MIS 2101.401 – James Moustafellos – Fall 2015

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An interesting article on Ransomware

Her is an article Daniel Wade found and suggested.  It is on the subject of hackers locking people out of their computers and demanding a ransom.  It is very timely for our course after the activity last week.

https://securityledger.com/2015/10/fbis-advice-on-cryptolocker-just-pay-the-ransom/

Here are some of the comments he also recommended.  They are pretty interesting to follow:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/3qepqt/fbis_advice_on_ransomware_just_pay_the_ransom/

Study Guide for Exam 2

Below are all of the subjects we covered since the last exam.

3.1. Types of systems in organizations
3.1.1. Running the business: enterprise systems (ERP)
3.1.2. Managing the business: decision-making (analytics, BI, dashboards)
3.1.3. Growing the business: knowledge management, R&D, and social business
3.2. Systems management
3.2.1. Business analysis, requirements, and systems acquisition
3.2.2. Developing systems: programming, testing, and deployment
3.2.3. Systems integration: standards, interoperability, and external collaboration
3.2.4. Managing risk: security, hackers, and privacy
3.3. Organizational Systems
3.3. Digital business innovation
3.3.1. Generating IT value
3.3.2. Competitive advantage of digital business models