Describe an instance of a data breach that has been made public in the news.

Need 75 – 100 words per topic

Topic 1:
We will examine some of the most common threats faced by databases.
Excessive privileges
Legitimate privilege abuse
Database injection attack
Malware
Storage media exposure
Exploitation of vulnerable databases
Unmanaged sensitive data
The human factor
Multi-Layered Security Solutions
Common Threats
Select one of the listed threats. Then research and discuss the mitigation for that specific threat.

Topic 2: Current Event
Describe an instance of a data breach that has been made public in the news.
Describe the cause of the breach.
Investigate what mitigation could have been put in place to avoid the data breach.

Topic 3: Permissions
The SQL Server database provides us with some tools to secure the
data. You can control who can get access to the data via permissions and
roles. You can encrypt the data so that it cannot be used by an
unauthorized user. A multi-layered approach is the best defense plan. In
that fashion, each security technique re-enforces the other.

Describe the use of permissions and roles in securing a SQL database.

Topic 4: Encryption
Describe the concept of database encryption. How can encryption be
used to provide security in the database? What encryption features are
contained in Microsoft SQL Server?

Topic 5: Designing the Report
Describe the steps that you are taking to design your report. What do
you believe is the most important factor of report design? How
important is the target audience in report design and why?

Topic 6: Using Report Builder
Discuss your experience using Report Builder. What was difficult and
what was easy? Discuss whether you think Report Builder is an adequate
tool for business use. Research on the Internet and find one other
report building tool and summarize what you have learned about it.
Provide a link to the tool’s website.

Topic 7: Data Lake
We explore the concept of Big Data in this unit.

Explain the concept of a data lake.

Topic 8: Use Cases for Big Data
Pick a Big Data use case and explain it.

Topic 9: Core components of Hadoop
Describe the four core components of Hadoop.

Pick two of the core components and explain how they are used.

Topic 10: Current Event
Find an article about Hadoop on the Internet. Share and discuss the article with the class.

Topic 11: The Value of the Cloudera Quickstart VM
You will explore the Hadoop environment using the Cloudera Quickstart system.

What does the Cloudera Quickstart virtual machine provide as a learning environment for Hadoop?

Topic 12: Cloudera Big Data Platform Overview
Find an article on the Cloudera big data platform and share it with
the class. Describe the components, benefits, and drawbacks of
Cloudera’s platform.

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