Business Capstone Project: Learning Experience and Cybersecurity Challenges

This Business Capstone Project evaluates the effectiveness and usefulness of the learning experience and explains how this learning process will be useful to address cybersecurity challenges in businesses. The content includes a description of the learning process, evaluation of learning, and a plan to apply the learning.

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Table of Contents
Evaluate the effectiveness and your usefulness of the learning experience.................................................3
Explain how this learning process will be useful to you..............................................................................4
Describe objectively what happened in the learning process.....................................................................6
Evaluate what you learn..............................................................................................................................7
Explain your learning process.....................................................................................................................8
Explain Plan how this learning you will apply............................................................................................8
References.................................................................................................................................................10

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Evaluate the effectiveness and your usefulness of the learning experience
I have gained my understanding of the Cybersecurity issues in businesses that were useful for me
deal with the cybersecurity concern. From the assignment 2, I have developed my experience
that cybersecurity entails several technologies which are intended to maintain the data, system,
and data from different kinds of cyber attacks. I have also developed my knowledge about the
objectives of this research. In this way, I have learned that the key aim of the research is to assess
several types of security measure that could be executed by an organization to address the threats
posed by different cyber attacks. Through the literature review, I have also built my
comprehension about meaning and concept of cybersecurity. In this way, it is evaluated that the
cybersecurity defined as the technologies and systems that are constructed for protecting
different networks, programs and systems from the attack of cyber threats by a virus, spam and
different online attacks (Anitha, Paul, and Kumari, 2016). This learning experience was effective
for me to protect the data within an organization. I have also increased my understanding of
different challenges of cybersecurity measures. In this way, I have learned that Ransomware
viruses can disrupt the business operation and are focused by the attackers with the purpose of
demand according to preference from the victims. I have also gained my learning experience
about expansion of Artificial intelligence. In this way, it is analyzed that artificial intelligence is
used to deal with different types of cyber-attacks (Bryman, 2017). I have also observed that this
measure does not require more expenses for maintenance and also function 24*7 hours. I have
gained my understanding that the gaining cyber attacks become a serious business concern
because a large number of corporations are highly vulnerable to distinct kinds of cyber attacks.
This leaning process would be beneficial for me to make further research on the given research
issue. I have also developed my understanding that effective defense technique should be applied

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by a company with the intention of computer technologies and internet. It is also evaluated that
the rate of cybercrime is gaining and such kind of issue is a great source of concern in business
as they are investing the high amount in hiring the number of IT professionalism and avoid the
business from such crimes (Taylor, Bogdan, and DeVault, 2015). This learning experience could
be beneficial for me to avoid the cyber threat from the business.
This business research has also developed my understanding regarding project scope. In this
way, it is evaluated that there is a large number of businesses which use computer technologies
with the intention of business in order to avoid the cybersecurity issues (Hillier, 2012). I have
also gained my knowledge about the scope of this project. In this way, I have observed that this
project has wider scope due to gaining understanding regarding cyber threats and cybersecurity.
Explain how this learning process will be useful to you
This course was beneficial for me to apply the new knowledge in the future. From the business
research program, I have learned that Internet of Things (IoT) has eased the procedure but it
increases the chances of a cyber attack. I have also developed my experience that business
should implement different measures of security like user verification codes, complex security
measures, and two-factor authentications in order to eliminate such uncertainty. This learning
process will be useful for me to use the security measures in the business. As a result, it would be
beneficial to improve my career in long-term. Assignment 2 has also developed my knowledge
about the vulnerability of serverless applications. In this way, I have assessed that the facts and
figures regarding the customers in business organizations are at the high risk due to less server
application and could easily provoke cyber attacks. This learning process will be useful for me to
avoid the cybersecurity in the future. I have also developed my experience regarding insider
threats. In this way, it is discussed that internal threat is considered as breaches of data and

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harmful data that are caused of wicked workforce intention and attackers want to get the
opportunity of it (Jacko, 2012).
Under this way, I have also learned that the mobiles are also considered in the cyber attacks due
to spreading viruses via several applications. I have also increased my knowledge about false
advertisements and different feedbacks. In this way, it is identified that customers often go down
in the trap of attackers due to false advertisement of company on the social media (Shipman,
2014). Thus, this new knowledge will be applied by me to improve the reputation and business
operation of organization. I have also developed my understanding regarding about the
techniques for dealing with the cybersecurity. In this way, it is pointed that that the cloud
monitoring software and security checks is required for corporation to make sure the integrity
and safety (Walters, 2014). This learning would be applied by me to face the challenges of
cybersecurity in the business. I have also increased my learning that the unavailability of firewall
in large amount of servers at the workplace as well as existence of outmoded ones is a threat for
company but advantageous for hackers. I have also developed my understanding regarding
existence of new firewall system as it could be advantageous to deal with the threats for
organization. I have also increased my learning regarding machine learning algorithms. It is
observed that this machine learning algorithms is practiced to assess different frauds and success
rate of different type of marketing campaign and other innovative applications (Sullivan-Bolyai,
Bova, and Singh, 2014). I have also pointed that the social engineering provides the chances to
attacker for hacking the system like phishing technology, deceive important facts and figures and
utilizes them for hacking the system straightforwardly. This learning process will be useful for
me to avoid the possibility of hacking system from organization. As a result, it can enhance my
personal and professional career. Through the literature review, I have assessed that installing

