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  • Controller Area Network or CAN protocol is a method of communication between various electronic devices like engine management systems, active suspension, ABS, gear control, lighting control, air conditioning, airbags, central locking

    Automotive Cyber Security – CAN Protocol Analysis

    Question 1

    CAN protocol is the backbone of automotive networks. Considering CAN as an asset, complete composite threat modelling following the bullet points below, noting the mark distribution provided.

    • Creating interconnecting drawing (5 Marks);
    • Flow diagram (5 Marks);
    • Creating and populating threat matrix with following fields (20 Marks) i.e.:
      • 1) List of vulnerabilities that could be exploited,
      • 2) difficulty level to protect against vulnerabilities,
      • 3) resource required to do the attack,
      • 4) consequences of attacks;
    • Attack scenario (10 Marks).

    Question 2

    Controller Area Network or CAN protocol is a method of communication between various electronic devices like engine management systems, active suspension, ABS, gear control, lighting control, air conditioning, airbags, central locking etc. embedded in an automobile.

    CAN messages are un-encrypted. What encryption technique is the best suitable for CAN messages (Give general description (5 Marks) give statistical evidences of comparisons (5 Marks) and give high-level implementation details e.g., sudo code, algorithm, state diagram (10 Marks).

    Question 3:  

    Attack trees are conceptual diagrams showing how an asset, or target, might be attacked. Use the J3061 attack tree notation to construct an attack tree to get remote access e.g., exploiting telematics unit vulnerabilities, where the attack goal is to access door lock ecu. Feel free to have assumptions e.g., open access of port, availability of scanning tools.

    Create an attack tree using J3061 attack tree notation (5 Marks). Your attack tree should consider all possible ways (10 Marks). Once constructed, rate the different paths to achieving your attack goal with relative levels of difficulty, labelling 1 to 10 (where 10 being the most difficult and 1 is the least difficult) (5 Marks).

    Question 4: 

    What is the key legislation (current) that applies to automotive cyber security? (Feel free to quote EU,UK,USA,<Country of Relevance>) (10 Marks). Share your suggestions for new legislations (10 Marks).

  • Choose ONE of the following titles: Why is power an important issue to think about in guidance and counselling practice? Critically reflect on the differences of approach underlying the questions ‘What is wrong with you?’ and ‘What has happene

    Assignment Questions

    Choose ONE of the following titles:

    1. Why is power an important issue to think about in guidance and counselling practice?
    2. Critically reflect on the differences of approach underlying the questions ‘What is wrong with you?’ and ‘What has happened to you?’

    Alternatively, you may wish to present your assignment in two parts, with 1500 words addressing one of the above titles and 1500 words of autoethnography. This is to say. you may choose to present your autoethnography as a formative piece of work or as part of your assessed work. If you include it as part of your assessed work, usual marking standards will apply.If you choose to do this, you are required to submit essay and autoethnography as a single document (i.e., as Parts A and B of your assignment) the usual way through Blackboard.

    Please note: You need to demonstrate:

    • A clear understanding of the appropriate theoretical / knowledge base necessary for addressing the question
    • A clear evaluation of its implications for practice.
    • The ability to collate and assimilate information effectively.
    • The ability to demonstrate background research into your topic, through references and appropriate bibliography.
  • OHSA 4 Unit VII Scholarly Activity In your current place of employment, your company has a good safety record. The daily work activities in the plant fall under OSHA’s general industry (1910) standards.

    OHSA 4 Unit VII Scholarly Activity

    In your current place of employment, your company has a good safety record. The daily work activities in the plant fall under OSHA’s general industry (1910) standards.

    With the success of the company and increased sales, the company has had to hire more workers and convert existing areas of the plant to enable more production. This means the areas formerly used for other purposes not related to production will be unavailable.

    Realizing the need, the owners and senior leadership provided the resources to build a new, state-of-the-art multi-purpose building for events, meetings, and training. When it is finished, it will be an impressive sight when visitors or workers arrive at the site.

    The new multi-purpose building is 5 (five) stories high, and will contain meeting rooms, training facilities, and a kitchen/dining area on the first floor. The upper floors will host additional meeting rooms and offices for executives and visiting staff, as well as spaces planned for future use.

    CSU Construction, Inc., has been contracted to perform this work. However, your company has a team overseeing the work. They have been onsite for approximately 6 months and have completed a considerable amount of work. However, they are still about a year from completion.

