Essays on Threat

Iran’s Nuclear Threat

REGIONAL STABILITY, GLOBAL SECURITY
Regional Stability, Global Security: Finding a Workable Answer to Iran’s Nuclear Threat
In the modern world, “rogue” states have become adept at wielding the threat of nuclear weaponry in the global political arena and wringing concessions from developed nations that have, at best, an imprecise knowledge of whether, and at what stage of development, nations like North Korea and Iran possess nuclear capability. It is a matter of intense interest among America’s intelligence and diplomatic communities to determine whether the persistently belligerent regime in Iran seeks political leverage against Israel and the United Continue reading...

Background literature and hypothesis

Introduction
Researchers have been puzzled by realization that there is a big difference when it comes to stem field of study. There are always more males than females. The question as to why this is the case continues to beg an answer. Similarly, the marginalized communities have been seen to perform badly in this field. For example, the Hispanics and blacks are few in stem majors as compared to their white counterparts. The decline in the number of stem professionals is linked to women attrition from such subjects as well as the notable small number of minority groups joining Continue reading...

A brief review

Insider threat
Introduction
An insider threat is a threat faced by an organization, attributed to its own people. This could be an employee, a former employee, a business associate or contractors who are familiar with the organization’s security practices and its work processes involving data handling and computers. Although the occurrence of ‘insider threat’ incidents is significantly low when compared to hacking attempts, these are more destructive for businesses. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the cyber crimes against businesses in 2008 were only 11%, but it constituted about 52% of the losses suffered by the businesses. Continue reading...

Introduction

Nuclear terrorism means using, or the danger of using weapons that are radiological or nuclear in nature to commit terrorism acts. Currently, there are 5 known groups that may have the capacity to acquire and engage such weapons including Taliban, Separatists in North Caucasus, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Tayyib (Harvard Kennedy School, 2010). Calls have been on the rise from world leaders to combat possible occurrence, terming it as the immediate and dangerous menace to the global security. Even though this concern is justified by the typical destructive power of nuclear weapons, this grave evaluation concerning the looming threat Continue reading...

Introduction

Technology has become part of the major sections of the security of any facility. For example, a busy pharmacy in a shopping mall is unique and requires proper physical and logical access controls. The systems are required to protect the medication and funds located on the business. The system would also assist in the access of the personally identifiable information as well as the protected health data of the customers that exist in the system. The security may be installed through reliable as well as logical technological methods that would be essential to eliminate the risks that would be Continue reading...

Throughout the semester, I have learned about the security, and security is one of the most important issues in the world. Many people think security means safety and peace as same as I thought, and I thought security is like a password. Nowadays, many people have a password to protect their information in the world. When we use the internet and bank service, they always require a password, and many people have different passwords each other because of protecting personal information. Of course, it is one of the security issues, but security divided by three parts. According to the “ Continue reading...

Facts

The case under scrutiny is named as Echazabal v Chevron USA, Inc. This is a case about a legal tussle between a man called Mario Echazabal and the firm for which he used to work viz. Chevron. The reason why Echazabal decided to sue his employer Chevron was that his employment offer was rescinded due to direct threat reasons by Chevron. The company came up to such a decision because they came to know about the ill-health of Echazabal and also that it was getting damaged due to him working in the cocker unit of the refinery. Echazabal was Continue reading...

Abstract

In many businesses, these days, there is use of technology in information sharing, advertisements, banking services and purchasing among others. The use of cyberspace is exponentially increasing; thus criminal activities are likewise exponentially on the rise. The major explanation for the rise in cyber threats is the fact that since the world web is intercepted, various web applications are getting popularity for data sharing as well as data storing regardless of the user. As time passes these web applications became more complex as a result of the increase in their faults in design. This creates a situation where surfing Continue reading...

