Essays on Security Issues

Question 1

1.1 In her taxonomy, Joh (2005) describes private policing as law enforcement activities offered through agencies owned and controlled by private individuals. That said, unlike their public counterparts, private police officers concentrate on property loss, preventive techniques, private justice, and safeguarding personal interests. As such, these entities mainly operate as parallel entities, each focusing on their individual duties in law enforcement. This taxonomy is both useful and an excellent beginning in the categorization of various forms of private policing as explained below. On the one hand, some of the existing classifications include publicly contracted, protective, intelligence, and corporate security ...

The contemporary situation in the U.S. regarding its foreign policy is still unknown. By and large, the latter’s foundations for the next four years will be defined by the President through his behavior on the international arena and the relevant orders. However, the stable to some extent foreign policy of the United States can be different from the previous years. In fact, the worries have been expressed throughout the presidential campaign, as two adverse points of view were supported. One of them was to remain the supporter of NATO, alien for all the friendly states of Europe, East ...

Affiliated Institution

Introduction The concept of Homeland Security was precipitated by the terrorist attacks of 9/11 (Shawn 2013). According to the quadrennial homeland security review (2014), the goal of homeland security department and its partners is to build a safe, secure, and resilient nation. This goal is continuously threatened by the evolving nature of terrorism and natural disastrous among other risk factors. In order to mitigate the effects of the risks and threats to the safety, security, and resilience of the nation, the (Department of Homeland Security) DHS developed the five missions to help the department and its partners achieve its ...

Incident Response (IR) Revamp

Incident Response (IR) Revamp

Introduction

Incident response is a method that is well organized to manage and address the effects of an attack, security threat, or breach. The reason for carrying out incidence response is to assist the involved parties to control the situation in a manner that reduces damage, cost, and time of response (Oltsik, 2015). As a new manager of the incident response team, the interest is to restructure the team in preparedness for any disaster that may happen. This paper analyzes how to revamp incident response team.

Measures and interventions should be put in place to reduce ...

ABSTRACT

Cloud computing employs the use of parallel and highly computed processors to virtually and remotely deliver services. This is an important factor forenterprises whose processing resources are limited and who suffer limitations on the manpower and data storage. This notwithstanding, cloud computing faces a serious threat in the area of data security. This is because the attackers have become very opportunistic and look for any slight loophole that will enable them to bypass the server securities within the cloud computing environment. It is thus important to come up with a systematic approach that can help in identifying the vulnerabilities ...

The United Nations Mission of Observer in Tajikistan was initiated in December 1994 and expired in May 2000. The main aim of United Nations was to focus on the peacekeeping mission to maintain peace after Tajikistan’s Civil War. The observers were deployed in Tajikistan to promote peace and demobilization. International and national observers promoted peace by monitoring peace activities and initiating negotiations between opposing parties. The headquarters of the mission were located in Dushanbe, Tajikistan with an aim to monitor peace between the ruling government and the United Tajikistan opposition. The paper highlights three major drawbacks of United ...

Introduction

A country’s economic and security prosperity highly relies on the aviation system that is operating efficiently. The existence of weak security poses a threat to aircraft safety and those that are boarding it. The hostile nation-states, criminals and terrorists have been viewing the aviation sector as a target for exploitation and attack. Successful airport attacks inflict grave economic damage, mass casualties and negatively affect the airline transportation system. The air transport sector should adopt appropriate ways of managing different incidents and threats. Intelligence and Threat Assessment play a significant role in mitigating numerous risks in the aviation industry. ...

Abstract

Most organizations and businesses have reported a loss of billions of money while others have become bankrupt leading to closure. Security breaches have propagated most of these events due to the kind of technology implemented. Mobile devices and Internet connections have been on top of the list. As technology keeps on evolving, different convenient methods of communication and accessing information keeps on improving. This evolution leads to new cybercrime activities which have posed to be a significant threat to financial growth in different economic sectors. However, there have been the implementation of new methods to curb the security breaches ...

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 ...

In a bid to make their products more reliable, scalable and manageable, Microsoft protects its customers from the ever increasing cyber risks. The company has devised different methods that are specifically crafted to curb the known and unknown sources of cybercrimes and cyber security risks. This methods seek to protect customers’ information, hardware and software from attack by criminals and dangerous programs. The protective strategies are designed right from the development stages and are meant to be user friendly in order to be applicable by all customers and potential customers. The strategies include the User Account Control, System Updates, ...

1. Overview of the project. The project requires to develop a secure network infrastructure for Developers worldwide Inc. The new software system must be cost effective and helpful to secure all the data. The nature of the sustainable network must be user friendly as it not only the personnel of the company will use it but the student and visitors will also have a permanent access to it. The aim of the project is too focus on the growth of business by expansion in a secured way. In addition to it, being cost effective is an essential element of ...

