Week 5 Assignment

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Ryne Burns

GEN103: Information Literacy

Instructor Holly

9/30/2017

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Research Question: What actions can be taken in order to improve cybersecurity in the

workplace?

Annotation 1: Scholarly Article 1:

Reference: Valenzano, A. (2014). Industrial Cybersecurity: Improving Security

through Access Control Policy Models. IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine,

Industrial Electronics Magazine, IEEE, EEE Ind. Electron. Mag, (2),

6.doi:10.1109/MIE.2014.23113 13

Annotation: The purpose of this source is to show that protection of a networked

industrial control system (ICS) against cyber-attacks and any other threats is something

that should be considered for a business or even government. Within the article the author

takes aim at assessing the framework and bringing some light onto the research of the

analysis and verification of the access policies with in the ICSs. The article explains the

security process of the ICSs as the systems change, high-level access policy models for

ICSs, how to check the polices using a twofold method. The author uses many different

types of scholarly references within the article from other authors, the article also consist

of many different types of figures like graphs, pie charts, and number graphs that go

along with the many different parts of the article. Part of the information used within this

article was partially supported by the National Research Council of Italy in the

framework of the flagship project “Factory of the Future,” GECKO “Generic

Evolutionary Control Knowledge-based module” subproject. (Valenzano, 2014) Many of

the sources that I have found within the cybersecurity realm are all similar in some ways.

Many of the authors point towards the fact that cybersecurity is important when it comes

Commented [HH1]: This is a good research question. It is clearly-stated, open-ended and focuses on an issue that you

can research.

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to networks whether it’s small businesses, personal use, or government administrations.

With the ever growing technological world that we are living in, it is key to have your

guard up when it comes to the cyber world due to the threats of attacks done by a hacker

or terrorist threats. I think that this article shows ways for cybersecurity to be improved

through the use of access control policies, by enforcing these policies within the network

cyber security can be heightened and cyber-attacks can be lowered.

Annotation 2: Scholarly Article 2:

Reference: Williams, M. A., & Bequai, C. A. (2014). Management's Pitfalls in

Cyberspace: A Primer. SAM Advanced Management Journal (07497075), 79(1), 12-

25 Retrieved from Business Source Elite

Annotation:

This article focuses on the security of information technology within the

curriculum of business school, with the end results being that the graduates of the

business school would have a better understanding of security issues within the realm of

IT networking. The article gives the topics of writing policies within the workplace,

writing procedures to ensure lawful conduct, information on the laws of IT, regulations

concerning the transmissions of data within the cyber world, and information on

copyright laws. The author of this article doesn’t give any numbers, statistics, historical

documents, but does use many different references from other articles that fall within the

same context of cyber security. The author gives very detailed information on how as a

manager to set up a company to ensure that cyber security is present and cyber-attacks

are less frequent through policies and procedures when using the cyber systems.

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This article is much different from the first source that I used. Whereas, the first

source showed ways of setting up or improving the access control policy this article goes

on to give future business managers or business owners a better understanding of IT and

show the students the role of IT within a business world while still in business school. I

think that this article will help with giving me a better understanding of how to deter

cyber-attacks from a management role of a business. This article was written for students

to have and understand so that when they go out into a management role they will

understand the importance of having discipline when exploring the cyber world. At the

end of the article it gives a great statement that shows that this article is to help students

like myself, “Business school graduates should enter the workforce with a solid

understanding of the IT security issues and challenges their employers face every day.”

(Williams, 2014) With the ever growing technological world, and possible threat of

having critical information or critical infrastructures infiltrated every day, it is crucial to

make sure that others know how to better themselves with cyber security whether it be at

home or at work.

Annotation 3: Web Page 1:

Finney, G. (2017, August 23). Creating Purpose-Driven Cybersecurity In Your Workplace.

Retrieved September 30, 2017, from Forbes:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/08/23/creating-purpose-driven-

cybersecurity-in-your-workplace/#2d829a641824

This intention of this website is to discuss cyber security through employees. While

Cyber Security is all about technology and computers, Finney opines that human resource is

Commented [HH2]: Delete. You don’t need this date here. Otherwise, the reference looks really good.

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critical in cyber security and must not be disregarded. The article is about ways in which the

employees can help to improve cyber security in the workplace. Generally, the article elaborates

on how the employees could be trained in order to prevent vulnerability in terms of technology.

