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You’ve now seen the entire Order to Cash (OTC) Process. If you were responsible for the controls of this process – what would keep you up at night (e.g. be your area of most concern)? Explain

If I were responsible for the controls of OTC Process, one area I concern mostly must be payment process. This link contains a lot of sensitively fin…[Read more]

Hacking Elections Is Easy, Study Finds

Except for leaked emails from Hillary, two state election databases had been breached, and the voter registration databases from all 50 states are being hawked. This leakage may be used for all kinds of mischief, for example, an attacker could sour a candidate’s supporters by sending bogus robocalls,…[Read more]

You’re right, and I want to add something about the advantages – its scalability. Virtual Private Networks are very flexible in terms of growing with the company and adding new users to the network. This type of infrastructure allows for scalability without having to add new components to accommodate the growth. This is also very helpful for reducing cost.

I agree with you about security and privacy, that’s two of main serious challenges in today’s world, and I just want to add something related what you said better internet connection.

It’s not unusual that sometimes your Internet routes may not be optimal or bandwidth is limited especially connect to international online resources. which could…[Read more]

I totally agree with you. I want to add an example about VPN unblocks geo-restricted sites. In China, we’re not allowed to access to any Google services, but with VPN, costs 3-5 dollar for individual users, you could connect to Google, Youtube or any other blocked websites.

You’re right. Security and cost-saving are two main advantages, so many individuals and organizations choose VPN. I read an article about how VPN to keep security, one interesting method is that it could hide or change your IP address to keep you under cover when browsing from your devices, so that you could surf online without worrying that…[Read more]

What are the advantages of VPN?

VPN – Virtual Private Network is a network created between you and what you access. The advantages are as follow:

Change or hid your IP – it will help you hide your identity and protect your personal data from being stolen.

Privacy – Because of encryption, VPN keeps all your Internet activity private, far…[Read more]

What is OSI model? What’s the main function of each OSI layer?

The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is to provide a protocol suite used to develop data-networking protocols and other standards to facilitate multivendor equipment interoperability, composed of seven layers, each specifying particular specialized tasks or functions:…[Read more]

Thanks for your sharing. Shipment is a literally big problem, international transportation means more parties involved, long time period, different import/export policies, which may cause difficulty in tracking, easily in losing or damaging of products. It puts a high demand for companies to control international transportation.

I think your first suggestion is not easy to detect, cause Mr, Cash stole one piece each time, even you detected that there’s a piece among hundreds is lost, how could you determine it is stole or missed?

As consumers we encounter (knowingly and unknowingly) inventory controls all the time (e.g. locked jewelry cases). What are 1-2 less obvious inventory control measures used. Are these measures effective?

“First-in, first-out” is a widely used principle of inventory management. It means that oldest stock (first-in) gets sold first (fi…[Read more]

Using the Fraud Triangle analyze the “One Piece at a Time” video scenario and explain how the environment was favorable to Fraud.

Johnny’s opportunity was that he worked on assembly line at Cadillac where he had access to the parts for a car, and due to lack of inventory control, he stole one piece at a time by himself or with help from his f…[Read more]

Uber’s new selfie check helps make sure riders get the driver they’re promised
Uber has announced that it will require drivers to take selfies before signing on to the platform and accepting ride requests. The new feature, called Real-Time ID Check, uses Microsoft machine learning to compare a selfie snapped in the moment against a driver’s regis…[Read more]

Why is so important to protect operating systems?

Operating system, executed on the top of a bare machine of hardware that allocates the basic resources of the system and supervises the execution of all applications within the system. Because of the crucial role of the operating system in the operation of any computer systems, the security (or…[Read more]

What are the challenges faced by Salvi?
As Salvi said, there’re three major dilemmas. How to ensure the security of online banking while still giving priority to customer convenience? Whether secure access should be made mandatory or discretionary? Onsite models or the cloud model?

The first one. The emergence of phishing attack and another o…[Read more]

I want to add that caused by couriers, sometimes, they carelessly put the physical products in front of doors, which may easily be stolen, lost, damaged, and reported to company that the orders safely delivered. I actually experienced it that when Amazon informed me “delivered”, I found my package two days later in a garbage can.

I think double check is also a good method for mitigating the vulnerabilities, after finishing each step. a confirmation page will be created, the customers or personnel could confirm whether the information and data is correct.

As customers we experience various company’s order to cash process (OTC) whenever we buy something. Which company do you believe has a ‘great’ OTC process? Why?

I think that must be Jingdong, one of the biggest online shopping malls in China. What impresses me mostly can be list as follows:
Multiple payment methods: on delivery; onlin…[Read more]

Nice answer. I’m a fan of valve, too, one thing that impressed me mostly is its Provision of goods or services process, once you purchased one game, it will be automatically recorded in your account, if you replace your computer or device, just log on your steam account and re-download it with no charge.