Cyber Security And The Digital Age

Over the years, there has always been a lot of controversy surrounding the topic of whether or not the government should be able to monitor our activity on the internet. This especially become a huge debate more recently simply because of the many terrorist attacks and dangerous events that we’ve encountered. Many believe that if the government was given more insight to what the people of this country looked at on the internet, then they would be able to prevent many horrible things from happening. On the other hand, however, others feel that this is a violation of personal privacy and therefore should not be allowed. The government already monitors our internet usage but they are thinking of increasing what they monitory which has lead to many differing opinions among the people of the United States of America.

The Internet was first used in the nineteen sixties by a small group of technology professionals. Since then the internet has become an essential part of today’s world, from communicating through texts and emails to banking, studying, and shopping, the internet has touched every aspect of our lives. With the growing use of the internet, protecting important information has become a must. While some believe they have the right to privacy, and feel that the government should not be at the center of their lives. Others feel that the Internet has evolved into a weapon for our enemies, and believe the government must take action by proactively

A recent article published in the Journal of Internet Law (2016) underscores the lack of consensus about both the law’s reach and the dangers it may pose international companies. In it, Hugh McCarthy highlights the fact that conflicts of law exist between nations, and that the interconnected nature of many of our technologies pose novel problems to the way companies can operate. He writes, “If one jurisdiction, such as the United Kingdom, introduces an anti-encryption law for the purpose of providing law enforcement with the capability to access all forms of electronic communications, it will be severely limited if such data is located outside the jurisdiction” (McCarthy 33).

Cyber security, also referred to as information technology security, focuses on protecting computers, networks, software programs and data from unintended or unauthorized access, change or destruction. Post 9/11 and other terrorist attacks, the United States grows its endeavors to repulse cyberattacks, U.S. corporate organizations and the government agencies wind up in strife over how to adjust to new methods of security and privacy. The current state of security measure protocols and privacy policies placed by the US government in cyberspace raises concerns for the 99%. This is due to the recent cyber-attacks on American corporate organization systems and government alike, where their digital information and network infrastructures within the systems were compromised, and personal data was hacked and stolen.

There is no doubt the privacy of our online activities and the integrity of our communications have been the biggest casualty of the NSA’s surveillance of our lives. Although ongoing revelations of government eavesdropping have had a profound impact on many different aspects in life. The NSA must balance out their interference with citizens lives because it’s undermining the government's leadership on internet safety, deteriorating internet security, and is causing economic losses to U.S. businesses due to decreasing customer trust.

More and more people fight back against NSA surveillance. They are on the opinion that their personal information should be kept in secret. Moreover, a fair bit of organizations and even individuals unite together in order to react against such actions of NSA as they are afraid that vital information about them might become known for everyone and those NSA’s actions disturb privacy of organizations as well as ordinary people.

The continuous proliferation of information facilitated by the advancement in technology is a constant and continuous threat to information security and privacy. The various schemes and acts by the various government agencies in sectors such as health, finance and so on amongst other acts have constituted to information vulnerability and enhanced the breach of information security. Many people are of the opinion that the government has legalized spying on them, acquiring and using their private data at will. The confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of information has been greatly affected and many private information have been released to the public domain either

Over the past few years we have seen a massive surge in terrorist attacks carried out by Islamic fundamentalists, which has forced the US government to take action in hopes of preventing future attacks. Part of this action has come in the form of increased online surveillance on US citizens. At first glance, the danger in this is not immediately apparent, but with the information leaked by Edward Snowden it is becoming all too clear what kind of danger this represents. To be perfectly clear, the purpose of this paper is not to delve into conspiracy theories about the government using this surveillance to keeps its citizens in check like some Orwellian dystopian society. Rather, this is simply to highlight how dangerous the methods used in this type of surveillance is to cyber security, and how inefficient it is at stopping terrorism.

