Discuss the primary factors that motivate companies to expand internationally.

1. Research and discuss a recent example on one of the following attacks: brute-force, buffer overflow, content spoofing, credential/session prediction, cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery, denial of service, format string, fingerprinting, HTTP response smuggling, HTTP response splitting, HTTP request smuggling, HTTP request splitting, integer overflows, or LDAP injection.
2.Assume you are all working as the security team in the IT department of a company. The upper-level management is considering the use of an effective approach to analyze and profile their systems. Possibly with the help of online research, post something about a strategy, tool, or issue related to this that can aid the company in making a decision.
Reflect on the leadership theories in the readings, read the article 15 Traits of a Terrible Leader. (Links to an external site.) Compare and contrast the best leader you know with the worst leader you know. You can use any leader, past, present, future, or even a friend or family member. What was the leadership style(s) of the effective leader? What were leadership style(s) of the ineffective leader? What skills did the leader demonstrate that made them such a great leader? How did the behaviors and practices of both leaders impact the workplace, for example, productivity, motivation, etc. https://www.success.com/15-traits-of-a-terrible-leader/
In this unit, you will complete the case study of the company that you chose in Unit II and have been researching throughout the course. Respond to the four writing prompts below. Your responses must include information from academic and scholarly research, including at least two resources from the CSU Online Library and at least two other online sources.
1. Create a case study summary of the company you have chosen, including a general overview of the company, its external environment, and a list of its current strategies and objectives.
2. If the company continues with its present strategies and objectives, where will it be in five years?
3. If you were the CEO of the company, what strategies would you recommend, and why?
4. Describe the competitive strategies used by the company’s main competitors. Which of these strategies are the most effective? How can your company combat these strategies? Support your answers.
a) Is it possible to construct a portfolio of real-world stocks that has a required return equal to the risk-free rate? Explain.
b) How do you determine the appropriate cost of debt for a company? Does it make a difference if the company’s debt is privately placed as opposed to being publicly traded? How would you estimate the cost of debt for a firm whose only debt issues are privately held by institutional investors?
c) There are several celebrated investors and stock pickers frequently mentioned in the financial press who have recorded huge returns on their investments over the past two decades. Is the success of these particular investors an invalidation of the EMH? Explain.