- Identify one group from the text by Tucker and state one specific CBRN threat presented by that group. Then, identify the principles of detection, avoidance, protection, and decontamination from one specific CBRN hazard presented by that group.
In 2001 the Islamist cult group that launched the Anthrax attack was considered a dangerous threat. According to Canadian Data Projections an anthrax attack on 100,000 Canadians would result in 50,000 anthrax cases, 32,875 deaths, 332,500 hospitalization days, and a cost of $ 6.5 billion. The detection process is difficult since anthrax an easily spore forming being delivered to Continue reading...

Institutions:

A threat is an act where the speaker makes a statement that communicates a serious expression of intent; this enables him to commit a violent, unlawful act to a group of people or just an individual. Due to violence in schools within the teenagers, there are laws that were made in the supreme courts. The court said that threats were not true if delivered in a protected speech. Once such cases are submitted to the court it judges based on the vantage point of both the speaker and the recipient. In student cases, they use the method of the Continue reading...

Introduction

Aggression is hostile behavior aimed at causing physical or psychological harm. Aggression can be indirect or direct, verbal or physical and active or passive.
There are several social factors that cause aggression. These factors include media violence, Stereotype and social identity, threat Collective narcissism, Status, competition and mating motives personal characteristics, cultural factors direct provocation and frustration among others.

When an individual watches media, observational learning takes place. This brings the indication that excessive exposure to media violence increases probability of any individual to behave aggressively. (Barbara etal, 2010). Metaanalysis and reviews have indicated that this Continue reading...

Organized Crime in the United States and its impact to the US Criminal Justice System

The United States of America has its fair share of problems when it comes to maintaining national security and stability against international and domestic threats. The federal government has to contend to the threat of various actors wishing to destabilize the country either through fear or terror or through illicit activity that paralyzes the country. One of the most crucial threats the US government faces today are the transnational organized crime groups which endangers the country from within its borders and through the rest of the world. The problem with this threat is the fact most of these organize Continue reading...

Information security plan

Executive summary
Information security plan is meant to protect any resource that relates to information from multiple security threats so that the continuity is maintained. The security plan is meant to cover all the organization’s information technology assets against any possible threat. To achieve an effective information security mechanism, a suitable set of controlled crucial. The control includes processes, procedures, and policies organizational structure and software functions. The controls need to be formulated, implemented tracked reviewed and improved to make sure the particular security and business goals of the organization are attained.
The plan guides the confidentiality, privacy Continue reading...

Introduction

Apple is a US company whose business is the design, development and marketing of personal computers, portable digital music players, media devices, cellular phones and other personal electronic devices. Apple also develops and markets software, software services, networking services and solutions, peripheral equipment, and internet applications. The company is one of the most recognized consumer brands in the world and is poised to become the first trillion dollar company of the world. The Apple brand is so strong that it already commands a very strong brand premium. The base customers of Apple’s products span the entire world, across Continue reading...

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1. Executive Summary.. 4
1. Introduction.. 4
2. Porters five forces (Task 1). 5
2.1. Threat of Entry 5
2.2 Power of Suppliers. 6
2.3 Threat of Substitutes.. 6
2.4 Competitive Rivalry. 6
2.5 Power of Buyers. 6
3 PEST Analysis 7
3.1 Political Aspect 7
3.2 Economic View.. 7
3.3 Sociological View.. 8
3.4 Technological View 8
4. SWOT Analysis.. 8
4.1 Strength 9
4.2 Weakness 9
4.3 Opportunity.. 10
4.4 Threat 10
5. Marketing and Positioning strategies (Task 2) 10
6. Ansoffs Matrix (Task 3). 11
6.1 Market Penetration 13
6.2 Product Development 13
6.3 Market Development.. Continue reading...

Introduction

The Hilton Hotels & Resorts is an international chain of service hotels and resorts that is under the flagship of the Hilton Worldwide. The company has over 530 Hilton branded hotels in close to 78 countries in six continents. The Hilton Hotels has been an industry leader in the hotel industry and continues to enjoy a huge market advantage in all countries that the hotels are in operation. The company is known for its quality service and its high-end customers. The chain of hotels has heavily invested in its premises and its staff to ensure that they offer quality service Continue reading...