One of those lessons includes the fact that if an employee works out of the office with a public

hotspot they must not allow any pop-ups unless they are certain about that. Additionally Finney

advices that if we are unsure about the sender of an email an employee must be keen not to open

it as it might contain malware. This website is in conformity with the research question. It builds

up on the mechanisms of improving cyber security while at the same time introducing the

element of prevention is better than cure. It highlights how cyber security in the workplace can

be heightened by empowering employees. This is in line with the threats to cyber security

discussed before. Employees handle the company’s technology a lot of time and thus the best

way to improve security is through the key users.

Annotation 4: Web Page 2:

Robinson, S. (2014, March 12). Top 5 Tips to Increase Cyber Security in the Workplace.

Retrieved September 30, 2017, from Real Business: https://realbusiness.co.uk/tech-and-

innovation/2014/03/12/top-5-tips-to-increase-cyber-security-in-the-workplace/

The purpose of this article is to develop a permanent solution to the problem of cyber

security. Just like all the other sources, the author of this article acknowledges that humans are

the weakest links when it comes to cyber security because they give away information that can

enable hacker and so on. However what the author does is that he introduces the element of

deputizing employees. The mindset behind this is that the employees become part of the security

process and they have the authority and responsibility to uphold cyber security. What this does is

Commented [HH3]: You did a good job in this annotation of addressing the content of article as well as how it

addresses your research question. You implicitly addresses

how it relates to other sources that you’ve read on this topic

but it would have been better if you’d been more direct about

that. The element that I don’t see addressed at all is the

evidence that the author used. Did the author cite and

reference or link to any sources? Discuss any research

studies or reports?

It's not that unusual to find web pages that don't offer much

(or any) evidence. If that is the case, you have to look at the

authority of the author and/or the organization that published

the web page.

In this case, you have a clear indication of who the author is,

but do you have information on his educational or

professional background? If so, you need to discuss the

educational, professional or personal background of the

author that gives him or her credibility on this topic.

If it's not clear who the author is or you can't find

information on that person, look at the organization that

published the web page. What is the organization's mission?

Is it credible on this topic? Why?

If the author doesn’t provide evidence and you can't find any

information that indicates that either the author or the

publishing organization is credible on this topic, then you

shouldn't use the web page.

Commented [HH4]: Delete. You don’t need this date here.

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that it links cyber security into a long chain. Whereby if one person messes up, the other is able

to note the mistake and revert it.

This article is essential to the discussion for various reasons. It not only provides a

solution towards cyber security, it seeks to eliminate the potential threats completely. Cyber

threats will never cease to exist. However the solution proposed herein is one that seeks to curb

the effects of an attack as well as prevent intentional attacks caused by employees themselves.

Therefore this article will be used to introduce the discussion on long term solutions of Cyber

Security.

Commented [HH5]: I’m not clear on how that would work. How would one employee know that another had

made a mistake and how would that employee fix it?

Overall, though, it seems like you provided a good

description of the content of the article. What I don’t see is

any information on the evidence that the author used to

support his statements or, lacking that, a discussion of the

author’s authority.

Commented [HH6]: As with your annotation above, I was looking for you to more directly explain how this articles

relates (compares) to other sources that you’ve read on this

topic but I do like how you explained how you’d use it in a

paper.

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References

Finney, G. (2017, August 23). Creating Purpose-Driven Cybersecurity In Your Workplace.

Retrieved September 30, 2017, from Forbes:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/08/23/creating-purpose-driven-

cybersecurity-in-your-workplace/#2d829a641824

Robinson, S. (2014, March 12). Top 5 Tips to Increase Cyber Security in the Workplace.

Retrieved September 30, 2017, from Real Business: https://realbusiness.co.uk/tech-and-

innovation/2014/03/12/top-5-tips-to-increase-cyber-security-in-the-workplace/

Valenzano, A. (2014). Industrial Cybersecurity: Improving Security through Access Control

Policy Models. IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, Industrial Electronics Magazine, IEEE,

EEE Ind. Electron. Mag, (2), 6.doi:10.1109/MIE.2014.23113 13

Williams, M. A., & Bequai, C. A. (2014). Management's Pitfalls in Cyberspace: A Primer. SAM

Advanced Management Journal (07497075), 79(1), 12-25 Retrieved from Business Source Elite