Introduction

The capital market is a wider portfolio market that deals with securities. The investment banking process provides a platform for the securities trading. The investors are provided with an opportunity to choose the appropriate financial instrument to choose. The portfolio management provides key elements that are applied by the investors in understanding the capital investment market. Therefore, the study seeks to explore on capital market investment and investment banking.

Portfolio and investment banking process

Investment banking process involves financial institutions that provide assistance to individuals, corporations, and governments in achieving and raising financial capital. This is through underwriting or taking part as the agent ...

Executive summary

The ever increasing use of computer based information system and internet in the personal, professional and commercial segments is accompanied by relevant collateral issues relating to privacy, security, and ethics as regards use of the system. The privacy and security issues mainly stem from two elements; advancement in information technology that makes privacy and security of information vulnerable to breaches, and inability of the service providers to adequately protect information and data. During 1970s Walter Maner introduced the term ‘computer ethics’ in order to define ethical problems aggravated, transformed, and created by information technology (Joshi, 2015). This paper is ...

United States has for decades been deeply involved in the Middle East, and particularly in the ongoing conflict between Israel and its various neighbors. This is why there is been a good deal of speculation of late as to how US policy toward Israel during a future Hillary Clinton presidency might differ from (or be similar to) that of the current Obama administration. Since leaving the State Department, Clinton has provided some indication about what her policies would be in the Middle East in general and Israel in particular. Nevertheless, a certain degree of uncertainty still exists. While there ...

Abstract

The privacy and confidentiality of information is a crucial factor for any organization dealing with large volumes of information. On the other hand, the development in technology, increase in the cases of cybercrimes, and the web-security issues that are common in almost every online platform, makes the need for database security concern for organizations that handle date. Currently, DBMS is one of the best tools for ensuring the safety of data, and this paper will review its use in database security. It will give a cognitive outline of how a company can use it, with the sole focus on ...

Introduction

The constant development in almost every aspect of the society has led to a lot of new inventions, needs, and growing trends. With growing population all around the world, new businesses have been formed while the existing business has grown. Security issues have also been in the spotlight with different incidences and threat on different aspect demanding for an improved security system (Wilson, & McCreight, 2012). There has always been the need to advance security measure throughout history as security issues are prone to societal changes and advancement of technology and know-how. Currently, most security measures that were being used ...

Primary data is data that is collected by the user; this can come from surveys interviews, focus groups, medical records and more. Primary data is collected for specific purposes of a study. Secondary data is data that is collected by anyone other than the user; this can mean the government, historical documents or the mass media. When comparing secondary data to primary data, secondary data tends to be readily available and less inexpensive to obtain

There are two types of secondary data:

Raw data: meaning that the user is only collecting that data itself Compiled data: which can be collected by someone else! Compiled data is ...

Background

Marriott International is a chain of hotels operating globally as an American company of hospitality, which is providing multiple services within the travel and tourism industry. It manages a range of hotels and other hospitality facilities in different countries of the world with a franchising strategy for internationalisation (Renner, 2010). The company was established in 1927 by J. William Marriott, which is now being led by his son Bill Marriott as Executive Chairman. Arne Sorenson is a Chief Executive Officer and President of the company. Currently, Marriott International is operating in 80 countries of the world, having more than ...

A leadership style describes a leader's way of implementation of plans, providing direction as well as motivating subordinates. Initially, it was evident from the Volukas Report that GM practiced the authoritarian leadership style. Authoritarianism is characterized by the strictly professional relationship between leaders and subordinates. The leaders focus on efficiency rather than culture. Authoritarians are known to make decisions independently or without consulting subordinates, as well as mostly providing for downward communication. Clearly, there was a reluctance to address issues regarding the ignition issues showing the lack of an open door policy. It is coupled with conflicting messages from ...

Introduction

Over the years, Turkey and Germany have continued to put in place comprehensive measures and policies to curb insecurity. These measures and concepts on security are always developed with an aim to promote cohesive coexistence between states, building confidence in relations among states, enhancing possibilities of diplomacy and agreeing on the use of arms and its limitations, disarmaments and promoting political goodwill and economic security among between the countries. The purpose of this paper is to analyze a policy brief covering Turkey and Germany by comparing the two countries focusing on the different security and other threats. The need ...

Is the U.S Southern Border patrol Effective?

Abstract The primary role of the United States border patrol is to detect and prevent illegal aliens from getting into the country. Furthermore, it also plays a big role in preventing human trafficking. All kinds of people with ill intentions do find their way into America. Such individuals are a threat to the security of American citizens. They participate in acts such as smuggling, robberies, homicides and murder cases. In fact, a significant portion of the prison population in America is composed of illegal immigrants. Moreover, these people become a burden to the government since they increase capital expenditures ...

