Identity Governance

Question 1

Ruth Schwartz Cowan: How the Refrigerator Got its Hum

Study Question:

1. Is there a single aspect of technology you use in your everyday life that you are skeptical about or dislike? Explain. Is there a single aspect of technology that you are especially grateful about? Explain.

2. What are the main factors at play in the gas versus electric refrigerator story by Cowan? What is Cowan’s main conclusion in the section “The Profit Motive and the Alternative Machine”? Explain. Do you think the “profit motive” is similarly at work in other fields of technology today (stem cell, nano-technology, etc.)? 

Question 2

Write a 3 page summary of your research. At a minimum, your summary must include the following:

1.An introduction or overview for the security technology category (Identity Governance & Administration).

2.A review of the features, capabilities, and deficiencies for your selected vendor and product.

3.Discussion of how the selected product could be used by your client to support its cybersecurity objectives by reducing risk, increasing resistance to threats/attacks, decreasing vulnerabilities, etc.

4.A closing section in which you restate your recommendation for a product (include the three most important benefits).