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Assignment: Diversity and Commonality

Attacks on our national infrastructure are already happening. And the expectation is that they will continue to increase at an accelerated rate. For this week's discussion, we'll cover threats to our nation's pipelines. To get started, read this article:

Cyber raises threat against America's energy backbone (By Blake Sobczak, Hannah Northey and Peter Behr, E&E News reporters)

After reading the article, start a discussion thread and discuss how the types of threats discussed in the article could impact our economy, and how implementing Diversity and Commonality (as discussed in chapters 4 and 5) could help mitigate these threats.

You must do this following:

1) Create a new thread. As indicated above, discuss how the types of threats discussed in the article referenced above could impact our economy, and how implementing Diversity and Commonality (as discussed in chapters 4 and 5) could help mitigate these threats.

2) Select AT LEAST 2 other students' threads and post substantive comments on those threads. Your comments should extend the conversation started with the thread.

ALL original posts and comments must be substantive. (I'm looking for about a paragraph - not just "I agree.")

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

1. What did you learn from your classmate's posting?

2. What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?

3. What clarification do you need regarding the posting?

4. What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings.