• Data Culture in Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) 

      González Berrios, Gerardo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      Non-profit organizations contribute to societies and are the first in natural disaster relief efforts. These must keep a record of the data to establish a correct analysis and be able to prepare the required reports in the ...
    • Data mining techniques and machine learning model for Walmart weekly sales forecast 

      Santaella Colón, José Gil (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      The ability to forecast data accurately is extremely valuable in a vast array of domains such as health, sales, finance, weather or sports. Presented here is the study and implementation of data mining techniques and ...
    • Data Mining Techniques for the Integrated Postsecondary Data System 

      Jiménez Vargas, Wilfredo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      The Process of generating the necessary information for the Integrated Postsecondary Data System can be tedious; a standard way to collect the information for the different departments is needed. To process it, we use ...
    • Desarrollo de la Política de Seguridad de la Información: Cabrera Auto 

      Sevilla Maldonado, Jennifer (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2016)
      Actualmente las empresas de venta y renta de autos enfrentan una serie de cambios que las obliga a generar nuevas estrategias para la protección de la información que custodian. El aumento en casos de fraudes bancarios ...
    • Design of a Framework for the Best Practices in Computer Forensics within the Cybersecurity Infrastructure in the Regulated Industry 

      Vázquez Ruiz, Eduardo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      We cannot ignore the fact that hackers have been evolving and growing to the level that there are more hackers with the attraction to do evil than Ethical Hackers. Cyber-attacks are a growing threat for companies, and ...
    • The Design of a Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Procedure for a Banking Institution 

      Marrero Otero, Ludrián J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Regulations in banks are changing constantly and becoming stricter. Threats and technologies are improving. Most antivirus software update their virus definition when the malware is released and attacking. Banks need ...
    • Detection of WannaCry using Splunk and Sysmon 

      Motta López, Henry (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Lately, ransomware keeps being an important topic of conversation around the information security communities, as well as politics and economics. It has caused major damage in all these sectors and researchers must keep ...
    • Disaster Recovery Plan Creation for GiveChance Foundation 

      Morales González, Brian J. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2013)
      GiveChance Foundation is a non-profit Foundation created for helping children born with health problems through the help of sponsorship. The Foundation helps serve children from a week born up till the age of 13, having ...
    • Diseño de un Sistema Experto para Examinar Síntomas de Depresión o Ansiedad 

      Rosario Rodríguez, Adam (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      La salud mental es una de las áreas de la salud que más se descuida en nuestra sociedad. La ansiedad y la depresión son de las condiciones que más padecen las personas y pueden ser por diversas razones. Se estima que cerca ...
    • “Easy Checkbook” 

      Ramírez Colón, Orlando (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2014)
      Por lo general muchas personas tienen problemas llevando sus cuentas bancarias al día ya que cuadrar una chequera es un poco complicado y conlleva mucho tiempo. Este trabajo puede ser más fácil para los clientes con ...
    • Employee Guide to Cybersecurity and Cyber Threats 

      Feliciano Cruz, Emily Y. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      Cybersecurity is a growing concern for companies and workers due to the growing threats posed by technology. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for protective shields, with malware being a major threat. WannaCry, ...
    • Empowering the Weakest Link in Today's Technology with: Cyber-security Protection by Means of Password Security 

      Serrano Malavé, Lázaro R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      No matter how expensive or how advanced the technology inside your organization is, there is always going to be the human factor. In this project I develop a program written in C++ that will help not only IT professionals ...
    • Ethical Hacking: Network Protocol Analyzer Tool Comparison 

      Vélez Villegas, Melvin (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      The computer security industry spoke about the term “ethical hacking” to describe a hacker with authorization to, without any bad intentions, attacks a network or other security system – whether private or public – on ...
    • Evaluation of Different Steganalysis Methods 

      Vélez Torres, Jesús (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2012)
      Abstract - After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center the United States declared war on terrorism. The Patriot Act (H.R. 3162) was passed, which authorizes law enforcement agencies to monitor ...
    • Exploring Distributed Machine Learning System on Raspberry Pi Computer Cluster 

      Torres Torres, Isaac L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      This project explored the use of Distributed Machine Learning (DML) as a potential tool in training times of Machine Learning (ML) models in lower-end computer cluster, to provide alternatives for students and scientists ...
    • “EZ Farm” 

      Lozada Fernández, Gilberto (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Por lo general muchos pequeños negocios especialmente en el área de la Agronomía de Puerto Rico tienen problemas llevando sus cuentas al día ya sea por la falta de organización o por falta de las herramientas necesarias; ...
    • Florida Hospital Centra Care Provider Performance Data Mart 

      Díaz Díaz, Marbin Noel (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Querying a transactional database for aggregates reports can result in poorly responding queries and reports. Developing a data mart is a highly effective solution to overcome these limitations. This paper demonstrates ...
    • Hacking Mobile Devices Using WiFi Pineapple Nano 

      Mojica Serrano, Alexis (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Nowadays wireless access points can be found everywhere from fast food restaurants to private companies embracing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies. These access points present a flexible solution in which different ...
    • Healthcare Data Mining and Cleansing: A Study of Improving Data Quality for Effective Data Analysis on NPPES 

      Pérez Medina, Carlos A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      This article examines the use of data mining in the healthcare industry, with a particular emphasis on best practices for increasing data quality, preserving provider information, and applying advanced techniques to extract ...
    • Honeypots as Computer Forensics Tool 

      Avilés Lugo, Marcos (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2015)
      Cybercrimes were increase in last years. In a near future majority of crime will be cybercrimes. The new technologies like mobile device and networks permit easy access to electronic devices that have Electronic Stored ...