FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE Student Name:Muhammad Hafiz Hukmin

Bin Othman Student ID No.:E20121004997 Course Name: Information Technology Code Name: MKA 1013 Instructor: Cik Nor Amalia Aini Bt. Mohd Sapawi Semester: Semester 1 2012/2013 Assessment No: 5 Assignment Title: Storage Assignment [X]/Lab ; [ ]/Quiz ; [ ]/Mid Term Issues Date : Submission Date : Duration : 1 week

Outcomes:
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Students should be able to describe the definition of cloud storage and its advantages

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Students should be able to apply the using of cloud computing through experience

based learning by signing up an account with free online data storage website, upload a file and share it with others correctly. 3. Students should be able to identify steps for sharing file using cloud storage correctly.

Assessment Criteria: You need to submit this assignment by providing a sharing link that contain your assignment file. The submitted assignment will be evaluated based on the below assessment criteria. No Descriptions of assessment Describe the definition of cloud storage.
Cloud storage is a service model in which data is maintained, managed and backed up remotely and made available to users over a network (typically the Internet).

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FACULTY OF ART, COMPUTING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY MKA1013 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 7 : STORAGE No Descriptions of assessment List two (2) cloud storage advantages. /1 a) Companies need only pay for the storage they actually use as it is
also possible for companies by utilizing actual virtual storage features like thin provisioning.

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b) Cloud storage provides users with immediate access to a broad

range of resources and applications hosted in the infrastructure of another organization via a web service interface.

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List three (5) cloud storage provider and provide complete URL address for their website. (Example: Yahoo www.yahoo.com) a) http://www.justcloud.com/ b) http://www.mypcbackup.com/ c) http://www.backupgenie.com/ d) http://www.livedrive.com e) http://www.sosonlinebackup.com /1 /1

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a) Choose ONLY one cloud storage provider. Website URL : http://www.youtube.com/ d) Shared file URL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jyIjlWCvPM /1

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Descriptions of assessment Identify five (5) important steps for sharing file using cloud storage. Steps: 1) Try not to store anything sensitive on the cloud. It seems
obvious, but the best of us can forget it. One fairly simple rule is not to store anything on a cloud server that you wouldn't send over e-mail; data like financial info, passwords, and the like are best kept locally (which might mean as local as it gets--in your head).

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2) Create a folder called "Sensitive Files" or something similar.

It does nothing on its own, but it's an always-on reminder to think about security. You don't even need to keep anything in it; just seeing it should be enough to keep you thinking, which is half the battle.

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3) Use password protection. Nearly any compression package

will let you create password-protected archives, so use them to keep your data safe. You can also use the cross-platform TrueCrypt tool for extra safety. This adds a step when you're sharing files on the cloud, but the added protection is likely worth the minor hassle.

4) Check the activity log on each account from time to time.

Dropbox makes this easy, and while not every log can keep track of every action you'd care about, just knowing that an

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unfamiliar user or machine was checking out your stuff should spur you to take action. If anyone looked at your unused "Sensitive Files" folder, it's time to shake things up.

5) Change passwords (and accounts, if possible) regularly. Add

"change passwords" to your to-do list and set aside an hour or so a few times per year to change passwords on all your cloud servers. You may want to use a password generator plug-in like Password Hasher, but whatever you do, switch things up often. If you can move your files across accounts or even different services, so much the better.

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Lab Assignment 5 (5%): Nowadays, there are a lot of online cloud service providers that provide free online data storage for various types of data storage such as You Tube for digital videos and Flicker for digital photos. For this assignment, you need to search for the best free online data storage that can back up any type of file and choose the one that suits your needs as university student. You can compare the cloud storage provider by read the reviews and comments provide by previous user. Then, you need to sign up an account, upload assignment document in .doc format and set permission for sharing function. Submit this assignment by email to your lab instructor a link of your sharing assignment file. DO NOT attach any file in your email.

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