Essays on Cyber Security

Cyber Defense

Background In the recent past, there has been an increasing reliance on technology to undertake numerous aspects of social, political, and economic lives in many countries across the globe. While the reliance on technology has had a positive impact on many aspects of our lives, that reliance also inherently attracts threats such as cyberterrorism. Consequently, cyber defense becomes a crucial element for nations. Cyber defense refers to the deliberate steps taken by governments to protect information that they hold to be sensitive. Cyber threats are not just a danger to the individual countries such as the U.S. that have ...

One of the most interesting laws created by Congress was the Cyber Security Act of 2015. It was created as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act signed by President Barack Obama that year. The Act limited government use of collected online information and how information could be shared between different nongovernment organizations and different levels of government. The bill may also have increased government oversight as well, considering the fact that the Department of Homeland Security now has increased access to networks to protect against terrorism and espionage. The Act has a “provider exception” (Kerr, 2015), which allows individual ...

National Security Council

Colleagues, good morning and welcome to the White House! The fact that you are here today already speaks highly of you all, considering the demanding education requirements, professional skills and personal integrity required to serve in this office. My name is Keith Kellogg, a retired Army Lt. Gen. I was recently appointed as chief of staff and executive secretary of the National Security Council. You may have seen my name in media headlines branding me as the top spy and the right hand of the National Security Adviser to the President (Bender, 2016). The realities are slightly different. As ...

The paper which is going to be assessed in this assignment is “Threat Modeling-Perhaps It's Time” by John Steven. The paper gives a brief introduction about the threat modeling industry and the application of threat modeling in the modern world. Published in 2010, the paper describes how important threat modeling has become and that the time has come when threats should be mitigated seriously. This paper, published in contribution of the IEEE computer and reliability society, aims to target everyone who uses the computer technology for important business purposes. The main idea is to inform the people about how ...

All organizations face the risk of attacks. In today’s world businesses cannot function efficiently without computers, networks, and the internet. Increased internet connectivity has provided the companies with many incentives but along with them a tremendous increase in the level risk. Although no organization can be fully secure, we have the responsibility to mitigate all risks. The company must assess, plan and address threats and vulnerabilities through different security measures. Denial-of- Service is a major risk for the organization. The attack would aim at disrupting the service network. The attackers can send high volumes of traffic and data ...

Key issue / Introduction

The Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002 to protect the homeland security of the United States. Cybersecurity is a goal of the department and involves the protection against the unauthorized or illegal use of electronic information or data. It involves the protection of computers, networks, data and programs. Cybersecurity involves a number of factors. Those will malicious intentions can have operated from any place in the world. Cyberspace and systems that are physical have strong linkages. Vulnerabilities to cyberspace are difficult to reduce. Those who invade and attack cyberspace are difficult to identify due to the complexity ...

Threat actors

Threat actors represent elements that are wholly or partially responsible for any cyber security incidences either. There is a high potential or a likelihood of an attack to take place if the security system contains threat actors. Hackers use internal, external or partner threat actors to gain entry into a security system. Internal and Partner threat actors are more likely to allow hackers to bypass a cyber security system compared to external threat actors.

Targets

Targets refer to an organization, an entity or an individual containing the information or data that hackers want to access. The goal of the hacker ...

Discussing Modern Electronic Records, Online Venues and Mobile Devices

INTRODUCTION This is the 21st century, an era of ever-increasing advancements in the realm of science and technology. Year after year more advanced, more innovative and more efficient technologies continued to be developed. We see this in how many people rely on technological devices, like computers, “i-pads” or tablets and smart phones, to fulfill their job requirements, to gain an education and in their every day social lives. There are no major industries that have not developed or placed their dependence in some kind of technology, be it farming and manufacturing or banking and construction; the healthcare industry is ...

Introduction

The acceleration of information technology in the past decade resulted in the notion that Computers might replace humans in the workplace. However, the current employment settings reveal that the internet and other information technology devices have penetrated almost every workplace, and has played a considerable role in the transformation of many jobs. For the majority of workers in the office, their employment means that they spend a great number of their working hours online. An online survey conducted by Pew Research in 2013 revealed that about 94% of people who were employed use the internet (Purcell & Rainie, n.p). Employment ...

Nowadays various threats of malicious software are considered the most dangerous because of the sphere of their influence and rapid spread. One should be aware of the reasons for viruses attack as well as be ready to find ways to identify and eliminate malware. Considering worms, viruses and Trojans as the greatest challenges for security personnel, it is extremely important to be well aware of the issues and methods of solving problems connected with malware. Users as well as systems administrators should act fast when a potential infection is detected. This way, the key to dealing with malware is ...

INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Introduction Objective of discussion The aim of this essay is to critically review the reliability of the legal registration and protection system as it relates to protection of innovation ideas. The essay will specifically discuss about national and international protection system. Innovation as per Thumm (2013) is basically developing a new idea and putting it into practice. May (2013) states that it is crucial to restrict and protect innovations so as to develop a unique new value to customers. Innovations are protected by the legal registration and protection system. However, a number of innovations have failed to receive a ...

Question 1

The Verizon’s IT-project approval process is being done under the Capital Program Planning section of the telecommunication company. It is the main component responsible of the planning process, in which it includes the company’s strategic initiatives in order to create a long-term plan for the maintenance of the resources and other important things which are needed by the information system. Generally, the Capital Program Planning is divided into three sections: the project identification, approval, and funding (Capital and Maintenance Planning, n.d). Though it seems that the second part covers the approval part, the other two sections are ...

The sustainability report of the Lockheed Martin is based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which is known as the most significantly used sustainability reporting process in the world. The report is aligned to the GRI G4 Core (the latest guidelines). In addition, the report is prepared in accordance with the principles of defining report quality, such as balance, stakeholder inclusiveness, sustainability context, materiality, comparability, accuracy, timeliness, clarity, and reliability (Global Reporting Initiative 16). The company identified its stakeholders, their expectations and interests like government institutions with the expectation and interest to protect and offer important services to citizens ...

Even with cyber security systems and measures in place, company cannot think themselves safe, for there are always some loopholes or vulnerabilities left in the defense system. Their exploitation may affect companies in many ways, with impact making itself felt through reputational damage, the loss of delicate information, and expenditure associated with the deployment of additional cyber protection mechanisms. Companies incur heavy financial losses estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. The US-based AWS Inc. is the company that should not deem itself as being invincible, as big companies are the first in line for a big-scale attack. To ...

There have been a lot of documented events wherein large scale multinational corporations have been successfully victimized by cyber security and information system attacks. It is surprising and frightening at the same time that even those corporations are being targeted despite the fact that they are the ones that are very much capable of setting up formidable information system defenses against malicious entities. In the case of Sony, one of the latest victims of cyber security breaches, their latest announcement suggests that they are investing $15 Million for a more formidable cyber security defense. Evidently, their previous budgets were ...

INTRODUCTION

Critical infrastructure can have a simple explanation of the wheel or more importantly, the backbone of the most technological economies in the world. It guides everything. It controls everything. It dictates the share which each person or a select community gets. It is simply the lives of most of the citizens in such nations. As such, the security of such systems is vital. Such systems will be prone to attacks and manipulations by people who are not contented or want a larger share than that they are already allocated. Some people will also like to cartel the follow of ...

Intrusion management tools and related ethical issues

Intrusion Management Tools and Related Ethical Issues Information technology is an area, which faces numerous ethical challenges in our society today (Debatin, 2011). People in this information age rely on IT systems to store personal data, but it is not always a guarantee that the information is secure and private (The Center for Ethical, 2016). Cyber security issue is one of the ethical concern today as people’s data, company data, federal security data get hacked every day, questioning the issue on morals in the society today. Information technology personnel have developed network-based (NIDS), for instance; “security Union” and ...

Introduction

Ever since the infamous attack on the World Trade Center which occurred last September 2001, terrorism is a real, pertinent, and primary cause of concern as of late. Many establishments, particularly airports, are very tantamount on upholding security so as to avoid any more terrorist attacks occurring on a wide scale such as what happened at the World Trade Center. In spite of these countermeasures, terrorist attacks are still a genuine threat at large. Despite best efforts, many countries are still experiencing terrorist attacks every now and then, thereby putting the safety of many people in danger. On a ...

Advance Information System Security: SpiraTeam ALM

Cybersecurity concerns have recently become prevalent among varied organizations, presenting credible and real threats to business organizations when they occur. Cyber security attacks that are complex, of diverse nature and of unprecedented scale are possible to result in huge economic losses to the business organization. Specifically, business organizations must guard against determined efforts by cyber security attackers to gain access to commercially sensitive data that include key negotiating positions, gaining access to unauthorized government information, exploitation of information systems security weaknesses that target its business partners, subsidiaries and supply chain both home and abroad, and stealing of intellectual property ...