Introduction

The advent of the Internet has revolutionalized the way companies and individuals conduct business, and have necessitated the proliferation of processes involved in honoring transactions through diversified payment methods. Mobile wallet denotes mobile technology that functions like a real wallet by facilitating online payments and purchases (Amoroso et al., 2012). The ease and convenience of operating a digital wallet have made the platform to attract wide spread interest. This paper is devoted to the usage of mobile wallets, their advantages and possible problems. The number of users with smartphones grows from year to year. In this case, mobile wallets ...

Cloud Security Solutions

Private and public cloud solutions have been gaining much popularity however there are security issues that have gained a higher priority. Cloud security is a vital part of CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability) triad for data security. The cloud functionality in itself is robust and well-paying for customers; however operational security is a concern that is being addressed by vendors. The adaptation of cloud technology has been rapid and fast paced. Cloud security issues over the cloud environment have hindered the growth of cloud industry resulting in a far lesser growth as was expected of the new technology (Donovan).

Emergence of Cloud Security Standards

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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 ...

Objective

CardConnect Company faces challenges in international management. In the recent past, the company has failed to formulate an effective strategy, structuring an appropriate organizational design and managing people in an international surrounding. The CardConnect firm is forced to handle technical, economic and social differences in the business environment. Although CardConnect has reached the global market scene, it still faces international challenges while competing with other credit card companies. CardConnect firm should take precaution to protect the Clover (POS company) because it is depicted as one of the commonly applied computing systems around the world. The hackers have targeted the ...

Management Information System

Introduction The paper is intended to examine the management information systems (MIS) of the companies in the world to understand that the companies are using information system and related disadvantages of using management information system. For this purpose, the study is going to conduct the comparative study of the management information system of two different organizations. The organizations selected for the comparison include Zara and Benetton. Both of these companies are related to fashion industry where, Zara is based in the UK, and Benetton is based in Italy (Pirone, 2010).

Zara and Benetton both are involved in using management ...

Introduction

This paper outlines the web security required for a brand new Windows PC for home use with Windows 10 operating system. The PC connects to the internet using existing internet connection. It will also detail the essential security software that is needed for the keeping the computer secure, the password policy for the home computer, the steps that one has to take to ensure that the online banking process is secure. It will also outline the guidelines that one has to discuss with a 13-year old son regarding operating a Facebook account.

Securing the home Windows PC

Home computing carries the risk of theft ...

Insecurity and Currency Devaluation in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria

Insecurity and Currency Devaluation in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria

Introduction

Geography and history have truly taken its toll on Africa. Africa, the cradle of civilization, continues to be an enigma to the rest of the world. The continent commonly referred to as the Dark Continent has suffered from gross prejudice, stereotype, discrimination, and neglect from the rest of the world. Most Europeans and Americans see Africans as inferior, living in the jungle (forest), uncivilized, primitive, violent cannibals and so forth. But obviously, recent occurrences in Africa have proved them true even though not in toto. The genocide and ...

Management

2016-04-01

Introduction

This paper is devoted to the usage of mobile wallets, their advantages and possible problems. The number of users with smartphones grows from year to year. In this case, mobile wallets have quickly become popular technology. Nowadays, more than twelve percentages of users with smartphones make mobile payments. There are several main players in the mobile wallets arena. They are PayPal, Apple Pay, Goggle Wallet, Android Pay and Samsung Pay (Voo, 2013). There are some applications, which are available for both platforms (for example, Square Wallet). As a rule, retailers’ merchants and payment providers cannot track the buying ...

Application: Standards, Privacy and Security

With the advancement in technology, protection of health information has become a mandatory process. It is basically an iterative process that is altered by the modifications in technology and the changes in the healthcare. The various information technology applications related to the medical care in all the countries have been a great breakthrough as these have promised high quality of health care, no risk to privacy, decreased cost and many more benefits. Designing of the health application requires complete analysis of the system. The security and privacy of information related to the health are important for all those who ...

Lack of Vendor Visibility in Cloud

James Bourne in his article presents an imminent problem that the cloud providers are facing with regards to customer satisfaction. The article highlights data from SANS Institute to back the claims that cloud vendors are having a hard time in keeping their customers happy. The article by Bourne further makes its premise by a report by CloudPassage where an interview with 485 IT professionals was conducted. The article “Lack of Vendor Visibility” highlights the pain points of customers that have come up in a study. The article states responses from customers and gives a percentage for highlighting the dissatisfaction ...