    All contractors on site have been through your orientation program and are expected to follow your safety rules, which only cover the general industry (1910) standards.

    Due to a worker complaint regarding inadequate access and egress at the construction site, the local OSHA Area Office visited the construction site and found several violations, the most serious being the lack of an Emergency Action Plan that does not take the current construction activities into consideration.

    Your current EAP only covers the standards (1910) for the existing facility and does not address the construction activities under 29CFR 1926 or the current conditions of the site.

    Under the multi-employer policy, your company, as the “controlling” or “host” employer, received the OSHA citation for not having an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) in place that included contracting firms and addressed the current conditions during construction. Therefore, as your company is overseeing the work, as the controlling contractor, you have also been cited and must respond.

    You have been brought in to assist the host company in developing and implementing the program required by OSHA under the construction standards (29CFR 1926), which includes all contractors on site and reflects the actual conditions happening at the time.

    The ongoing construction activities include concrete masonry units (CMU) block exterior walls and a sloped standing seam metal roof on the exterior, along with underground utility installation requiring excavations. The masons work from scaffolding, and the roofers are tied off to anchor points. They access the roof area using aerial lifts or the exterior stair tower on the south end.

     

    In the interior of the building, framing and drywall are being installed, the electricians are working to install permanent power, and the plumbers and HVAC trades are working from ladders to install their work. Lighting is temporary string lights. The elevator has not been installed yet. However, there is an exterior material lift that also carries the workers to their respective floors where they are working. The stairs have not been installed on the upper floors, and access is gained by using ladders in floor openings that will eventually be covered.

    Prepare a written EAP using the template attached here. It must contain all the information required by 29 C.F.R. 1926.34 and 1926.35. Your plan must address how you will specifically address the requirement for medical services and first aid, means of egress and accountability, and how to notify workers of an emergency and employee training. Additionally, include a section that addresses how you will reduce the risk of and respond to acts of violence at the worksite.

     

    You must include at least two academic references. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.

  • In the first instance, you will need to select a brand from a product or service sector of your choice (For instance, Food/Beverage, Clothing/Footwear, Skin Care/Cosmetics, Restaurants, Leisure/Entertainment, etc.)

    Cross-Cultural Consumer Behaviour – Market Entry Strategy Analysis

    Scenario

    To prepare for your poster, you will need to address the following tasks:

    In the first instance, you will need to select a brand from a product or service sector of your choice (For instance, Food/Beverage, Clothing/Footwear, Skin Care/Cosmetics, Restaurants, Leisure/Entertainment, etc.). Your choice could range from a small independent organisation currently targeting a small niche market to a global brand targeting multiple markets, nationally and/or internationally.

    • The brand should be briefly introduced.

    Required Tasks:

    Task 1 [Learning Outcome 1]:

    Select ONE market where the brand does not currently operate. This market must be culturally different from the brand’s home market. Discuss the basis on which this market is classified as culturally different.

    Task 2 [Learning Outcome 1]:

    Considering any cultural differences, discuss in depth the relevant individual, psychological AND sociological factors that may influence the chosen market’s decision-making process when purchasing your brand’s products.

    Task 3 [Learning Outcome 2]: Given the preceding findings and assuming the brand wishes to enter this market, recommend the key marketing decisions that would be suitable for the market

  • Task B: Write a case study of a company or an issue or a country or a region on a topic of your choice related to CSR and Sustainable Development and associated Public Policy issues and policy debates.

    CSR, Sustainable Development and Public Policy

    Task A: Write an individual reflective essay on CSR, Sustainable Development and Public Policy. This essay will be a reflection of how your own understanding, thoughts, beliefs and values changed (positively or negatively) on these issues while attending this module.

    Task B: Write a case study of a company or an issue or a country or a region on a topic of your choice related to CSR and Sustainable Development and associated Public Policy issues and policy debates.

    Task A:

    you need to demonstrate your understanding of CSR, sustainable development and associated public policies, and application of this, by drawing on personal and/or professional life experiences and perspectives developed on the topics while attending the module.

    This is a piece of reflective writing and you may write in first person. You may choose to use a Reflective model to frame your work eg Gibbs, Rolfe, Driscoll or others

    You may choose to reflect on some very narrow topic/issue (such as organic products or plastic pollution) or very broad issues (such as climate change) but you need to relate it to your own understanding and perspectives developed.