Edward Joseph Snowden, former CIA employee, is a cyber-security specialist and an American hacktivist. In 2013, he leaked classified information from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), which revealed numerous global surveillance programs. His actions labeled him as a criminal by American government and as a hero or whistleblower by privacy activists. Snowden soon became a subject of controversy because the information he leaked fueled many debates in regards to government surveillance and the balance between information security and privacy. This paper briefly describes the historical context. Then examines an article wrote by Michael B Kelley and concludes by explaining why Snowden is a traitor and not a hero.

This report purpose is to provide a point of view about two different Technological information leaking cases. It provides a clear explanation about the criminal charges against Edward Snowden, a former CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) employee, a former contractor for the United States government, he copied and leaked classified information from the NSA organization without permissions in 2013. Snowden was charged with three different felonies on June 2013, as he stole a governmental property unauthorized communication of national defense information. The following number of lines could provide a detailed explanation for why Snowden was charged with these felonies and the American president comments on this. This paper also stocks

Nowadays, we living a age of information, everything happens faster than other times. Consequently the interception of information, in other words, the cases of espionage, become one of the biggest worries for the nations around the world. Recently, Edward Snowden, an ex-agent of NSA (National Security Agency) from USA, leaks a largest number of documents containing information about various countries. This leak sparked the warning signal of the countries (Shoichet, 2013).

Over the past decade the world has gotten much smaller due to the electronic communication the Internet has fostered. While this promotes business and international relations, problems arise regarding the protection of individuals’ personal information. Many countries around the world have developed privacy policies and laws protect an individual's information in the realm of electronic communication. Universal enforcement gets complicated because the Internet is not restricted to one country; it’s worldwide. As a result, concerns arise regarding the compatibility of various countries' privacy policies. This paper will discuss the current legislation in place for various major

This is dangerous because the American government can gain access to this information, and thus can potentially infringe upon the public’s privacy. Interfaces such as Google and Microsoft allocate customized advertisements through the correlations of individuals’ search trends (Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Google). Microsoft’s Hotmail system employs the same method by monitoring their consumers’ emails (Pender 2010). This trend is also popular among the workplace as some companies are starting to watch their employees email and web browsing habits, and through surveillance devices (Workplace Cameras and Surveillance: Rules for Employers). Counteracting the invasive effects of surveillance on individuals civil liberties, many positive outcomes have derived from these installations. For instance, surveillance devices have aided in crime conviction and terrorism prevention, because they provide facial recognition through the usage of closed-circuit television cameras (Harris), and high-tech systems like the Echelon are able to detect communications between electronic devices, so the plans and activities of terrorists are nipped in the bud before terrorist attacks occur– if their networks are be revealed by analyzing the patterns of their communication with the Echelon system (Poole). Although there are positive aspects to surveillance, the intrinsic inequalities in the distribution of surveillance still exists and can only be eradicated through the establishment of transparent society (Brin

The concern about privacy on the Internet is increasingly becoming an issue of international dispute. ?Citizens are becoming concerned that the most intimate details of their daily lives are being monitored, searched and recorded.? (www.britannica.com) 81% of Net users are concerned about threats to their privacy while online. The greatest threat to privacy comes from the construction of e-commerce alone, and not from state agents. E-commerce is structured on the copy and trade of intimate personal information and therefore, a threat to privacy on the Internet.

“The cyber security landscape has changed in the past couple of years – and not for the better” (Steen, 2013). Banks are faced with attacks to retrieve customer account information, the military battles with attempts to obtain secrets. These attacks are not just committed by induvial hackers but entire countries. Data privacy rules differ from country to country. For example, Fisher, 2014 states individual search engine access is restricted in different ways depending on the country. China along with other countries restrict access to politically sensitive information, while the United States protects the free flow of information (Gonzalez-Padron, 2014). With companies relying more on technology such as cloud computing and virtual storage their level of vulnerability rises. IT personnel have the difficult task of protecting company data, this is why it is vital to have an ethical compliance program in place protect the organization from internal and external threats.