What Is Cyber Security?

Cyber security refers to a body of processes and technologies that are widely meant to computers, networks, data, and programs from damage, attack, and unauthorised access. For cyber security strategies to succeed, organizations should employ coordinated strategies throughout a system.

How Cyber Security Has Changed?

Over the years, Cybersecurity has changed in the sense that they have become more industrialised and organised. In the past, adversaries were not very organised, as they could compromise an entire system to look for invaluable data and get out. However, contemporary adversaries are extremely purposeful, as most of them target particular information or dat. Furthermore, relatively more destructive ...

The spread of the content for public mass media is greatly impacted by the spread of globalization in the world. This has greatly affected the individual lives of the younger generation as they are presented with the opportunity of viewing illegal and restricted content. Due to this, certain states advocate for the increase of cyber security in order to curb the unrestricted flow of illegal content found on various websites and several mobile applications. Countries like New Zealand and the United States understand the relevance of increasing cyber security by introducing severe control instruments regarding the publication of restricted ...

In this report, the tower was outsourced IT and faced some vulnerabilities of their own. It is essential to manage the factor in the risk related to partnering with the third parties where the companies must coordinate their cyber security strategy (Lehto, 2013). CDS blocked the gaming and cage in the organization. But the tower was not employed this security strategy. The management of Towers identified the leakage of information from one server to another server anonymously. Then the top management was decided to generate security reports in Microsoft word. Once the report had been submitted to the director, ...

Introduction

The most malicious software cause damage that goes beyond simply infringing on the victims’ privacy. They usually seek to disrupt, steal and even cause some illegal actions on networks, data, and hosts. A common class of malware is the Trojan horse. Usually this class of malware tricks the user to think that it is a genuine software. Once the user interacts with it such by installing or opening it, it becomes activated and spreads into its targeted areas in the host. Trojans cause many damages, including creating a backdoor for its authors to gain access to one’s system. ...

Executive Summary

The paper discusses current graduate labour market on Information Technology sector in Singapore. Singapore is considered IT hub hosting firms from across the services, software, spanning the internet, as well as Infocomm service space. These firms pursue comprehensive business activities within Singapore, ranging from research or development, offering of solutions to international markets to headquarter functions. The country continues to attract international IT firms and encourages companies to accept cloud computing as the market is anticipated to advance. Singapore has launched Smart Nation policy to steer its IT agenda. The country has many opportunities to offer graduates because of ...

Question 1

Cyber security is a fast growing sector of corporate and personal affairs. It entails protection of the information systems from theft or damage. The worldwide spread of the use of computers has elevated and hence the need for protection from users with cunning objectives. Protection is done through controlling physical access to the hardware and network access or code injection. A career in cyber security like being a security analyst involves data retrieval, hardware and software protection, auditing information fed to servers and updating or refreshing of the available security structure. For qualifying for a position in the job ...

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Introduction

The nature of supply chain industry demands that organizations exchange amongst themselves private and sensitive data that is necessary for the movement of the underlying goods and services. A secured environment for an exchange of such data is a major concern for the cybersecurity industry managing the supply chain networks and transactions. The risk of cybersecurity in the supply chain industry is growing as attackers and hackers become more knowledgeable and have access to latest technologies using advanced a form of hardware and software tools. The malware ...

In the light of the past terrorist attacks in Paris and the attacks on the Brussels Airport and the metro, experts have pointed out that the internet might have been involved in the planning and strategic plan out of the attacks. The terrorists had been planning on through online means, and jihadist talk had been exchanged over the internet. This called for some serious steps to be taken in order to control and check the kind of conversations and interaction people had in areas to see whether any extremist and terrorist agenda was being conveyed anywhere. With this in ...

Implementing Cyber-Security: Best Practices at Work

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Executive Summary The internet brings forth a world of social connectivity, growth and endless innovation opportunities. These have been hastened by the advent of mobile applications and computing. The sudden surge in technology has changed the way we communicate to the way we travel. While some see the beneficial side of technology, others see an opportunity to do harm. These individuals, states or groups present a cyber-threat to anyone who uses the internet. Nothing they are involved in is new; espionage is not new and so is activism ...

Protecting citizens, business, and property from the threat of terrorism and naturally manmade disasters is arguably a governor’s most salient responsibility. As the chief executive officer of the states, governors are accountable for overseeing states response to any disaster or emergency. In essence, they must be prepared for the every day events for instance, industrial fires, power outages, tornados, and catastrophes on a scale of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Hence, a new governor must be briefed on the homeland security and how it applies to the state. The paper will provide the new governor with the essential ...

