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From Issue to Persuasion: The Cyber-Security Paradox
Adam Mason
Bachelor in Cyber-Security, Southern New Hampshire University
ENG-123 English Composition II 22EW4
Kelsey Pitarra
March 6, 2022
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From Issue to Persuasion: The Cyber-Security Paradox
When the topic of Cyber-Security is brought up, one of the things that usually flows in to
the layman’s mind is that of the rising amount of Cyber-warfare breaches. Be it in companies,
businesses, or even, frighteningly enough, the government. Cyber-Security needs to step up to
the plate, or forever “strike out” with the world it lives in, at least as far as it goes here in
America. The first issue is stated in the source cited, “Are we winning the war…”. A very
disconcerting issue. Are we ever going to be winning what amounts to a war of attrition? A war
that only ends when Cyber infrastructure is either fully removed from day-to-day life, or we lose
all power upon the earth. On the flip side, perhaps this war is not worth winning, rather, keeping
it the eternal grind of IT on IT would benefit everyone. If the war rages, sights will firmly be
planted on each side, rather than sporadic and random targets of Cyber-strikes being victimized
because, well, there is no longer big targets and a war to ensure that the worst elements are kept
in check.
The second issue that arises, is the Dark Web. Can the Dark web theoretically keep the
worst elements of society in a contained area, sharing their illegal content in a small, secluded,
and most of all, easily investigated section of the internet. Leaving this, at least in my personal
view, horrifying section of the web up keeps the strangers and freaks away from the better
natured of the net. On the other hand, allowing such horrors and illegality to live without any
control or consequences in their own awful paradise is an affront to the very being of Cyber-
Security, and the law by extension.
After weighing the choices given, I am deciding to argue in favor of the “Are we winning
the war…?”. This topic is fascinating and deeply personal. Cyber-Security is a topic near and
dear to my heart, since I had a terrible violation of my privacy inflicted upon me whilst I was in
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the navy. If I had a better grip on my own personal Cyber-Security, I would not have been as
badly hit as I was. This topic is, in all honesty, as prevalent as asking someone whether they have
faith in the war on drugs, or the war on terror. People need to know that they are safe, that the
people in control, are indeed, in control. Your average joe on the street is more than likely going
to want to know that his identity, his money, his life as a whole isn’t going to be taken away by a
man behind a keyboard he will never even meet.
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References
Marshall, P. (February 26, 2010)
Are U.S. military and civilian computer systems safe?
https://library-cqpress-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/cqresearcher/document.php?
id=cqresrre2010022600
Clemmitt, M. (January 15, 2016)
Does Identity-masking technology increase cybercrime?
https://library-cqpress-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/cqresearcher/document.php?
id=cqresrre2016011500&type=hitlist&num=0