    What do you think you have gained from the module and how your own thinking and personal development has been or may be altered or changed, either positively or negatively.

    Your reflection must be embedded in literature and referenced appropriately with academic literature. Based on lectures, classroom discussions, reading of literature and materials and blackboard engagements, the assessment is for you to demonstrate the achievement of the learning objectives of the module.

  • Write a 2,000-word policy brief addressed to a senior official of the Ministry of Health, or a senior official from another Ministry, advocating at least TWO policy recommendations

    Write a 2,000-word policy brief addressed to a senior official of the Ministry of Health, or a senior official from another Ministry, advocating at least TWO policy recommendations that would impact the health of citizens positively. Write this from the perspective of a nurse working in a community setting or a hospital.

    You should write your policy brief on one of the following issues:

    1. Use of Gen AI in healthcare decision making
    2. Reducing focus of healthcare on over treatment/biomedical approach
    3. Health systems and their role in addressing SDG13

    What should my policy paper look like?

    Your policy brief should include the following sections:

    • Title that should capture attention and state the main problem to be addressed.
    • Executive summary in which you outline the entire brief in one to two paragraphs. (200 words)
    • An introduction in which you define the problem and why it is relevant. [LO1] (300 words)
    • Methods and results where you explain the methodology used to collect the data and present the research findings, including a discussion of policy options and their likely impact. [LO1,4] (900 words)
    • Recommendations where you briefly state two to three original recommendations to address the issue in Singapore. [LO2,3,5] (500 words)
    • Conclusions in which you reinforce the key messages. (100 words)
    • References. You are expected to include at least 10 key sources that are relevant to the topic.
  • Controller Area Network or CAN protocol is a method of communication between various electronic devices like engine management systems, active suspension, ABS, gear control, lighting control, air conditioning, airbags, central locking

    Automotive Cyber Security – CAN Protocol Analysis

    Question 1

    CAN protocol is the backbone of automotive networks. Considering CAN as an asset, complete composite threat modelling following the bullet points below, noting the mark distribution provided.

    • Creating interconnecting drawing (5 Marks);
    • Flow diagram (5 Marks);
    • Creating and populating threat matrix with following fields (20 Marks) i.e.:
      • 1) List of vulnerabilities that could be exploited,
      • 2) difficulty level to protect against vulnerabilities,
      • 3) resource required to do the attack,
      • 4) consequences of attacks;
    • Attack scenario (10 Marks).

    Question 2

    Controller Area Network or CAN protocol is a method of communication between various electronic devices like engine management systems, active suspension, ABS, gear control, lighting control, air conditioning, airbags, central locking etc. embedded in an automobile.

    CAN messages are un-encrypted. What encryption technique is the best suitable for CAN messages (Give general description (5 Marks) give statistical evidences of comparisons (5 Marks) and give high-level implementation details e.g., sudo code, algorithm, state diagram (10 Marks).

    Question 3:  

    Attack trees are conceptual diagrams showing how an asset, or target, might be attacked. Use the J3061 attack tree notation to construct an attack tree to get remote access e.g., exploiting telematics unit vulnerabilities, where the attack goal is to access door lock ecu. Feel free to have assumptions e.g., open access of port, availability of scanning tools.

    Create an attack tree using J3061 attack tree notation (5 Marks). Your attack tree should consider all possible ways (10 Marks). Once constructed, rate the different paths to achieving your attack goal with relative levels of difficulty, labelling 1 to 10 (where 10 being the most difficult and 1 is the least difficult) (5 Marks).

    Question 4: 

    What is the key legislation (current) that applies to automotive cyber security? (Feel free to quote EU,UK,USA,<Country of Relevance>) (10 Marks). Share your suggestions for new legislations (10 Marks).

  • Choose ONE of the following titles: Why is power an important issue to think about in guidance and counselling practice? Critically reflect on the differences of approach underlying the questions ‘What is wrong with you?’ and ‘What has happene

    PP0549 The Skilled Helper – Guidance and Counselling Assignment

    Assignment Questions

    Choose ONE of the following titles:

    1. Why is power an important issue to think about in guidance and counselling practice?
    2. Critically reflect on the differences of approach underlying the questions ‘What is wrong with you?’ and ‘What has happened to you?’