Green Tech Venture is a venture origination from Echoing Green accelerator that focuses on reducing energy wastage, enhancing energy storage and enhances cyber security in Duke City, which has become major challenges for the residents and businesses in the city. These social problems are increasing the costs of living for the residents and operational costs of the companies. Besides, they are presenting business owners in the region with high risks of data breaches. The green tech venture will benefit both the residents and the business owners operating in Duke City (Robb 163). Our value proposition subject to the provision ...

1.0 Introduction Cyber wars or cyber-attacks have been deemed to be the kinds of wars that will happen between nations in the future (Ophardt, 2010). In a cyber-war, the targets of attacks include the computer networks and other similar infrastructure of war enemies. According to Theoharry and Rollins (2015), cyber-attack is a new term to refer to a range of activities that are conducted through the use of information and communications technology (ICT). A number of nations have recognized this reality in the new warfare and have taken decisive steps to strategically position for the eventuality, but more importantly ...

ABSTRACT

This research paper is based on cyber-terrorism. Cyber-terrorism is committed by terrorists who perform acts of violence to influence the behavior of those who have different opinions from their own, with the use of computer based systems. The US government has been targeted by various terrorist groups though cyber-attacks. The nature of organizations which employ the use of Data-Controlled Systems enables such threats to have a great impact on organizations. Cyber threats in organizations arise from processes, staff and infrastructure. There is the need for organizations to come up with preventive measures and response systems to cyber-attacks. Inventory management, ...

The History and importance of cyber security

Introduction The ubiquity of the internet has enhanced modern life. It has enabled rapid and easy access to information at a scale never witnessed before in human history. Communications and business transactions can also get done over the internet by parties separated by huge geographical distances. This convenience eliminates the need for travelling long distances to so that one can undertake such tasks. Cybercrime can get defined as any illegal act involving usage of digital information systems. The process frequently involves a criminal motive to damage the reputation or cause harm, both physical and mental to the victim. This ...

There are various factors that influence the type and effectiveness of a leader in any country. These factors influence the control of the various technologies in the same country based on the ethics, type of governance and the state of the technological advancement in the country. In the case of Technologica country, these factors will play an important role on my leadership of the country. This essay is going to discuss the things to do to control some of the technology innovations, the type of government and how it affects the ability to make decision on control and benefits ...

The information technology (IT) industry has advanced significantly over the past few decades. Technology is not only ubiquitous, but also integral to every aspect of the society. Since the devices and components related to IT are interdependent, any disruption caused to one may affect the other. Over the past years, there has been a raising concern with regards to protecting IT systems from cyber-attacks, which have increased drastically over time. Therefore, cyber security refers to the act of protecting IT systems, including computers, software, hardware and related devices from attacks, threats and disruption . It plays a significant role in ...

Incident Report Planning

Incident Response Planning Technological advancement can be beneficial to organizations, as it provides fast and easier way of dealing with every day operations. However, due to the same advancement of technologies, there are scenarios that can put the organization to circumstances that may breach essential information of the organization. Additionally, it can cause firewall breaches, malware, or virus outbreaks, and other internal cyber-attacks. These events call for the need of incident response (IR), as it is encompasses essential protocols that will address the occurrence of any security breach. The goal of this study is to present the significance of ...

ANALYSIS OF COMPUTING NEWS USING ACTOR NETWORK THEORY (ANT)

Module code Analysis of Computing News Using Actor Network Theory (ANT) Introduction Rapid development of digital information technologies has created a new dimension of relationships in the modern society. Nowadays, almost all people encounter with the IT during their daily life, either texting in their smartphone or sending an email on the laptop. At the same time, the interconnections among all actors involved in this process are the subject of constant discussions due to the difficulty of understanding the relationship between human and non-human objects. While it is hard to determine the links between these actors, as they are ...

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Introduction The development of internet technologies has led to revolutionary changes in the world. It helps people across the globe to keep connected regardless of linguistic differences and territorial barriers. This paper will share thoughts on the video titled ‘Mary Meeker: The Full Code Session’ that provides some vital information about internet trends in 2015.

Personal reflections

The video gives a clear understanding of how the usage of internet and mobile phones changed from 1995 to 2014. According to the report, when only 0.6% of the population (35 million) used internet in 1995, the volume of internet ...