RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI 602 105
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
CS23334- FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA SCIENCE
CLASS: II CSE A to F
Given Date: 16.08.2024 Submission Date: 26.08.2024
INNOVATIVE ASSIGNMENT -1
Marks : 60
Q.No. Question Marks CO BL
Data Security Issues in Finance: Analyzing and Mitigating 12 1 4
1 Risks
Objective: Students will investigate data security issues in
the finance industry, focusing on the challenges of protecting
different types of data and proposing mitigation strategies.
Tasks:
1. Identify common data security issues in the finance
sector, such as data breaches, encryption
vulnerabilities, and insider threats.
2. Analyze a real-world example where data security
was compromised (e.g., a high-profile data breach at
a financial institution).
3. Classify the compromised data into structured,
unstructured, and semi-structured categories, and
discuss the specific security challenges associated
with each type.
4. Propose a set of data security measures to mitigate
risks for each data type, considering industry best
practices.
5. Develop a white paper or presentation that outlines
the findings and recommended security strategies.
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If you are allocated 1 TB data to use on your phone, how many 3 1 3
years will it take until you run out of your quota of 1 GB/month
consumption?
3 Scenario: You are responsible for organizing a our CSE Department
event with multiple activities, including a keynote speech, 5 1 4
workshops, and a closing ceremony. You need to ensure the event
runs smoothly, with no overlapping activities, and all attendees can
participate in their preferred sessions.
Question: How do you use computational thinking to abstract the
event organization, break it down into tasks like scheduling,
resource allocation, and participant management, and then
synthesize these tasks into a cohesive event plan?
4 The following table contains an imaginary dataset of customer
ratings for three different smartphone brands based on their latest 5 1 4
three models. Based on these ratings, which smartphone brand would
you choose to purchase, and why?
# Smartphone Brand Smartphone Brand
1 Apple 7.5
2 Apple 8.9
3 Apple 9.4
4 Samsung 8.1
5 Samsung 7.8
6 Samsung 8.5
7 Google Pixel 6.9
8 Google Pixel 7.3
9 Google Pixel 8.2
Task: Analyze the ratings provided for each smartphone brand.
Consider the consistency and overall average ratings, and decide
which brand offers the most reliable and satisfying smartphones
based on the data. Explain your reasoning and any other factors you
might consider.
5 Identify two of the biggest data breaches from 2023 and explain
The vulnerabilities that lead to the attacker gaining access to 10 1 2
the data.
What techniques did the attacker use to gain access?
What parts of security was compromised?
Also propose techniques that practices that could have
helped prevented this data breach.
What is the impact of this data breach?
6 Some countries have implemented measures to protect the privacy of
their citizens. In this assignment you will examine the General Data 15 1 4
Protection Regulation (GDPR) implemented in the European Union
to enforce privacy laws.
You will then
Compare these regulations to their U.S. counterparts.
Specifically, in a 8–10-page paper you will:
Define the GDPR.
Justify the need for the GDPR.
Review the GDPR’s key principles.
Research an organization that violated the GDPR.
Describe the specifics about the violation, including
the violator, the GDPR principles that were violated,
the impact on consumers, and the remedy that was
applied.
Compare and contrast an existing U.S. initiative that
protects citizens’ privacy with the GDPR.
7 a. Research both structured and unstructured data.
Explain what they are. 10 1 2
Give at least three examples of each.
How are they similar?
How are they different?
What are advantages of each?
What are disadvantages of each?
What data tools are used for structured data?
What data tools are used for unstructured data?
b. Research Big Data and answer the following questions:
What is Big Data?
What are the main components of Big Data? (There are more
than the big three)
What software (database products) works with Big Data?
c. Research NoSQL and answer the following questions:
What is NoSQL?. In your answer, how does it differ from
SQL?
What are types of NoSQL databases (at least three with a
brief explanation ?
