Presentations

• Analytical Frameworks | May 2009
  An Analytical Framework is a table that helps learners and academics analyze a given topic. What is useful about an Analytical Framework is how it helps organize references and aids in developing a constructive thesis. Frameworks help collect evidence to support our arguments and are a means of developing reasonable conclusions in analyzing the evidence.

Homeland Security

• DHS Information Sharing | April 2010
  A brief overview of the Department of Homeland Security’s responsibility for managing the Information Sharing Environment (ISE) set forth by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004, and its relationship with local law enforcement through Fusion Centers.
• DHS National Infrastructure Protection Plan | Feb 2010
  Department of Homeland Security NIPP Overview and CIKR Sector
• DHS NIPP and Risk Management | May 2010
  A review of the process used by the OIP to analyze and respond to risk, and how the NIPP contributes to the National Preparedness Guidelines
• The NIPP Framework - CIKR Overview (Dams Sector) | June 2010
  An overview of the Dams CIKR Sector and a simple example of a Fault-Tree Analysis
• Information Assurance | Mar 2010
  A look at Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Authentication, and Non-Repudiation as policy-level goals for information system security within the Federal Government. Explores the role of the NIST and NSA in developing, deploying, and auditing FIPS standards.
• Olympic Park Bombing Case Study | Apr 2010
  A brief look at the 1996 Olympic Park Bombing and the circumstances surrounding that event.
• An Overview of the US Department of Homeland Security | June 2010
  A brief summary of the US DHS and its charter, mission, and the role of its Office of Science and Technology.
• Social Media and Government 2.0 | Nov 2009
  An overview of what social media is and how it relates to promoting Government 2.0 objectives.
• Surveillance and Detection Solutions | Dec 2009
  A review of technologies used in the detection and prevention of terrorist attacks in urban environments.

Information Management

• CIO | May 2009
  The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the head executive in charge of information systems within a modern organization. The CIO is often an inwardly-facing position who uses their understanding of technology to influence business process improvement projects within companies. Often, the CIO is the principal architect of a company’s Technology Plan – a document or strategy that relates technology expenditure to the overall Business Plan – and is responsible for budgeting, forecasting, departmental oversight, vendor selection and relationship, contract oversight, and strategic execution.

• Connectivity Concepts | May 2009
  A presentation on basic connectivity concepts. This presentation would be useful to anyone wanting to learn how basic microcomputer connectivity and networking works.

• Database Business Rules | May 2009
  This presentation concerns business rules and how they shape data validations and table design with databases. Useful for anyone to wishes to understand the relationship between end-user requirements and putting together a technical design for a database.

• Databases | May 2009
  This presentation discusses various aspects of databases. Through understanding database design, mechanics, and terminology, one can gain a better understanding of how modern information systems process, store, use, disseminate, and destroy data.
• Economic vs Behavioral Approaches | May 2009
  A presentation exploring the differences between approaching technology deployments from a purely economic perspective, or, a behaviorist perspective. This presentation would be useful to anyone interested in formulating a strategy to build end-user trust with technology deployments.

• Functional Specifications | May 2009
  This presentation explores Functional Specifications as a business process modeling tool. Anyone interested in learning how to diagram business processes for business process improvement initiatives may be interested in this presentation.
• Globalization | May 2009
  This presentation explores Globalization and its relationship to IT strategy.
• History of Windows | May 2009
  This presentation explores the history of Microsoft Windows and DOS. It would be of interest to anyone studying about the history of Microsoft and the development of these operating systems.
• Hardware Overview | May 2009
  This presentation would be useful to anyone learning basic microcomputer components and networking components in a traditional, modern office.
• IT Plan and Competitive Advantage | May 2009
  This presentation is a work in process concerning the problem of IT strategy. It addresses the overall function of strategy as it relates to IT spending, nuanced strategic approaches in using IT to reach strategic objectives, and explains the role the Technology Plan in aligning technology expenditures with business execution. This presentation also explores the role of innovation in continuously improving the value proposition of information technology.
• Information Systems | May 2009
  This presentation concerns the Information System and the benefits a modern, mature information system should provide an organization. After watching this presentation, you should have a better understanding of the reason behind IT investments from a strategic perspective.
• Information Technology Organizations | May 2009
  This presentation concerns the typical organizational structure of an internal IT organization. It concentrates on the principal chief executive – the CIO – then discusses more recent trends in executive technology officers.
• Internet History | May 2009
  A brief glimpse into the history of the Internet, the people who were involved, the “irrational exuberance” of the Dot-Com era, and the pervasive technologies, to better understand the context of the Internet today.
• Managing Expectations | May 2009
  More than 72-percent of IT projects fail. We would assert that such failures are the result of mismanaged expectations and not the direct result of poor technical implementations. This presentation will address the problem of managing the e-commerce project and  the need to understand the expectations and fears of end-user constituents to be successful.
• Outsourcing | May 2009
  A study into the management principles behind outsourcing, off-shoring, near-shoring, and crowd-sourcing, as they specifically relate to IT strategy.
• Risk Management | May 2009
  This presentation is an overview of Risk and Risk Management practices within an IT management discipline. We will examine how risk management is used to exercise “due care” obligations, provide for transparency and audit, corrective action, and sound means of governance. We will also explore how quantitative and qualitative assessment practices are used to assess risk and respond to risk under an IT management discipline.
• SDLC | May 2009
  Managers have many options in choosing how to deploy software. This presentation discusses the problem of management oversight in developing software through a process known as the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The SDLC is a common model for understanding how transparency is achieved in developing software and has been extended upon to look at a wide array of technology projects in general.
• SQL | May 2009
  A very brief introduction to SQL and an explanation of how it’s used to extract information from databases for data processing.
• Software Deployment Strategies | May 2009
  Common approaches to deploying and managing software installations.
• Supply Chain and Value Chain | May 2009
  This presentation providing an overview of a traditional supply chain, and a description of the value delivered outside and around supply chain activities.
• Strategy | Nov 2009
  This presentation is a work in process concerning the problem of IT strategy. It addresses the overall function of strategy as it relates to IT spending, nuanced strategic approaches in using IT to reach strategic objectives, and explains the role the Technology Plan in aligning technology expenditures with business execution. This presentation also explores the role of innovation in continuously improving the value proposition of information technology.
• TCP/IP | May 2009
  An introduction to basic concepts surrounding TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) .
• UI Design Principles | May 2009
  Basic principles governing user interface design for microcomputer applications.
• UML | May 2009
  Information about UML and how it could be used to diagram a business process for business process analysis and improvement.
• Why Ubuntu Linux? | Nov 2009
  A brief tutorial on why Ubuntu Linux could be an alternative desktop operating system to Microsoft Windows.
• Windows Server 2000 | May 2009
  A 30,000-foot overview of the Windows 2000 operating system, core concepts, and issues concerning Windows NT 4 migration.

Security

• Encryption | May 2009
  A basic review of how encryption works. Anyone interested in exploring how encryption works from a 30,000-foot perspective, and how encryption fits into technology strategy, would be interested in this presentation.
• How To Protect Yourself from IM Viruses | July 2010
  A review of IM security risks and how you can take basic steps to reduce your vulnerability to IM viruses and malware.
• Information Systems Security | May 2009
  Concerning the state of IT security. Common approaches, terms, concepts, and management principles.
• Privacy | May 2009
  Concerning the issue of Privacy and IT strategy.
• Threats and Vulnerabilities | May 2009
  An exploration into traditional microcomputer threats and vulnerabilities that impose risk upon those assets, and a review of common safeguards and countermeasures used to mitigate that risk.