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anti-phishing technology requires maintaining the system from hackers. It is also observed that
uses of drone are increasing with the intention of business purposes by company as cyber
attackers utilize the opportunity for hijacking the drones (Gnanadesikan, 2011). This learning
process was useful for me to enhance my understanding the threat of cybersecurity. In this way,
it is pointed that Crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin are formulated in blockchain and
technological innovation with decentralized (Xia, Yang, Wang, and Vinel, 2012). I have also
gained my understanding that organization should secure the record of transaction to deal with
cyber challenges. This business research was useful for me to develop my understanding that
blockchain enables an organization to focus on different types of decentralized access control.
I have also increased my comprehension that interconnection through a web of the internet is
increasing which makes an organization to face threats due to insecure data transfer, insecure
web interfaces, inadequate communication technique and inadequate effective security measures.
This learning was beneficial for me to enhance my technical skills. I have also developed my
comprehension that the robotics is used by IT experts that could be posed by different malicious
software.
I have also built my knowledge that 77% of the malicious items on the internet are malware and
a single mistake by the company can destroy the operating system as well as servers entirely.
This learning experience would be practiced by me in order to use the internet cautiously.
Describe objectively what happened in the learning process
I did different activities to complete the research such as identifying research concern, literature
review, and research methodology. For completing these activities, I read different articles,
academic publication and used to online websites. I have also conducted interview and surveys
for performing the business research. Under the literature review, it is analyzed that the attack of

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viruses such as Wannacry and Shamoon v2 can disturb the whole performance of business
(Marshall, Cardon, Poddar, and Fontenot, 2013). I have also learned that there are different kinds
of cyber threats challenging for the organization as several computer devices and internet is used
by the company for business operation. Through the research methodology, I have learned that
research methodology is a science of studying how to perform the investigation. It is also
observed that both primary and secondary data collection method will be used to collect the
information regarding research concern (Ashenden, and Lawrence, 2016). This learning process
was useful for me to use the data gathering procedure in the future. I have also improved my
comprehension regarding primary mode of data collection. In this way, I have pointed that
primary data collection will contain the survey and interview in order to pool the first-hand
information. I have also analyzed that survey and interviews are used to gather the opinion of
people about the research problem.
Evaluate what you learn
Through business research, I have observed that both qualitative and quantitative research design
was useful for the research process. In this way, I have learned that for qualitative data gathering,
the interview would be conducted with the expert of the computer in the business organization. It
would provide the data associated with issue face by the company about the cybersecurity and
measures in place to fight against such issues (Knowles, Prince, Hutchison, Disso, and Jones,
2015). I have also perceived that survey would be used for quantitative data gathering as it would
be beneficial for pooling the numeric facts and figures about the issues. This business research
was also useful for me to develop my awareness of the sampling technique. In this way, I have
learned that simple random sampling technique would be implemented for choosing the survey
participants and sample size. This business research was useful for me to gain knowledge about

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the online questionnaire. As a result, I would be capable for conducting the online questionnaire
in the future. I have also generated my experience regarding questionnaire structure. In this way,
I have learned that Likert scale would be practiced for conducting the survey. This learning
would be implemented by me in terms of developing the research questionnaire. I have also
learned that the reliability of data could be tested via Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. This business
research was useful for me to apply this learning process in the future in terms of conducting the
research.
Explain your learning process
In assignment 1, I did different activities such as identification of research concern, formulation
of research aim and objectives, and literature review. In assignment 2, I have summarized the
literature review and used research methodology that was beneficial for completing the research
in a systematic manner. Through the research methodology, I have generated my experience
regarding limitation of research. In this way, it is pointed that the limitation of this research may
be time constraint because more time would be required for pooling the data through interview
and survey participants (Graham, Olson, and Howard, 2016). I have also observed that restricted
time could impact on the result of research.
Explain Plan how this learning you will apply
This course was relevant for me to address the cybersecurity challenges in the business. It was
also beneficial for me to develop the research plan. In this way, it is evaluated that research plan
contains different activities which would be performed for completing the research (Fielder, ,
Panaousis, Malacaria, Hankin, and Smeraldi, 2016). It will also show the expected time that each
activity will take to complete the research in the future (Carr, 2016). This research plan was
beneficial for me to complete the research in a chronological way.

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Ashenden, D., & Lawrence, D. (2016). Security dialogues: Building better relationships between
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Bryman, A. (2017). Quantitative and qualitative research: further reflections on their integration.
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Carr, M. (2016). Public-private partnerships in national cyber‐security strategies. International
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Gnanadesikan, R. (2011). Methods for statistical data analysis of multivariate observations (Vol.
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Knowles, W., Prince, D., Hutchison, D., Disso, J. F., & Jones, K. (2015). A survey of cyber
security management in industrial control systems. International journal of critical
infrastructure protection, 52-80.

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