Shuyue Ding

Web applications have become such a target for hackers because firewall works pretty well nowadays, but web applications have to let users get in their network/system in order to see and use their website, which is what the web application functions to. Hackers can take advantage by the hole that web applications opened, and hack from web server…[Read more]

By storing data in separate tables can reduce the probabilities from editing data. At the same time splitting table also give different kind of authorities to different people for different part of the data collection, which is exactly what IT auditors should pay attention to.
Use “create” to create tables (pk and attitudes as columns), and use…[Read more]

I think it’s pretty cool because it’s a combination of graphic user interface and coding. When we click a button it gave the click event coding, and we can add some action to it.
C# and C++ are two very similar languages, which are all object-oriented programming language, but they also have some differences, such as C++ will let you do a…[Read more]

Web applications are installed on a web server, and people can access web apps from any computer through Internat. In order to make a server to a web server, IT staff need to promote the server to a web server through “add roles and features”. The advantage is we can have access it as long as we have Internet and browser, but it also increases the…[Read more]

In order to security organizations’ data, IT auditors need to secure data from database level of a database server (application: MySQL) as well as the operating system level of a database server. In database server level, IT auditors ensure to create users with a strong password under a strong password policy and remove users when they quit t…[Read more]

Graphical user interface(GUI) benefits people who do not have a deep understanding of command line. It is a lot easier to perform daily life with GUI, and almost anyone is able to use GUI to do computer related stuff and work; however, GUI is not as efficient as command line interface(CLI) in terms of repeated computer work such as every…[Read more]

Domain is important because companies’ PC should join domain in order to allow system administrators to set up usernames and passwords for users. It is okay for my laptop that is not in a domain because my laptop does not need to communicate with my neighbor’s laptop, and I am my own and only laptop’s system administrator, so there is no point…[Read more]

A better understanding of IP address could help me auditing the company’s networking and networking security.

I had a better understanding of public IP address, private IP address, and default gateway. The activity reminds me of what I learned from IT auditing process class: it is better to set firewalls for different departments instead of one single firewall for the whole company, and Week 5’s activity is probably the tech knowledge base.

It is important because, During my last internship, my boss store everything in Google Drive. She also shares the company folder with any new interns and employees. Now I am thinking about it, it’s probably not a good idea to do so because I understand that means hundreds and thousands of copies of her company’s information, which increase the l…[Read more]

Different operating systems and virtual machines not as different as apples and oranges, and getting familiar with multiple operating systems and virtual machines more like learning apple from different brands. I use Apple’s products as well as other Android phones and Windows computers, they are just cell phones and computers in my mind. T…[Read more]

I tried to create a windows 10, and I deleted the file after I saw we don’t do windows 10. Since I don’t have the file, so I cannot boot the VM, but seems like I have to boot the VM first in order to delete it. So I cannot boot the VM, which means I also cannot delete it.
I tried to download a couple of windows 10 online, but none of them works.…[Read more]

How to delete an unwanted and unbooted VM from VMware? I deleted the file, so I can not shut down and boot the VM

I am someone who did not know computer any better besides software that supports my daily life before the class, and I felt like no one is needed to build a computer nowadays besides computer experts. However, I changed my mind, even though I did not do much during the class, but I did pay attention. The biggest impact for me is that I no longer…[Read more]

I think IT Auditors are necessary because they understand the business from both the financial and technology side, which can increase the efficiency. I think just like trusting people, we don’t 100% trust someone if we really have some sensitive information. Even their system is secure from the technology side, but the internal employees could…[Read more]

IT Auditors provides internal control of organizations from both the IT side and accounting side. They manage organizations to meet the government’s’ requirement and business expectation, and they also increase the security of organizations’ information which is intangible assets. IT Auditors are necessary because they represent a combination of…[Read more]

Hi, Shihao:
Great post! I agree that button-less is the trend. and I think in-screen fingerprint is pretty cool. I can use a bigger screen phone with this technology. I barely can able to hold my phone when I move my short thumbs to reach the home button, but in-screen would be much more convenient and easy. With all the phone and computer is…[Read more]