    Alternatively, you may wish to present your assignment in two parts, with 1500 words addressing one of the above titles and 1500 words of autoethnography. This is to say. you may choose to present your autoethnography as a formative piece of work or as part of your assessed work. If you include it as part of your assessed work, usual marking standards will apply.If you choose to do this, you are required to submit essay and autoethnography as a single document (i.e., as Parts A and B of your assignment) the usual way through Blackboard.

    Please note: You need to demonstrate:

    • A clear understanding of the appropriate theoretical / knowledge base necessary for addressing the question
    • A clear evaluation of its implications for practice.
    • The ability to collate and assimilate information effectively.
    • The ability to demonstrate background research into your topic, through references and appropriate bibliography.
  • SOC 112 Module One Worksheet Sociological Observation Before your observation, think about the following behaviors you might observe: · Eye contact: Do people avoid

    SOC 112 Module One Worksheet
    Sociological Observation

     Before your observation, think about the following behaviors you might observe:

    • Eye contact: Do people avoid making eye contact with you?
    • Body language: Do people change their posture near you? Do they move away from you? Do they stop to see what you are doing?
    • Facial expressions: Do people give you a strange look? Do they appear to be confused by your behavior? Suspicious? Amused? Indifferent? What does their facial expression look like and what does it suggest?
    • Ignoring you: Do people simply ignore you? What about their behavior suggests that they are ignoring you?
    • Social Factors: Did you feel your gender, race, ethnicity, or age affected how people responded to your presence? Did you see differences in how people were treated differently based on their gender, race, ethnicity, or age?

     In choosing a location for your sociological observation, consider how your race, ethnicity, and gender could affect how people (i.e., management, security) respond to you. Please choose a location where you can feel comfortable and safe to conduct your observation.

    After your observation, answer the following questions in complete sentences (1–3 sentences per question). You must include at least one APA reference related to your observation. Explain whether it supports your observation, and cite it correctly in your explanation. Refer to the module Resources section in the course for help creating APA citations and references. Your responses will be graded using the Module One Worksheet Rubric.

    To complete this worksheet, replace the bracketed text with the relevant information.

    Questions

    Your Answers

    1. Where did you conduct your observation?

    [Insert text.]

    2. At what time of day did you conduct your observation?

    [Insert text.]

    3. How did your appearance as an individual affect your observation? For example, gender, race/ethnicity, age, dress, hairstyle, and so on.

    [Insert text.]

    4. Did anyone react to you? What did they look like, and what was their reaction?

    [Insert text.]

    5. How did you feel while you were conducting the observation? Was it difficult for you to be the observer? How did this observation differ from your life as an everyday actor?

    [Insert text.]

    References

    (Include at least one academic reference in this section and include relevant in-text citations for each reference listed in the chart.)

  • In sociology, we often use our “sociological imagination” to think about how our lives and the lives of others are influenced by things like gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion, or sexual orientation. Sociologist C. Wright Mills described one’

    DISCUSSION 1

    Then, in one to two paragraphs address the following:

    In sociology, we often use our “sociological imagination” to think about how our lives and the lives of others are influenced by things like gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion, or sexual orientation. Sociologist C. Wright Mills described one’s sociological imagination as being the ability to examine “the intersection between biography and history.” In this discussion, you will use your sociological imagination to think about how the life of someone living now would have been different 50 to 100 years ago.

    After reviewing the resources for this module, select a famous figure from contemporary society (actor, musician, athlete, author, politician, etc.) and, using your own sociological imagination, imagine how different his or her life would have been if he or she were living 50 or 100 years earlier. Briefly discuss the person and the time period you’re imagining them in. Describe what those differences might be, paying particular attention to societal expectations (e.g., would a female primarily do domestic work in the home, or would she work in an office?) and characteristics that might be relevant (e.g., race, gender, class, occupation, marital status, etc.).

    DISCUSSION 2  (TWO PARAGRAPH)

    While culture refers to the way of life of a group of people, a subculture is a culture within a culture. A subculture is a social world that can be based on anything that draws individuals together and that has a distinctive way of life, as our textbook explains. Cosplayers, Red Sox fans, bikers, and hip hop fans are all examples of subcultures. Even the workplace can have its own subculture.

    In this discussion, begin by selecting a subculture that you have learned about or to which you have had exposure. You may have learned about the subculture through television, through news coverage, or through your peer groups. Describe the cultural beliefs and biases of your chosen subculture, as well as some of their norms and taboos. Are there any positive or negative sanctions that one might be subject to for conforming to or violating a social norm?