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Instructions: Do not combine topics. Answer each letter separately. All answers must be at least five (5) sentences. Label each answer individually. Include any references.

1) "Emerging Technologies and Mobile Devices" Please respond to the following:

• A) Find an article which discusses emerging technologies in regard to telecommunications and network security. Also, read the NIST publication on the User’s Guide to Securing External Devices for Telework and Remote Access, located at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-114/SP800-114.pdf, and the Guide to IPsec and VPNs, located at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-77/sp800-77.pdf. Then choose the one (1) emerging technology you believe will have the biggest impact on telecommunications and network security within the next two (2) years, and explain the main reasons why you believe this will be the case. Justify your answer.

• B) As people and organizations alike are relying more on mobile devices for company communications, give your opinion of what you believe are the top-three (3) concerns with mobile devices and security, and determine the major ways in which these concerns may affect the organization. Additionally, select at least one (1) security solution for mobile devices, and suggest the primary way in which you believe that such a solution could assist in the risk mitigation process.

2) Employee Monitoring. Please respond to the following:

· A) Take a position on the ethical concerns raised by employees who are upset about organizations monitoring their email or Internet access for security purposes. Assess whether you believe it is fair for an employee to undergo this type of surveillance.

· B) Suggest an alternative approach for an organization to control security without monitoring employee actions.

3) Computer Security. Please respond to the following:

· A) Go to the NIST Website, located at http://www.nist.gov/index.html, to research technologies that are currently being used in support of security. Discuss two security issues related to the researched technologies.

· B) Select a Wi-Fi device you are familiar with and analyze the security protection currently implemented on the device. Speculate whether the protection on the selected device is sufficient for the data it contains.