Cloud Based Servers Adoption

Writing

Q: Part 1: You are the Chief Information Officer (CIO), and the organization is migrating from central servers to cloud-based. The CEO has asked you to identify some risks associated with cloud storage. Write an email addressing the top 10 security cloud security threats. Be sure to categorize the risk (high, medium, low). Note that each student will have different viewpoints on what the top 10 should be.

Part 2: Choose one of the top 3 that you covered and propose a solution to mitigate the risk, i.e., reducing the high threat rating to a lower rating.

Notes: Cloud computing continues to transform how we use, store, and share data from applications to workloads. With so much data transmissions into and out of the cloud and public clouds services, in particular, these resources are targets for computer hackers. With these new advances in communications and the cloud also comes a host of security threats and challenges to keep them secure.

Requirements:

600 words minimum; Include at-least two Credible Scholarly References.

Plagarism Free and must be unique with own words.

finance assignment

Mathematics

Complete the following homework scenario:


Required:

Compare the results of the three (3) methods by quality of information for decision making. Using what you have learned about the three (3) methods, identify the best project by the criteria of long term increase in value. (You do not need to do further research.) Convey your understanding of the Time Value of Money principles used or not used in the three (3) methods. Review the video titled “NPV, IRR, MIRR for Mac and PC Excel” (located at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7CryVgFbBc and previously listed in Week 4) to help you understand the foundational concepts:

Scenario Information:

Assume that two gas stations are for sale with the following cash flows: CF1 is the Cash Flow in the first year, and CF2 is the Cash Flow in the second year. This is the timeline and data used in calculating the Payback Period, Net Present Value, and Internal Rate of Return. The calculations are done for you. Your task is to select the best project and explain your decision. The methods are presented and the decision each indicates is given below.

Investment Sales Price CF1 CF2
Gas Station A $50,000 $0 $100,000
Gas Station B $50,000 $50,000 $25,000

Three (3) Capital Budgeting Methods are presented:

    1. Payback Period: Gas Station A is paid back in 2 years: CF1 in year 1, and CF2 in year 2. Gas Station B is paid back in one (1) year. According to the payback period, when given the choice between two mutually exclusive projects, the investment paid back in the shortest time is selected.
    2. Net Present Value: Consider the gas station example above under the NPV method, and a discount rate of 10%:
      • NPV gas station A = $100,000/(1+.10)2 – $50,000 = $32,644
      • NPV gas station B = $50,000/(1+.10) + $25,000/(1+.10)2 – $50,000 = $16,115
    3. Internal Rate of Return: Assuming 10% is the cost of funds. The IRR for Station A is 41.421%.; for Station B, 36.602.

Summary of the Three (3) Methods:

    • Gas Station B should be selected, as the investment is returned in 1 period rather than 2 periods required for Gas Station A.
    • Under the NPV criteria, however, the decision favors gas station A, as it has the higher net present value. NPV is a measure of the value of the investment.
    • The IRR method favors Gas Station A, as it has a higher return, exceeding the cost of funds (10%) by the highest return.

Social Determinants of Health DQ

Writing

******** please respond with a paragraph to discussion question below, add citation and references 🙂 *****

Social determinants of health are conditions in the social environment in which people are born, live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. (Rockville, Maryland: 2000). The social determinants of health include health and healthcare, social and community context, education, economic stability, neighborhood, and built environment. Those determinants influence people’s health in a positive or a negative way. Example, low-income level, and low education level have been linked with poor health. Low-income level implies earning less than twice the federal poverty level. People with low-income level find harder to gather for health needs of themselves and their family. As a result, it has a negative impact because they are exposed to the dangers of diseases. Low literacy level denies them with an opportunity to understand variables relating to preventive and curative measures to take. It exposes the family to the risk of diseases that could have been prevented if the family members were educated (Adler et al., 2016).

Communicable disease chain model explains the spread of a communicable disease from one host (or person) to another. Chain of infection has different components: the infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, and susceptible host. The basic idea represented in the chain of infection is that individuals can break the chain (reduce the risk) at any point. Break the chain can be done in different ways. Examples of the measures that nurses can implement in order to break the link within the communicable disease chain are hand washing, immunizations, condoms, hair nets, insect repellents, isolation, proper preparation of foods, proper use of PPE, patient education among others.

References:

Adler, N. E., Cutler, D. M., Jonathan, J. E., Galea, S., Glymour, M., Koh, H. K., & Satcher, D. (2016). Addressing social determinants of health and health disparities. Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Initiative: National Academy of Medicine Perspectives.

Artiga, S., & Hinton, E. (2018). Beyond health care: the role of social determinants in promoting health and health equity. Health, 2010.

Green, Sue Z. (2018). Community & public health: The future of health care. Retrieved from https://lc.gcumedia.com/nrs427vn/community-and-pub…

CDC. (2018). Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives. Retrieved from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/

ColumbiaSouthern Children & Disasters: Hurricane Response And Recovery

Science

You have been asked to participate in a discussion-based tabletop exercise (TTX) that will help prepare your emergency management team and others in your community for a natural disaster. Since your community is on the coast, the TTX will cover how the community will respond to a hurricane.

You will begin this assignment by viewing the Adobe Captivate presentation linked here. (Click here for transcripts of video 1, here for video 2, and here for video 3 from the presentation.) Throughout the scenario presented, you will be asked questions. Please make note of what your answers to these questions will be as at the end of the presentation, these notes will be used to compose a paper based on the scenario.

Your paper will consist of the following sections:

  • introduction to the scenario, including a description of the disaster your community will be facing and its impacts on the community;
  • how your community will prepare for the disaster and how your team will work to protect the community from effects of the disaster;
  • how your team will respond after the disaster has passed;
  • how your team will help the community recover from the disaster;
  • how risks can be mitigated in preparation for future disasters;
  • conclusion (hot wash), consisting of lessons learned after the disaster, any organizational strengths and weaknesses that occurred, next steps to consider when planning and preparing for the next disaster, and at least five short-term and long-term goals that your team should follow up on.

Your paper should consist of at least three pages with at least two outside sources, one of which can be your textbook. In addition, utilize the CSU Online Library when locating your sources. Please use proper APA style for citations/references and paper formatting (which includes: title page, double spacing, one-inch margins on all sides, and 12-point font size in Times New Roman).