Sensor Networks, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing

ASSIGNMENT 1 – Virtualization Managers (one-page)

READING MATERIAL
    Joseph Migga Kizza, Guide to Computer Network Security (3rd):
o    Chapter 19: Security in Sensor Networks
o    Chapter 22: Virtualization Security (read first)
o    Chapter 21: Cloud Computing and Related Security Issues

VIDEOS:
    Reach into the computer and grab a pixel
Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/jinha_lee_a_tool_that_lets_you_touch_pixels
    Welcome to the age of the industrial internet
Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_annunziata_welcome_to_the_age_of_the_industrial_internet

ASSIGNMENT 1 – Virtualization Managers (one-page)

Using this weeks reading material and videos. Write two to three paragraphs in a document that you can upload (e.g., Microsoft Word file). Precede the answer with the question.
Using the Web, find out more about one of the virtualization managers mentioned in the textbook Chapter 21 Virtualization Technology Table 21.1 and answer the following:
What are some of its strengths? Weaknesses? (Please use your own words. Dont copy/paste marketing points from a company webpage).
What are some possible applications as related to Information Security?

ASSIGNMENT 2 – Internet of Things (one-page)

Using this week’s reading material and the Web, find an IoT application and do the following: summarize its function, advantages, security risks, and potential mitigation strategies.

ASSIGNMENT 3 – Virtual and Cloud (one-page)

After reading this weeks material write a one-page paper explaining the difference between virtualization and cloud computing.