TO: Students FROM: Instructors DATE: February 26, 2020 SUBJECT: You will write a two-page, direct strategy informational report using memo format. Your supervisor: Richard Morrie, Office Manager ([email protected]) Your position: office assistant ([email protected]) As an office assistant, you will prepare and respond to routine email, such as requests for information, claims, and adjustments. You will also write reports and other correspondence. You’ll communicate internally with your supervisor (Mr. Morrie) and externally with customers, suppliers, and various contractors. Contact information: Techport 10 Radcliffe Drive Halifax, NS B3M 4K7 (902) 555-6664 www.Techport.ca About the company, Techport: Techport is an online retailer that sells and services electronics such as computers, computer accessories, printers, tablets, cell phones, etc. Techport sells products from reputable brands such as Apple, Samsung, Lenovo, Dell, and others. Techport also provides client services, such as installation, repair, and tech support. Who you are: the office assistant at Techport (refer to case scenario) Who your reader is: Richard Morrie, office manager at Techport Background information: Techport has been invited to participate in a ‘Lunch & Learn’ session at the Halifax Central Library organized by the Atlantic Canada Entrepreneurs Organization. Richard Morrie will give a short talk on the topic of ‘Data Security for Small Businesses.’ To help him prepare, he has asked you to create an informational report presenting the importance of data security, specific examples of cyber security threats, and potential solutions for small business owners. Your task: 1.Find a minimum of three credible sources published within the past five years to gather information for your report. Credible sources include relevant national news media, trade journals and magazines, etc. 2.Write a full two-page (plus reference list), direct strategy informational memo report for Mr. Morrie. After your introduction, logically organize the body of the report to describe the significance of data security for small businesses, then identify and discuss three specific cyber security threats, and ways to prevent them. Conclude your report by summarizing your research, highlighting the most relevant information for your reader. 3.Revise your drafts to ensure your message follows the instructions given here, in your COMM class, and on the checklist. Please correctly acknowledge all your sources using APA citation style. Keep a list of your research and sources: TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Students Instructors February 26, 2020 You will write a two-page, direct strategy informational report using memo format. Your supervisor: Richard Morrie, Office Manager ([email protected]) Your position: office assistant ([email protected]) As an office assistant, you will prepare and respond to routine email, such as requests for information, claims, and adjustments. You will also write reports and other correspondence. You’ll communicate internally with your supervisor (Mr. Morrie) and externally with customers, suppliers, and various contractors. Contact information: Techport 10 Radcliffe Drive Halifax, NS B3M 4K7 (902) 555-6664 www.Techport.ca About the company, Techport: • Techport is an online retailer that sells and services electronics such as computers, computer accessories, printers, tablets, cell phones, etc. • Techport sells products from reputable brands such as Apple, Samsung, Lenovo, Dell, and others. • Techport also provides client services, such as installation, repair, and tech support. Who you are: the office assistant at Techport (refer to case scenario) Who your reader is: Richard Morrie, office manager at Techport Background information: Techport has been invited to participate in a ‘Lunch & Learn’ session at the Halifax Central Library organized by the Atlantic Canada Entrepreneurs Organization. Richard Morrie will give a short talk on the topic of ‘Data Security for Small Businesses.’ To help him prepare, he has asked you to create an informational report presenting the importance of data security, specific examples of cyber security threats, and potential solutions for small business owners. Your task: 1. Find a minimum of three credible sources published within the past five years to gather information for your report. Credible sources include relevant national news media, trade journals and magazines, etc. 2. Write a full two-page (plus reference list), direct strategy informational memo report for Mr. Morrie. After your introduction, logically organize the body of the report to describe the significance of data security for small businesses, then identify and discuss three specific cyber security threats, and ways to prevent them. Conclude your report by summarizing your research, highlighting the most relevant information for your reader. 3. Revise your drafts to ensure your message follows the instructions given here, in your COMM class, and on the checklist. Please correctly acknowledge all your sources using APA citation style. Keep a list of your research and sources: Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: data security Direct Strategy office manager Security System new markets User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.

MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics

Guidelines for referring to the works of others in your text using MLA style are covered throughout the MLA Handbook and in chapter 7 of the MLA Style Manual. Both books provide extensive examples, so it’s a good idea to consult them if you want to become even more familiar with MLA guidelines or if you have a particular reference question.

BASIC IN-TEXT CITATION RULES

In MLA Style, referring to the works of others in your text is done using parenthetical citations. This method involves providing relevant source information in parentheses whenever a sentence uses a quotation or paraphrase. Usually, the simplest way to do this is to put all of the source information in parentheses at the end of the sentence (i.e., just before the period). However, as the examples below will illustrate, there are situations where it makes sense to put the parenthetical elsewhere in the sentence, or even to leave information out.

General Guidelines

• The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page.
• Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page. More specifically, whatever signal word or phrase you provide to your readers in the text must be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of the corresponding entry on the Works Cited page.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS: AUTHOR-PAGE STYLE

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:

Wordsworth, William. Lyrical Ballads. Oxford UP, 1967.

IN-TEXT CITATIONS FOR PRINT SOURCES WITH KNOWN AUTHOR

For print sources like books, magazines, scholarly journal articles, and newspapers, provide a signal word or phrase (usually the author’s last name) and a page number. If you provide the signal word/phrase in the sentence, you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as “symbol-using animals” (3).

Human beings have been described as “symbol-using animals” (Burke 3).

These examples must correspond to an entry that begins with Burke, which will be the first thing that appears on the left-hand margin of an entry on the Works Cited page:

Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966.