Pride Product Approval Form

Submitted to Product Approval Committee

Name Payton Newsome

Date (s) submitted November 6, 2017

Research Topic / Area of Study Homeland Security, Cyber Security

Connection to research paper Homeland Security, Cyber Security Division

Goal of product / what problem or Strengthen Cyber Security awareness as well as create a smaller
need solved or addressed window for cyber threats

Estimated time to complete 3 weeks to create a strong website detailing the world of cyber
security designed to help people become more tech savvy and
safe. I have to create the survey and have a group of students
take it.

People who will assist (if applicable) Matt Tamas, creator of CyberSecurity- Quantum Personal
Security
Kimberly Fontenot- Charter Communications, Cyber Security
analyst

Estimated cost / investment No known current cost

What will judges see at
presentation? (evidence of work
and development)
A website detailing cyber security safety along with cyber
security walls and how they work.
Results (data) of a survey that I had given to students asking
them about cyber security and what they can do to help students
be more cyber savvy. Given before and after looking at my
website to see score differentiation.

Personal stretch (area of growth)
In the process of teaching others how to become cyber savvy
and safe I will also learn myself more about the world of
technology. I enjoy making visual representations with my
artistic abilities so doing my project exclusively online will push
my boundaries.

Product Description:
I will work with the help of my mentor, Mr. Tamas, creator of a cyber security wall, alongside my other
mentor Kimberly Fontenot, a Cybersecurity analyst, to create a knowledgable website detailing the ins
and outs out cyber security. To see just how much insight my website will give to students just like me, I
will give a survey to a group of students before and after looking at my website and I will assemble the
data and see how beneficial my website was.
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Payton Newsome

Mr. Alburger

English III

February 23, 2017

The Department of Homeland Security Investigations

Over the course of history, the United States of America struggled with its own borders and the protection

of those borders. The United States Department of Homeland Security exists as a part of the cabinet for the

United States federal government with obligations in public security. Men and women across the nation put

their lives in the direct line of harm to help serve their country. Since 2002, intensely trained agents for

Homeland Security Investigations within the Department of Homeland Security hustle tirelessly to prevent

danger to the nation by countering the evolving threats the United States face.

On September 11, 2001, tragedy struck our great nation in the horrifying form of a terrorist attack. “Al

Qaeda, a militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden, sent hijackers to board four passenger

planes in hopes of bringing harm to the American people” (Ekstrand). This terrorist organization successfully

carried out harmonizing suicide attacks on the World Trade Center located in New York City along with the

Pentagon in Washington D.C., resulting in ghastly executions on and off the planes. This cataclysmic event

woke the hearts of the people of the United States of America.

Since the appalling events that took place that day in the fall of 2001, every component of the United

States government had to take on a new role of doing whatever necessary to protect