(School/University)

Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground

In self defense, the basic philosophy is that the amount of force to ward off the threat must be proportionate to the force that was being threatened to be used. In essence, lethal force is only permitted to be used in cases in stopping the infliction of grievous bodily harm that can result in possible death, the death of the person or loved ones, or rape or “sexual assault” in Michigan. The person using deadly force legally must possess a reasonable belief that by using such force, one if not all three of these scenarios will be prevented, Continue reading...

Consumer psychology is a study that deals with the activities that are directly involved in consumer buying decisions, such as motivations, thoughts, attitudes, needs, motives, wants, desires, and emotions. Consumer psychology employs theoretical psychological approaches to understand, describe, predict, and influence consumers. Consumer psychologists draw upon psychological domains, such as social, cognitive, and developmental domains to explain consumer responses. Consumer psychology is used to help organizations improve business performance, educate and help consumers make better buying decisions, and influences public policy. It is mostly used by consumer and motivation researchers and advertisers. Yoon and Tinkham (2013) did research on Continue reading...

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Business Strategy
According to Data Monitor (2011, p. 4) Starbucks is the world largest specialty coffee retailer with many coffee shops in 62 countries across North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and Middle East. . Since inception, the firm has been able to traverse the United States and globally and open franchises at an impressive rate. Starbucks headquartering is in Seattle, Washington and employs close to 182,000 people as at September 2013 (Starbucks to outsource its HR Function, 2013. P.17). The firm recorded $14,892.2 million in the financial year ending 2013. Jennings (2012, p.19) says that Continue reading...

Affiliated Institution:

1.Introduction
The strategic management of an organization is often responsible for its success. This research will focus on Starbucks Company in an attempt to understand how strategic management is key for the success of an organization. To achieve this aim the report will incorporate appropriate models and concepts to analyse Starbucks Company. The first step will be to provide the company’s background, Starbuck’s competitive advantage, as well as models like Porter’s five forces, SWOT Analysis, Porter’s generic strategies and the PESTEL analysis. Finally, the report will offer recommendations that will greatly assist Starbucks to deal Continue reading...

Which is the Greatest Threat to the U. S.
Foreign Intelligence Organizations: Which is the Greatest Threat to the U.S.

Introduction

The United States of America has always been considered as one of the Super countries in the world. Considering all the inventions, advanced infrastructure, evolving internet security tactics, and more, the U.S. remains on top of its game. However, despite being a great country, it is not guaranteed that it will remain on the top position as other countries begin to make themselves known through their own inventions and initiatives. In addition, it has several other competitors in the Continue reading...

Introduction

The commercial aviation safety and the millions of passengers who travel annually has rapidly emerged as a high priority in the national security following the numerous events of terrorism which have taken place for the last decade. The September 11, 2001 attack when four commercial aircraft were hijacked and used for destruction of the World Trade Center twin towers and for inflicting of ruthless harm to the pentagon, caused a shock to the world and instigated a full scale analysis into the efficacy of screening technologies on passengers and procedures which the United States airports used. The increased global Continue reading...

- Use at least five (5) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Introduction

Apple is a US company whose business is the design, development and marketing of personal computers, portable digital music players, media devices, cellular phones and other personal electronic devices. Apple also develops and markets software, software services, networking services and solutions, peripheral equipment, and internet applications. The company is one of the most recognized consumer brands in the world and is poised to become the first trillion dollar company of the world. The Apple brand is so strong that it already Continue reading...

Apple is a US company whose business is the design, development and marketing of personal computers, portable digital music players, media devices, cellular phones and other personal electronic devices. Apple also develops and markets software, software services, networking services and solutions, peripheral equipment, and internet applications. The company is one of the most recognized consumer brands in the world and is poised to become the first trillion dollar company of the world. The Apple brand is so strong that it already commands a very strong brand premium. The base customers of Apple’s products span the entire world, across Continue reading...

Introduction

The major objective of every organization is to increase profit and create a competitive edge into the market. Cenlow Limited being an instant coffee company and considering launching of a new product through an improved pack lighter and cheaper to produce than their current glass jars avails a unique entity that can enable the company create a competitive edge into market. The undertaking was successful as the company’s products were embraced in the market starting to peak for the past few months. However, based on different factors, the change in the product launch is likely to have marginal Continue reading...

Introduction

The major objective of every organization is to increase profit and create a competitive edge into the market. Cenlow Limited being an instant coffee company and considering launching of a new product through an improved pack lighter and cheaper to produce than their current glass jars avails a unique entity that can enable the company create a competitive edge into market. The undertaking was successful as the company’s products were embraced in the market starting to peak for the past few months. However, based on different factors, the change in the product launch is likely to have marginal Continue reading...

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Introduction

Dooms day for mankind has been one of the most famous themes in science fictions whether in movie or in print. Such themes create interesting scenarios on how society would react when it faces extinction. As depicted in the novel World War Z (WWZ), the threat of human extinction was characterized by an infectious disease that turns normal people into flesh eating zombies. Just like most zombie genres, the infection can only be transmitted through biting and perhaps intravenously. Fear factor is also apparent since zombies can only be terminated when their brain is destroyed. The zombie is Continue reading...

Abstract

This study tested if stereotype threat affects people’s choices when answering Implicit Association Test for Race. Stereotype threat is used to describe the psychological phenomenon whereby a negative stereotype about one’s group puts an individual at risk for confirming that negative stereotype (Steele & Aronson, 1995). During President Obama’s inauguration, studies showed that the performance gap between white and black students diminished (Mattimore, 2009). We are interested to know through our study if this change in attitude is reflected by the people’s attitude to the different races as well. Our class gathered 74 participants, 60 females Continue reading...

Introduction

An organization’s network system is a critical asset that needs maximum security. Network system security involves both physical and logical security. For a company, it ensures security of its network system they have to invest heavily in security. The rate at which automation is done in the business sector is extremely rapid. It, therefore, calls for intense network system security to ensure that the individual’s business and financial information are secured. The most significant information in a pharmacy business is the information concerning the customers, financial information such as billing data and the employee’s information (Rittinghouse, Continue reading...

Introduction

Thus a corporation requires a “Global Strategy” which again is defined by Professor Lynch (2012) as a term that covers three areas (global, multinational and international) which is designed for an international organization to achieve its corporate goals as it operates in locations outside its location of origin. The online website Quick MBA defines the importance of Global Strategy (Quick MBA, pp 1). For the corporation, Global Strategy is important for the corporation because operating in a new country will is essentially a newly opened market that would drive both sales and profits. For many corporations that have “exhausted” Continue reading...

Areas of Interest

Freudian view, masculine over compensation, and threat to masculine identity.

Thesis

Threatening men’s masculine identity, results to homophobic attitudes as a way of overcompensation.

Introduction

Homophobia refers to hostility towards or fear of gay people (Cohen, 43). It also refers to social ideologies which stigmatize homosexuality (Cohen, 52). Continue reading...

A brief analysis of CIA Triangle, threat and vulnerabilities, risk mitigation and legislations

Information security and data integrity is one of the major difficulties facing organizations of any scale. One of the frameworks used in analyzing security related problems and solutions are the CIA Triangle. However the constantly evolving threat environment has necessitated a more robust and intellectual method, that can address short comings effectively. Security threats and vulnerabilities are a challenge for organizations, both going hand in hand, with each threat corresponding to a particular vulnerability. Cyber crime legislations provide legal support for organizations in their endeavor for their information security. Cyber crime legislation is however a Continue reading...

