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Immigration: Why was the Senate bi-partisan bill S. 744 not enacted into law?

Read issue brief R43099: “Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the 113th Congress: A Short Summary of Senate Passed S. 744”.July 10, 2013.

You have been asked to describe the different types of penetration tests that can be conducted. Take this opportunity to discuss the difference between white-box and black-box testing.

Then, one important task that is conducted during a penetration test is an assessment of password strength, or simply, to crack passwords to allow for further access. This may take the shape of running a test against known passwords, or exploiting a vulnerability and stealing the password hashes and trying to crack them. In either case, the concept is the same; the difference is how the password hashes are obtained. There are many tools available to perform this task. To help give an understanding of these tools, this activity will have you explore some of these tools and analyze them to find the right fit for you and your organization.

• Use 1 of the tools described in the Unit 4 Individual Project.
• Extract the password hashes from a machine.
• With the extracted password hashes, try to crack them using the program selected in the previous step.
• Submit an obfuscated list of users and cracked passwords, or output generated from the program.
• Provide a summary of the penetration test plan contents needed to conduct the password penetration activity.

Add a discussion about types of penetration tests, the discussion about the method to extract passwords, and the list of obfuscated passwords to your report. Upon completion of this discussion provide a paragraph on the processes and procedures you will need to implement to create the password recovery penetration test plan.

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Case Study Analysis: Haier: A Global Chinese Firm Leverages “Distance”

Over the past 30 years, the Haier Group, China’s leading appliance manufacturer, rose from the ashes of an obsolete Shangdong factory to become the world’s leading major appliances brand in 2012. With 2012 earnings reaching $25.8 billion, Haier was unique among emerging market firms: Instead of relying just on exports based on low production cost, it established overseas factories integrating “localized R&D, localized manufacturing and localized marketing” to continuously create demand in overseas customers, thus establishing Haier’s international brand name. CEO Zhang Ruimin has set Haier’s sights on additional market penetration in both developed and emerging markets, but must address intensifying competition at home as well.

Researching Haier’s global operations and strategic ventures over the past several years, answer the following:

1. Characterize Haier and its industry.
2. Discuss Haier’s entry timing, location selection, and modes of entry in light of the module’s concepts and vocabulary.
3. Was Haier able to leverage differences between its home and foreign institutional environments?
4. What are the strategic imperatives for action for Haier to successfully balance its international expansion with its need to deepen its home country competitiveness?

Suggested Resources:
Haier 2012 Annual Report and company website

With the growing number of cyber crimes, law enforcement must maintain current knowledge of technology. Locate an article or a case regarding a cyber crime. Address the following:

• Briefly summarize the article or case in one paragraph.
• What technology did law enforcement use to combat the crime?

PPQ Parts has determined that for the company to expand globally over the next several years, its managers must be properly trained in multiculturalism and diversity management. PPQ Parts executives must be aware of any political and economic concerns that may arise during the expansion.

You have held conversations with Precision Part’s leaders and obtained the following information, which you want to use in the development of a 4-year strategic management plan.

• PPQ Parts employees now number 5,000, and all are currently employed in the United States. It plans to grow to 10,000 employees in 4 years.
• New facilities will be needed in international expansion, and PPQ Parts anticipates building most of those (80%) outside the United States.
  PPQ Parts holds 5% of the world market share on small SUVs, but its goal is 9% in 4 years.
• Current stock price is $10 per share. The goal is $22 a share.
  Profit margin 3-year average is 6%. Industry average during this time has also been 6%. The company goal is 13% in 4 years.
• PPQ Parts has averaged 28% employee turnover during the last 3 years. This is compared to an industry average of 25%. The goal of the company is to increase employee retention by lowering annual turnover to 17%.
• PPQ Parts contributes to all the local communities in which it is doing business. This is one of its corporate values. Current charity is 0.5% of total profits, but the company would like to raise that to 5% in 4 years.

Assignment

A strategic management plan is vital for the company business today. Review the company scenario at the beginning of the course for additional information regarding growth goals. Create a basic strategic management plan for PPQ Parts including quantifiable goals and measures. Include the following in your report:

• Provide environmental scanning of current conditions in the area of expansion including economy, competition, political stability, and so forth.
• Address internal resource analysis such as managerial and financial strengths and weaknesses.
• Please include short-term and long-term strategic goals.
• Location consideration for implementation is vital. Please explain the benefits and limitations for expansion in your chosen area.