texas?  (10 points)
2.  What are the similarities and differences in power between the Texas Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor?  What helps or hinders in the use of these powers? (10 points)
3.  What types of local government courts exist in Texas?  What are the requirements to serve as a judge on these courts and the duties of these courts? (10 points)
4.  What are the primary types of state courts?  What types of courts can the legislature create?  Why does the legislature create these courts? (10 points)
5.  Legislative bodies exist to make laws, provide oversight and sometimes provide constituent service.  What aspects of the Texas State Legislature assist the legislature in providing these services?  What hinders it? (10 points)

Describe some leadership styles and traits that would make you the ideal candidate for an executive position in a health care organization.

 
Use Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library and the Internet, to research leadership traits and merits. Respond to the following:

Describe some leadership styles and traits that would make you the ideal candidate for an executive position in a health care organization.

Assignment Instructions
Write a one-page paper You will be graded on the following:

Quality of your response.
Coherence and organization.
Mechanics.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course outcome associated with this assignment is:

Synthesize the functions of the master's-prepared health care administrator, including role, responsibilities, and priorities.

CASE STUDY: Active Labor: Susan Wong  Mrs. Wong, a first-time mother, is admitted to the birthing suite in early labor after spontaneous rupture of membranes at home. She is at 38 weeks of gestation with a history of abnormal alpha-fetoprotein levels at 16 weeks of pregnancy.  She was scheduled for ultrasonography to visualize the fetus to rule out an open spinal defect or Down syndrome, but never followed through. Mrs. Wong and her husband disagreed about what to do (keep or terminate the pregnancy) if the ultrasonography indicated a spinal problem, so they felt they did not want this information . Reflective Questions  1. As the nurse, what priority data would you collect from this couple to help define relevant interventions to meet their needs?  2. How can you help this couple if they experience a negative outcome in the birthing suite? What are your personal views on terminating or continuing a pregnancy with a risk of a potential anomaly? What factors may influence your views?  3. With the influence of the recent Human Genome Project and the possibility of predicting open spinal defects earlier in pregnancy, how will maternity care change in the future? 

  
Instructions: Read the following case study and answer the reflective questions. Please provide rationales for your answers. Make sure to provide citations/references for your answers in APA format with scholarly references no older than 5 years. 
CASE STUDY: Active Labor: Susan Wong 
Mrs. Wong, a first-time mother, is admitted to the birthing suite in early labor after spontaneous rupture of membranes at home. She is at 38 weeks of gestation with a history of abnormal alpha-fetoprotein levels at 16 weeks of pregnancy. 
She was scheduled for ultrasonography to visualize the fetus to rule out an open spinal defect or Down syndrome, but never followed through. Mrs. Wong and her husband disagreed about what to do (keep or terminate the pregnancy) if the ultrasonography indicated a spinal problem, so they felt they did not want this information
. Reflective Questions 
1. As the nurse, what priority data would you collect from this couple to help define relevant interventions to meet their needs? 
2. How can you help this couple if they experience a negative outcome in the birthing suite? What are your personal views on terminating or continuing a pregnancy with a risk of a potential anomaly? What factors may influence your views? 
3. With the influence of the recent Human Genome Project and the possibility of predicting open spinal defects earlier in pregnancy, how will maternity care change in the future? 

Evaluate the effectiveness of the roles that the strategic leaders played in the formation of the performance management strategy.

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 Assignment 4:  Southern Company Case Study
From the Goldsmith & Carter textbook, Southern Company (Chapter 13) case study for this assignment.
Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

Evaluate the effectiveness of the roles that the strategic leaders played in the formation of the performance management strategy.
Develop a five (5) point criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the talent management strategy and how the data could be collected.
Critique the components of your talent management strategy and suggest alternative ways to achieve effective results.
Outline the functional expertise component of this strategy and how it optimizes the company’s ability to identify highly qualified individuals.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

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; 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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Compare and contrast the talent assessment and employee performance management processes.
Review the process of developing functional expertise and setting and measuring talent management objectives.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in talent management.
Write clearly and concisely about talent management using proper writing mechanics.