The Coca Cola Company has constantly been reporting tremendous business performance and profitability which have been attributed to its overall success in the beverage sector. However, the success of this global company would also be impacted by the company culture which is embodied in its mission and vision. The mission of the company aims at refreshing the world, inspiring moments of cheerfulness using their actions and brands and creating value, as well as making a difference wherever they are engaged. Consequently, the company’s vision aims at fulfilling its mission by focusing on vital areas which include; people, partners, Continue reading...

Introduction

There is great importance of interpreting the company on the basis of its set mission, vision and aims for the stakeholders. It must be the goal of every company to stick with its set mission and vision in order to provide the best results to the stakeholders. There are some t models available that help in evaluating the company’s performance. Among them some useful models are porter’s five forces model and a SWOT analysis. In this report analysis of Tesco PLC has been conducted on the above mention grounds in order to come with all the information Continue reading...

Chapter 9

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Q1: A study has an internal validity:

Internal validity is important for any research in which the researcher is giving focus on the variables, which he is studying. The basic reason behind the purpose to study internal validity is to understand that the one variable always left an effect, which can be positive as well as negative on another variable. In most researches, always certain causes and affect are present and hence the research based on variables. These variables are dependent and independent and in a research where both are present the researcher, usually, name it as causation. However, the researcher who Continue reading...

1.0 The role and leadership traits of Public Information Officer
In the present scenario, the public information officer is charged with the responsibility to advise the president on the public communication and the expected outcome on the communication. In the advent of the impending bioterrorist attack, the public information officer has to study the recorded video tape and advice the group on whether, how and when to communicate the information therein to the citizen. The aim of such communication would be to seek the citizen’s cooperation in the government’s plan and to prevent mass panic that would Continue reading...

Introduction

The concept of validity was first originated by Stanley and Campbell in 1966 and later elaborated further by Campbell and Cook in 1979. The concept of validity has a significant impact on how researchers evaluate their work. Validity refers to the extent to which to which a given test measures that which it claims to measure. It is important to evaluate the validity of a test to ensure accurate interpretation and application of test results. There are four main types of validity; construct validity, statistical validity, external validity and internal validity. This paper seeks to compare and contrast the Continue reading...

E-business refers to electronic business usually conducted through the internet. Since the development of the World Wide Web, the commercial usage of the internet has increased over the years, and business has been made conveniently possible over the internet. However, there are many security risks involved during the E-commerce execution, and some pose serious threats to businesses. With the sweeping current developments of technology, there have been concerns that users and business people do not understand system architectures and software that they use. This increases the vulnerability of various security breaches that can cause immense losses to the business Continue reading...

Information security signifies information protection from aspects that result in modification, usage, access, and perusal without permission. The main principles of information security are non-repudiation, availability, integrity, confidential and authenticity. Similarly, risk management relates to information security and is referred to as evaluation, mitigation and assessment of risks. Risk management ensures that ICT supervisors can evaluate the costs of using protection measures in information management while achieving gains in a manner that supports the business goals. The paper explains the issue of information security and the main principles that are concerned with it. The issue of risk management and the steps that should be followed so as to accomplish the risk management analysis is also described. In the risk management there are risk assessment process and the risk mitigation process. Therefore, through effective risk management, individuals and organizations can effectively manage occurrences of information insecurity. Continue reading...

On July 7th 2005 a series of terrorist attacks on board public transit vehicles shocked Great Britain and the world. All together around seven hundred persons were injured and, including the bombers themselves, fifty-six people died. Like 9/11 in the United States, the date is sometimes simply referred to as 7/7. The attacks started at 8:50 am when three bombs were detonated within a minute of each other on board London Underground trains. The first was Circle Line sub-surface train number 204 eastbound between Aldgate and Liverpool Street. The second went off in Circle Line sub-transit train number 216 Continue reading...